ABSTRACT: Land transportation still dominates goods transportation in Indonesia, and reaches a total of 90% (Director General of Land Transportation, 2023). Meanwhile, traffic accidents in 2022 caused by goods transportation will reach 12%, involving a total of 21,463 vehicles (Korlantas Polri 2022). Land transportation of goods in containers, which plays a role in the first or last mile of international trade transportation via sea, has the potential to be involved in accidents, if safety factors are not prioritized. Ignoring safety factors results in accidents which cause many losses including: cost overruns, disruption of the logistics system chain, and even loss of life. The government has issued various regulations and one of them is Minister of Transportation Regulation number 85/2018 concerning Public Transport Company Safety Management Systems. Various forms of socialization of regulations are carried out regularly every year until now. However, it is believed that most freight transport companies have not implemented this. It has been proven that only 9 public goods transportation companies have been registered in the SMKPAU system (Data from the Director General of Land Transportation as of February 2022). This research aims to find out how the Safety Management System and Minimum Service System are implemented in container freight companies and the obstacles faced in implementing them. The research is limited to a population sample of container freight companies registered in the city of Surabaya. The methodology used is a literature review and a combined method of quantitative and qualitative, namely by collecting data through questionnaires and interviews. It is hoped that the results of this research can provide recommendations to container land transportation companies regarding the proper implementation of the Safety Management System and provide an overview to the public about the field conditions for implementing these regulations in Surabaya.

KEYWORDS:- Freight transportation, container transportation, safety management system, minimum service system