Analyzing the Types of Potential Return Cargo for Livestock Carriers to Stimulate Economic Movement in Livestock-Producing Regions

The Tol Laut is a priority program of the Indonesian government to connect one region with other regions separated by the ocean using sea transport to ensure the implementation of a sustainable logistics flow, so that it is expected to reduce price disparities between one region and another in Indonesia. Nusa Tenggara Timur and Nusa Tenggara Barat are the suppliers of fresh beef to several provinces in Java and Kalimantan. However, transporting live cattle using cargo ships has the potential to cause cattle weight loss of up to 15–20%. In 2015, the Ministry of Transportation operated a livestock carrier that applied animal welfare principles so that cattle's weight loss decreased to only 9%. In its operation, the livestock carrier showed an increase in the number of livestock transported, but the ship always returned empty to livestock supply areas. This paper will then discuss potential solutions that can be presented to increase the productivity of livestock carriers using KM. Camara Nusantara 1 as an example. The results of this discussion are the types of return cargo that can be loaded on livestock carriers that can balance the cost of logistics distribution while encouraging economic movement in livestock supply areas.