6 PELNI Ships Including KM Lambelu And Awu Undergo Care For Preparation For Eid Transportation
PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (PELNI) Persero conducted maintenance of six ships in March 2023 to ensure that all fleets are ready to face the 2023 Eid Transport which will begin in April.Head of the Corporate Secretariat of PT PELNI Opik Taupik stated that the ship's maintenance is an annual schedule."During the maintenance, we apologize to customers because there are no replacement ships. We urge them to be able to adjust the travel schedule or look for other transportation options until the ship's maintenance is complete and resume operations," he said in a statement received by ANTARA in Kupang, Sunday, March 5.He said a number of ships undergoing treatment were KM Lambelu which served the Makassar - Pare Pare - Balikpapan - Pantoloan - Tarakan - Nunukan round-trip (PP) route.KM Lambelu itself has been undergoing treatment since February 15 and until March 25, 2023. Then KM Leuser which serves the Makassar - Bau Bau - Wanci - Namrole - Ambon - Saumlaki - Tual - Dobo - Timika - Agats - Merauke PP route which has been undergoing treatment since March 1 and finished on March 16.The third ship is KM Sinabung which serves the Surabaya - Makassar - Bau Bau - Banggai - Bitung - Ternate - Bacan - Sorong - Manokwari - Biak - Jayapura route back and forth. The ship began treatment from March 17 to 30.The fourth is KM Bukit Sigungtang which serves the Makassar - Maumere - Lewoleba - Kupang - Lewoleba - Maumere - Makassar - Pare Pare - Balikpapan - Tarakan - Nunukan PP. The ship began serving nurses from 6 to 28 March.The fifth ship is KM Awu which serves the Surabaya - Kumai - Surabaya - Benoa- Bima - Waingapu - Ende - Kupang - Kalabahi PP route. The ship began treatment from March 13 to 25.The last ship is KM Nongpulu which serves the Tanjung Priok - Surabaya - Makassar - Bau Bau - Ambon - Banda - Tual - Dobo - Kaimana - Fak Fak PP route and has been undergoing treatment since February 16 and will end on March 19.Opik said that of the six ships, five of them underwent treatment at the dock of PT PAL Surabaya with a construction period of 14-45 days. Treatment is carried out starting from painting, repairing safety facilities to thickening ship plates.Opik added, with KM Lambelu and KM Bukit Sigungtang undergoing simultaneous treatment, the route in the central region of Indonesia will experience a vacancy of PELNI ships until the treatment time of the two is complete."We hope that our loyal customers can adjust their travel schedule until the two ships have finished undergoing treatment and are back ready to serve the route. We are trying to schedule maintenance on time and our customers can return to sailing on PELNI ships," explained Opik.