Pelni Serves 480,000 Customers During The 2022 Eid Transport Period

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JAKARTA - PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) has transported as many as 480,084 customers during the Lebaran 1443 Hijriah transportation period in 2022.

"The company expresses its gratitude for the trust of customers who have used Pelni ship services as homecoming transportation in 2022," said Pelni Passenger Transport Business Director Yahya Kuncoro in a statement in Jakarta, Sunday.

Yahya said that the number consisted of 219,436 customers who departed during the homecoming period from April 17 to May 2, 2022, and as many as 260,648 customers from the return period from May 3 to May 18 2022.

The peak of the homecoming flow was recorded on April 28 with 20,838 passengers, and the peak for the return flow was recorded on May 12 with 22,960 passengers.

As for the homecoming flow, said Yahya, passenger ships have delivered as many as 176,356 customers to various regions in Indonesia, and pioneer ships have brought as many as 43,080 customers.

As for the return flow, passenger ships have carried as many as 214,116 customers and for pioneer ships as many as 46,532 customers.

He conveyed that during the Lebaran transportation period, Pelni was involved in the free motorbike homecoming program by ship initiated by the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) with the Jakarta-Semarang-Surabaya route.

In the program, Pelni deployed motor boats (KM) Dobonsolo and KM Ciremai.

The two ships have carried as many as 2,098 passengers on the homecoming and 1,726 passengers on the return flow.

Pelni also noted that the five busiest segments for passenger ship services during the homecoming flow include Batam-Belawan Island with 9,864 customers, followed by the Balikpapan-Surabaya (8,195), Kumai-Semarang (6,596), Makassar-Surabaya (5,026) routes, Makasar-BauBau ( 3,688).

Meanwhile, the five busiest segments on passenger ship services during the return flow include Belawan-Batam Island (10,933), Semarang-Kumai (5,719), Surabaya-Balikpapan (5,316), Baubau-Makassar (5,239), ParePare-Tarakan (3,942).

For five busy segments during the homecoming flow for pioneer ship services, there are 955 customers Tua Pejat-Teluk Bayur, Tanjung Wangi-Sapeken (894), Kalianget-Masalembo (862), Amahai-Banda (612), Kalabahi-Baranusa (598).

Then the five most densely populated sections include the Sapeken-Tanjung Wangi segment with 1,023 customers, Masalembo- Kalianget (937), Sapeken- Kalianget (820), Majene-Kotabaru (631), and Masalembo-Surabaya (565).

He added that with the end of the Lebaran transportation period, all Pelni ships would resume operating on their regular routes.