ASDP Predicts More Passengers Homecoming For Eid 2024 Than Last Year

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) Merak Main Branch, Banten predicts that the number of vehicles traveling for Lebaran 1445 H/2024 will increase, thereby optimizing facilities and infrastructure for smoothness, comfort, security and safety to reach their destination. General Manager (GM) of PT ASDP Merak Suharto Main Branch, in Merak, Wednesday, April 3, said the number of vehicles traveling this year for Merak Port is predicted to increase from the previous year. Homecomers using vehicles this year are estimated to reach 27 thousand-28 thousand units, and last year only 26 thousand units per day. The increase in the number of vehicles has certainly been prepared by accommodating the capacity of the parking lot inside the port of 5,206 units. So far, on this D-7 or Wednesday, especially for Merak Port, it has run smoothly and vehicles entering the port can be directly dispatched to Bakauheni Port, Lampung. "We believe that the increase in the number of homecoming vehicles has been confirmed to run smoothly without any queues of congestion or accumulation of transportation," Suharto said, quoted from Antara. According to Suharto, his party has anticipated congestion and accumulation of vehicles around Merak Port as the main port. Therefore, ASDP Merak applies scenarios to overcome vehicle congestion and buildup of transportation by operating three ports. The operation of the three ports has been carried out on Wednesday (3/4), including Merak, Ciwandan, and Bojonegara ports. The Merak Port is intended for pedestrian passengers, small vehicles, buses, 4 D and 5 D groups.

Ciwandan Port, especially for motorcycle vehicles, 6 and 7 groups of trucks. Meanwhile, Bojonegara Port is for class 8 and 9 vehicles. "We ensure that this year's Eid homecoming is guaranteed not to have vehicle density or accumulation of transportation, because it is operated to distribute the 3 ports," he explained. A number of piers at Merak Port were monitored smoothly and there was no accumulation of vehicles in their parking pockets, because vehicles entering the port could be immediately dispatched to Bakauheni Port, Lampung. "We appreciate Merak's ASDP service getting better without any queues of vehicles and a buildup of transportation," said Hendro (45), a private vehicle driver going to Palembang, South Sumatra.