Backflow Starts Sloping, A Total Of 129,161 Vehicle Units Leave Sumatra To D+4 Lebaran

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JAKARTA - PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) noted that entering the D+5 Lebaran 2024 Transport, passenger traffic and vehicles that will cross from Bakauheni-Lampung Port to Merak, Banten were observed to be flowing.

ASDP Corporate Secretary Shelvy Arifin said travelers returning to Java Island from Sumatra had reached 65 percent, and total vehicles reached 66 percent.

"The flow has become increasingly sloping, we estimate that travelers and vehicles that have not returned will be evenly distributed until this weekend considering that a number of employees may take long leave during the Eid al-Fitr holiday period," he said in an official statement, Tuesday, April 16.

Furthermore, Shelvy said, one of the positive achievements in the backflow that went smoothly and under control, in which cumulative data, travelers with tickets arriving at Bakauheni port reached 98.2 percent.

"Of course this is thanks to the support of service users in complying with the maximum H-1 flight ticket policy and arriving at the port according to the schedule stated on the ticket. Of course, this socialization continues to be conveyed massively to the public," said Shelvy.

Based on data from the Bakauheni Command Post on April 15, 2024 (00.00 WIB to 23.59 WIB) or D+4, the number of ships operating was 35 ships. The realization of the total number of passengers was 158,935 people who had crossed, followed by 14,802 two-wheeled vehicles, 19,371 units of four-wheeled vehicles, and a total production of all vehicles on D+4 as many as 36,136 units.

"Accumulatively, the realization of passenger production that has returned to Java Island from Sumatra from day H to D+4, as many as 546,139 people or has reached 65 percent when compared to the number of passengers departing from Java Island on yesterday's homecoming flow as many as 835,718 people," said Shelvy.

Furthermore, the traffic of two-wheeled vehicles that have returned to Java is 56,765 units or 73 percent compared to the number of two-wheeled vehicles during the homecoming period as many as 77,573 vehicles.

Then, continued Shelvy, there were 66,689 units of four-wheeled vehicles that had returned to Java or reached 67 percent compared to those departing on the homecoming flow from Merak as many as 100,087 vehicles.

Shelvy said, the total cumulative number of vehicles that had returned from Sumatra to Java from day H to D + 4 was 129,161 units or reached 66 percent compared to the number of vehicles departing from Java Island when the homecoming flow was 196,287 vehicles.

"From Panjang Port, which serves the return flow to Ciwandan Port, it is accumulatively recorded that it has served 5,986 travelers and 2,756 vehicles, starting from April 12 to April 15, 2024," said Shelvy.

On the other hand, the flow from Java to Sumatra, the realization of passengers crossing on D+4 was 55,958 people, followed by 1,809 two-wheeled vehicles, 6,969 units of four-wheeled vehicles, and a total production of all vehicles on D+4 of 10,151 units.

Cumulatively, the realization of passenger production that has returned to Sumatra Island from Java for the period D to D+4 is 252,234 people or 73 percent when compared to the number of passengers departing from Sumatra Island on homecoming flow (D-7 to D) as many as 345,536 people.

Shelvy said that 31,836 units of four-wheeled vehicles had returned to Sumatra, or 77 percent compared to the number of four-wheeled vehicles departing from Sumatra Island on the homecoming flow of 41,337 vehicles.

"So that the total cumulative vehicles that have returned from Java to Sumatra Island are 50,099 units or reach 78 percent compared to the number of vehicles departing from Sumatra Island when the homecoming flow was 64,299 vehicles," he explained.