ASDP Boss Assures Electric Cars Can Ride on Ferry Boats in Nataru

President Director of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) Heru Widodo. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) ensures that electric-based cars or EVs can already board the crossing ship during the Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 (Nataru) period.

ASDP President Director Heru Widodo said his party had also issued standard operating procedures (SOP) regarding the placement of electric cars in crossing transportation in order to anticipate fires.

Furthermore, Heru said, the SOP has also been conveyed to all ports related to electric vehicles.

"We have SOP and we place (electric vehicles) in front of the ramp door. If later, for example, an incident occurs related to this electric vehicle, it will be easier for us to evacuate and handle," he said at the ASDP Office, Jakarta, Monday, December 15.

In addition, said Heru, the battery of electric vehicles also does not need to be removed or removed when the vehicle goes up on board.

Regarding this SOP, Heru said ASDP made it independently.

Considering that the Ministry of Transportation has not provided provisions regarding the placement of electric vehicles on board.

"We are ready because indeed the use of electric vehicles is increasing day by day. So we also have to start preparing, even at the port there are chargers for electric vehicles," he said.

Previously, the Director of Operations and Transformation, Rio Theodore Natalianto Lasse, said for the Nataru period this time, ASDP projected that the number of trips (trips) would increase by 5.4 percent compared to the previous year.

Rio said there were 15 national monitoring routes of ASDP which were predicted to have a movement of up to 20,943 trips, with a number of passengers of more than 547,000 people and vehicles exceeding 868,000 units during the.

According to Rio, the number of passengers at Nataru this time increased by 4.3 percent. Meanwhile, vehicles increased by 8.9 percent.

"The highest if we look at it is two-wheeled vehicles, it has increased by 15.2 percent. Then the truck is 7.4 percent (vehicles) four-wheeled small vehicles have increased by 5.9 percent. The bus has increased by 5 percent. Overall, everything has increased," he said.

"To accommodate the high public interest, Rio said the capacity of the ship during the peak period of Nataru would be increased. Capacity additions are different at each port.

To accommodate the high public interest, Rio said the capacity of the ship during the peak period of Nataru would be increased. Capacity additions are different at each port.

"Merak-Bakauheni from 28 ships to 33 ships per day with a capacity of 31,000 small vehicles. Then, Ketapang-Gilimanuk from 28 ships to 34 ships per day with a capacity of approximately 15,000 small vehicles per day," he said.