BANYUWANGI - PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) Branch Ketapang, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, predicts the peak of the Christmas 2025 homecoming flow on December 21-22, 2025, while the peak of the New Year 2026 flow on December 28-29, 2025.
General Manager of ASDP Indonesia Ferry Ketapang Branch, Banyuwangi, Ardhy Ekapaty stated that the Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 Transportation Post has been operational since December 19, 2025 and will end on January 4, 2026.
"We are coordinating with regulators and operators of cross-Ketapang-Gilimanuk crossing services by preparing as many as 53 ferry fleets," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday.
Meanwhile, the piers, continued Ardhy Ekapaty, were recorded to have 16 piers at Ketapang Port (Banyuwangi) and Gilimanuk Port (Jembrana/Bali).
Regarding the operational concept for this Christmas and New Year's transportation, he said, ASDP has prepared three ferry ship operation scenarios.
First, in the normal pattern, as many as 28 ferry boats operate, 30 boats in a dense pattern, and when the conditions are very dense, as many as 32 boats are operated.
"For strategies to deal with passenger surges, we have three strategies, namely controlling ticket services by entering vehicle quotas on the ferry reservation system, in a safe condition according to the capacity and carrying capacity of the ship," said Ardhy.
In addition, according to him, ASDP will also strengthen port operations, optimize port officers in coordination with other stakeholders to accelerate and maintain the commitment to the operational schedule of the ship.
"Coordination with other agencies such as the TNI/Polri, KSOP, Transportation Office and others is also important in order to regulate vehicle traffic for safety and smoothness," said Ardhy.
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