Avoid Going Home Through Pontianak's Dwikora Port On This Date, It Is Predicted That There Will Be A Buildup

Illustration of going home for Eid 2022 using a ship at the port. (Antara/Reno Esnir)

KALBAR - Head of Operations for PT Pelni Pontianak, West Kalimantan (Kalbar), Mulyadi said he was ready to face the 2022 Eid homecoming flow.

He estimates that the peak of the 2022 Lebaran homecoming flow at Pontianak's Dwikora Port will occur on April 29.

"Our prediction is that the peak flow for the Eid al-Fitr homecoming at Dwikora Port will occur on April 29," Mulyadi said in Pontianak, quoted from Antara, Saturday, April 23.

From observations in the field until the 21st day of the fasting month of Ramadan 1443 Hijriah, the flow of passengers at the Dwikora Port, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, still looks quiet and has not been crowded with passengers who are going back to their hometowns.

Mulyadi said that Friday evening, April 22, from the Port of Dwikora, one last ship was dispatched for the purpose of Pontianak-Riau.

"Passenger flow last night was observed to be quiet. Where the ship's capacity was to fit 1,000 people, but based on ticket sales it only filled about 350 people," he said.

For the time being, there has been no addition to the fleet of ships to transport Idul Fitri 2022. However, if in the past few days there has been a surge in passengers, Pelni will add to its fleet.

"We have seen the progress in the last two or three days, I have also coordinated with the Head of Pontianak KSOP, if there are not enough ships for the 29th, we will submit a request for an additional fleet to the Director General of Sea Transportation," said Mulyadi.

Until now, he added, there were five ships operating. There are three ships at Dwikora Port, Pontianak, and two other ships at Sintete Port, Sambas Regency.

"In Pontianak, there is a Lawit Ship heading for Pontianak-Semarang-Kumai, then a Lawit Ship heading for Pontianak-Jakarta and there is a Bukit Raya ship headed for Pontianak-Surabaya and to the Seven Islands to the port of Tanjung Priok," he said.