Two Jumbo Ships Stop At Benoa Port, Bali

The cruise ship Resilient Lady was decorated with lights that read I Love Bali while docking at Benoa Harbor, Denpasar, Friday (12/24/2023) ANTARA/HO-Pelindo Benoa Denpasar

Two jumbo-sized cruise ships simultaneously stopped at Benoa Harbor, Denpasar, Bali, with a total of 4,863 foreign tourist passengers including the crew.

"A total of 37 cruise ships have docked in Benoa from January to November 2023," said General Manager of Pelindo Regional III Benoa A A Gede Agung Mataram, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, November 24.

The two cruise ships that stopped at Benoa Port were Queen Elizabeth and Virgin Voyages' Resilient Lady which is scheduled to depart on Friday (24/11) to Australia.

Based on Pelindo data, Queen Elizabeth's cruise ship carried 1,910 passengers and 988 crew.

Thedelish-flagged ship has a length of 294 meters weighing 90,901 gross tonnage (GT).

Meanwhile, Resilient Lady docked in Benoa carrying 980 passengers and 985 crew on a voyage from Singapore to Bali and the final destination in Sydney, Australia.

The Bahamas-flagged luxury ship has a length of 278 meters weighing 108,232 gross tonnage (GT).

During January-December 2023, around 50 foreign cruise ship operators registered to stop in Bali, with the realization until November there were 37 cruise ships stopping in Benoa, Denpasar, which are estimated to carry more than 30 thousand passengers.

Meanwhile, during January-December 2022, a total of 14 ships docked carrying nearly 7,000 passengers.

Pelindo previously completed the extension of the east pier from a length of 350 meters to a total of more than 500 meters which is part of the Bali Marine and Tourism Hub (BMTH) Project.

Currently, the BMTH Project which is being accelerated, namely two dredging channels and ponds, which until mid-October 2023, have almost 60 percent.

The total cost disbursed for the project is IDR 1.2 trillion, which comes from State Capital Participation (PMN) for infrastructure at sea and infrastructure work on land costs IDR 2.2 trillion from Pelindo pockets.