D+1 Christmas 2023, Homecomers Still Crowd Bakauheni Port

The congestion atmosphere of vehicles wishing to make a crossing at Bakauheni Port, on D+1 Christmas, Tuesday 26 December. (ANTARA-Riadi Gunawan)

Homecomers are still arriving and crowding the executive dock of Bakauheni Port, South Lampung, on D+1 Christmas 2023.

Passengers were observed arriving in a parking bag at Bakauheni Port executive pier on Tuesday at 12.00-13.00 WIB.

Not only the parking bag atmosphere at the executive dock, regular piers are also still crowded with vehicles that want to make crossings by ship.

It was also seen that the port entrance in the vehicle checking area looked busy but did not show any piles of vehicles.

General Manager of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry Bakauheni Branch Rudi Sunarko, in Bakauheni, Tuesday, said that his party recorded that the number of ship passengers using four-wheeled vehicles from Bakauheni Port, South Lampung, to Merak Port, Banten, on D+1 Christmas reached 5,250 cars.

This number has increased compared to the previous day which reached 5,231 vehicles.

Rudi appealed to ferry service users to buy Ferizy tickets from far away.

"We urge prospective travelers from Sumatra to Java who will use ASDP crossing services to buy tickets from far away," he said.

PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) has imposed a new provision for purchasing online ferry tickets starting December 11, 2023.

This provision applies to Bakauheni Port, Merak Port, Ketapang Port, and Gilimanuk Port.

The new provision is that the ferry ticket booking can be made up to a maximum radius of five kilometers before the port.

This provision is stipulated in the Letter of the Director General of Hubdat AP.406/1/5/DJPD/2023 regarding the Arrangement of Electronic Ticket Ordering Services around the Port.