Bakauheni Port Activity Decreases Instead Of Yesterday, Parking Bags Are Dominated By Motorists

Motorcyclists crowded their vehicle parking pockets at Bakauheni Port, South Lampung to Merak, Banten. (ANTARA/Riadi Gunawan)

JAKARTA - The number of vehicles traveling back and forth from Bakauheni Port to Merak Port on D+6 Lebaran 2024 decreased. However, owners of two-wheeled driving who want to cross are still coming.

Riders continued to arrive until they packed the parking space and the Regular Pier of Bakauheni Port from morning until noon today. They started arriving from 11.30 to 13.30 WIB.

Not only two-wheeled vehicles crowded the port, it appears that a number of four-wheeled vehicles also continue to arrive until they crowd the parking space of Bakauheni Port.

A number of police officers, TNI, and ASDP officers were seen busy regulating the flow of traffic inside the port.

General Manager of PT ASDP Feri Indonesia Bakauheni Branch Rudi Sunarko said, based on 24-hour data from the ASDP Bakauheni Branch Post, the number of vehicles crossing from Sumatra to Java Island was 24,847 units, down compared to the previous day as many as 36,136 vehicles.

He explained that the passengers of the vehicles were divided into four vehicles, namely two-wheeled, four-wheeled, buses and trucks, as well as large vehicles.

"For the number of passengers using two-wheeled vehicles as many as 9,181 units, four-wheeled 13,207 units, 674 buses, and a large vehicle truck of 1,785 units," he said in Bakauheni, Wednesday, which was confiscated by Antara.

Rudi Sunarko appealed to ferry service users to buy ferry 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 ferry online tickets since December 11, 2023.