Makassar Port Continues To Operate After The KM Umsini Fire

The atmosphere of officers from Pelindo and the Health Team served passengers from KM Umsini who caught fire. Between / HO-Pelindo Regional 4

PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero) Regional 4 stated that the fire incident that hit KM Umsini which arrived at Makassar Port at 01.30 WITA from Baubau and will continue its voyage to Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya, did not interfere with operations at the port. "The Makassar Port Operation remains normal. We are helping to deal with the fire incident that hit KM Umsini," said Executive Director 4 of Pelindo Regional 4 Abdul Azis in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Antara, Sunday, June 9. The handling of the fire incident that happened to KM Umsini was carried out on Sunday today at around 05.45 WITA in the Makassar Port area. Observing this, he continued, his party prepared a waiting room at the Anging Mammiri Passenger Terminal which can accommodate approximately 3,000 passengers. "Alhamdulillah, all passengers from the ship have managed to get off safely and now all of the prospective passengers are at the passenger terminal," he said. The capacity of the passenger terminal at Makassar Port is very ready with a total capacity of approximately 3,000 people. And currently there are around 1,500 people in the current condition. Abdul Azis added, in principle Pelindo continues to provide comfort, order and security to passengers who will continue their journey to Surabaya and Jakarta. Pelindo as the manager of the Makassar Port passenger terminal provides guaranteed cleanliness and availability of passengers' needs such as space for breastfeeding mothers, prayer rooms, clean toliets, and room or air conditioning, to provide comfort to passengers. "Hopefully this can be handled properly so that even though their departure is delayed, they can still arrive at their destination safely," said Abdul Azis. General Manager of Pelindo Regional 4 Makassar, Iwan Sjarifuddin added that the KM Umsini fire incident that occurred this morning also did not interfere with the activities of ship entry and exit at Makassar Port.

"Currently, according to information from Pelni, there are approximately 400 passengers heading to Surabaya and the remaining 1,000 people are still waiting because they will continue to Jakarta and to Kijang," he explained.