Activities At Tanjung Emas Port, Semarang Are Not Yet Normal, Puddles Caused By The Flood Are Still 80 Cm

The situation of the main access to Tanjung Emas Port, Semarang, Central Java, which is still inundated by tidal flooding (Photo: ANTARA)

SEMARANG - Seawater runoff that enters the land or rob is still hitting the Tanjung Emas Port area of Semarang, Central Java Province (Central Java), Wednesday, May 25.

Head of Port Authority and Port Authority (KSOP) Class I Tanjung Emas Semarang, M.Tohir said the inundation in the port area was still around 80 cm. The two main entrances to Tanjung Emas Port are still inundated by tidal flooding.

According to Tohir, the flood has not subsided because repairs to the broken embankment have not been completed.

"Because it's still a work in progress, water is still coming in," he said in Semarang, as reported by Antara.

However, he continued, the activity of departing passenger ships was still running, despite changes in the departure schedule. This tidal flood causes the activities of passengers who will depart by ship to be disrupted.

However, he said, activities at the departure terminal optimize the use of the 2nd floor of the departure terminal. The container loading and unloading activities at the Semarang port have also resumed operations, although they are still limited to activities in the port area.

"For activities in and out of container transporting vehicles, it is not possible," said M Tohir

Previously, tidal flooding or tidal water that overflowed the mainland with a height of more than 2 meters hit the coastal area of Semarang City, Central Java, last Monday, especially the area around Tanjung Emas Port.

Thousands of workers from a number of factories located in the Tanjung Emas Port industrial area saved themselves from the incident.

Apart from motorcycles and cars, thousands of sewing machines and production machines at a number of factories were also submerged by the tidal flood.

Dozens of containers or containers at the Tanjung Emas Port also seemed to be submerged by the tidal flood that occurred at the same time as high waves, and was exacerbated by the collapse of the sea wall in the port area.