These Are The Rules For The Crossing Of Homecoming Flows At Merak And Ciwandan Ports, Homecomers Must Listen!

Illustration of crossings at the collective port (Antara/HO-ASDP)

YOGYAKARTA The rules for crossing the homecoming flow at Merak and Ciwandan ports must be listened to by travelers who use ship transportation services.

It is known, in the 2023 Eid homecoming season, the government will optimize services at Merak Port and Ciwandan Port to avoid accumulation of travelers.

Reported by VOI, Tuesday, April 15, 2023, Director General of Land Transportation, Hendro Sugiatno explained that his party continues to coordinate with related parties in order to launch the journey of travelers, one that will be passed by motorcyclists and logistics transportation either to or to get out of Ciwandan Port.

Among them are coordinating with related parties starting access to port roads, arrangement of departure areas, piers, transport ships, security, and others.

"On the Ciwandan-Bakauheni route, 12 Roro ships will be served, while the Ciwandan-Panjang route will be served by three ships belonging to PT. Pelni and PT. ALP," said Hendro.

Hendro also added that later there will be 5 piers allocated at Ciwandan Port with a plan of 24 trips per day.

"Meanwhile, 7 piers operating at Merak Port will be served with a total of 65 Roro ships," he said.

Later, said Hendro, 4-wheeled vehicles and buses will use Merak Port for homecoming and Bakauheni for backflow, separated from 2-wheeled vehicles and trucks so that they are not too crowded.

For people who want to use ferry boats through two Merak and Ciwandan ports, they are expected to pay attention to the rules that will be implemented.

The rules for crossing the homecoming flow at Merak and Ciwandan Ports are contained in the Joint Decree Number: KP-DRJD 2616 of 2023, SKB/48/IV/2023, 05/PKS/Db/2023 concerning Road Traffic Regulation and Crossing During the Homecoming Flow and Backflow of Eid Transportation in 2023/1444 Hijri.

The regulation was agreed upon by the Directorate General of Land Transportation (Ditjen Hubdat), Korlantas Polri and the Directorate General of Highways.

Quoted from the Instagram account of the Directorate General of Land Transportation, @ditjen_hubdat, the operating rules at these two ports will be enforced on April 15 - May 1, 2023.

The mechanism is as follows:

1. Crossing rules from Java to Sumatra

The crossing rules for vehicles from Java with the aim of Sumatra which are applied at Merak Port and Ciwandan Port are as follows:

2. Crossing rules from Sumatra to Java

Similar rules are also applied at Bakauheni Port and Panjang Port. For vehicles from Sumatra with the aim of Java, the crossing rules are:

3. Delaying system (delaying setting)

In this Eid transportation, the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) has also implemented a delaying system on the toll road to Merak and Ciwandan ports.

The location is as follows:

All information and complaint services related to traffic control at Merak and Ciwandan ports can contact the following numbers:

Meanwhile, complaints related to toll roads can contact Jasa Marga's call center at 14080.

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