Using 22 Ships, 11,211 Travelers Have Crossed From Tanjung Priok Port Since D-15 Eid

Illustration of passengers in Tanjung Priok port, Jakarta. (Antara)

JAKARTA - A total of 11,211 travelers have departed from Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta from 7 to 17 April 2023.

"That figure has increased by 105.1 percent compared to the same period in 2022 where there were 5,466 passengers," said the Head of Legal and Public Relations Sub-division of Tanjung Priok Port Jakarta Gita Andreswari in Jakarta, Monday, April 17, confiscated by Antara.

The passengers were travelers who returned to their hometowns to celebrate Eid 2023. They departed for a number of destinations using 22 ships.

Specifically for Monday, April 17 2023 or D-5 Eid 2023, there were 1,261 passengers who departed from Tanjung Priok Port.

They used KM Dorolonda which departed from Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya, then stopped at Tanjung Priok Port carrying 1,261 passengers on Monday, April 17 at 03.00 WIB.

KM Dorolonda sailed with the final destination of Sei Kolak Kijang Port in West Kalimantan.

Then on Monday 17 April evening at 16.00 WIB it is scheduled for KM Dobonsolo to depart from Tanjung Priok Port with the aim of Tanjung Emas Port, Semarang. The ship will carry thousands of passengers participating in the free homecoming program who use motorbikes for the second wave.

Previously, on Saturday, April 15, the Ministry of Transportation's (Kemenhub) free homecoming program using KM Dobonsolo had transported 1,145 passengers and 479 motorbikes.