ASDP Merak Prepares Backflow Service For Eid Holiday Tomorrow

Ferry Ship arrives at the Executive Pier of Merak Port to wait for passengers to return to Bakauheni Port, Lampung.ANTARA/Mansur

JAKARTA - PT ASDP Ferry Indonesia, Merak Main Branch, estimates that the peak of the return flow of Eid al-Adha 1444 Hijri will be on Sunday (2/7), because civil servants (PNS) and private companies will return to work next Monday.

"Now the backflow of Eid al-Adha is still normal and there has not been a spike," said Head of Public Relations of PT ASDP Merak Putu Branch, quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, July 1.

Backflow travelers at six piers are relatively normal and run smoothly to cross to Bakauheni, Lampung.

The six piers include one Executive Pier and five Regular Piers.

Currently, the parking area of the pier is normal, so there are no queues of vehicles.

However, his party believes that the peak of backflow is confirmed to occur on Sunday (2/7) from Merak Harbor to Bakauheni or vice versa Bakauheni Port to Merak.

"We optimize all officers to provide the best service for service users so that they are smooth, safe, comfortable and safe to their destination," he explained.

Based on data on backflow for 24 hours throughout Friday (30/6) from the Merak Port Command Post, the movement of H + 1 Iduladha passengers was recorded at 34,296 passengers consisting of 2,454 pedestrian passengers and 31,842 passengers on board vehicles.

Meanwhile, the number of vehicles recorded 7,820 units consisting of two-wheeled 1,269 units, four-wheeled 4,159 units, 274 buses and 2,118 trucks.

In addition, there are 29 Ferry ships operated with 99 round-trip (PP) Merak-Bakauheni, Lampung.

"We guarantee that homecoming travelers will return from Merak - Bakauheni and vice versa Bakauheni -Merak is normal and smooth," he explained.

Likewise, parking attendants at the Executive Pier of Merak Feri Port said that the return flow from Merak to Bakauheni Port from late afternoon until evening was relatively normal with a total of around 120 vehicles.

"All of these vehicles were immediately dispatched by a fleet of ships arriving at the Merak Port Executive Pier," said Feri.

Sugeng, a travelers who was about to go to Lampung, admitted that he departed from the Jakarta Orange Gardens in the afternoon until he arrived at Merak Port at 19.50 WIB.

He earlier returned to work in Bandar Lampung to avoid vehicle congestion.

"We hope to arrive in Bandar Lampung in the early hours of the morning and safely arrive at our destination," he explained.