Sorry, Pelni Batam Did Not Prepare A Replacement Ship When KM Kelud Docking

KM Kelud owned by PT Pelni (ANTARA/Yude)

BATAM - Head of PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni) Batam Branch Muhammad Iqbal said there was no replacement ship during KM Kelud docking to undergo maintenance and maintenance on 7-22 September 2023. "There was no replacement ship during KM Kelud docking later. So for two weeks it was empty of shipping," Iqbal said when contacted in Batam, Riau Islands, Antara, Sunday, August 27. He explained, for ticket sales, it will also not be opened until the time determined by his party. "The ticket is just before the last 7th, it might be a week before the "docking" is finished and then we reopen for ticket purchases," he said. His party apologized to prospective passengers that KM Kelud was not operating for a while. "Later we will announce it back to the community, when the KM Kelud ship has started operating again," he said. Meanwhile, from Medan, North Sumatra, it was reported that the Branch Head of PT Pelni Medan Biwa Abi Laksana said that in September he was deliberately chosen to be the docking period for KM Kelud because at that time the sea traveled in the low season. He continued that it was not yet known at which shipyard KM Kelud would undergo docking because it was in the auction process. "But usually it's not far from the KM Kelud home base, namely Jakarta. It could be in Cilegon or the farthest in Lampung. The further away from Jakarta, the higher the cost of mobilization," said Biwa, Thursday.

He also emphasized that Pelni Medan will socialize the doping process (the process of moving the ship from water/sea to the top of the dock with the help of the KM Kelud dock facility to its prospective passengers.