Christmas-New Year Holidays, Bakauheni Port Lampung Is Still Quiet

The traffic flow of travelers at the Executive Pier of Bakauheni Port, South Lampung, was observed to be quiet on D-1 Christmas 2024. (ANTARA/Riadi Gunawan)

The traffic activity of private vehicles and public passengers at the Executive and regular Pier of Bakauheni Port, Lampung, was quiet on Tuesday afternoon or D-1 for the 2024 Christmas and 2025 New Year holidays.

Based on observations at the location, Tuesday, December 24, the number of passengers was observed, both in the executive dock area and the regular dock.

The atmosphere of the parking bag at Bakauheni Port during the day also looks like a normal day.

Based on 24-hour data from the post of PT ASDP Bakauheni branch, 7,969 units of homecoming vehicles have crossed with details of 3,689 four wheels, 427 buses, 3,056 trucks, and 797 two wheels.

Meanwhile, the number of passengers crossing to Java is 34,775 people consisting of 2,011 pedestrian passengers and 32,764 passengers in vehicles.

General Manager of PT ASDP Bakauheni Branch Syamsudin said that based on passenger data, the crossing to the island of Java had decreased the number of passengers from the previous day.

"For the total number of vehicles crossing as many as 7,969 units, this number has decreased from the previous day, namely on Monday there were 9,792 vehicles. For passengers, there were also 34,775 people, while the previous day it reached 41,191 people," he said.

With the uncertain weather situation in the Sunda Strait waters, he appealed to crossing service users to always be aware of the potential for extreme weather.

"We continue to urge prospective passengers to make crossings in the morning or during the day for the convenience of service users considering the uncertain weather and tends to be extreme," he said.