Jakarta, 10 September 2022 - - PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia or PT PELNI (Persero) ensures that KM Sabuk Nusantara 109 is ready to serve its regular routes in the Tahuna Islands and surrounding areas on Sunday, September 11, 2022 tomorrow. KM Sanus 109 is back in operation after undergoing routine maintenance to ensure the reliability of the fleet as well as the safety of shipping and its users.
Head of the Corporate Secretariat of PT PELNI Opik Taupik said that KM Sanus 109 has been undergoing treatment at the dock since August 11 and was completed on September 5 yesterday. The KM Sanus 109 service will start from the Tahuna area on September 11 tomorrow with a departure schedule at 01.00 local time to Mangaran.
"We have made efforts to maintain timely maintenance so that we can return to serving the Tahuna community. In accordance with shipping regulations and the company that prioritizes shipping safety and users, we apologize for the inconvenience to the Tahuna community whose activities were disrupted due to the maintenance schedule for KM Sanus 109," said Opik.
To ensure that the socio-economic activities of the Tahuna community continue, previously PT PELNI had temporarily operated KM Sanus 69 in the Tahuna Islands region for the period 7 - 13 September 2022. "The presence of KM Sanus 69 is to fill the void left by Sanus 109 during treatment. Hopefully with his return Sanus 109, the activities of the Tahuna and surrounding communities are back to running as usual," added Opik.
As a pioneering ship operator assigned by the Government, PT PELNI has the responsibility to meet shipping standards which include the reliability of the fleet and crew. The entire PELNI fleet, both passenger ships and pioneer ships, always get routine checks to ensure each ship is seaworthy.
KM Sanus 109 itself sails the route Tahuna - Mangaran - Lirung - Melonguane - Dapalan - Kakorotan - Karatung - Marampit - Miangas - Marampit - Karatung - Kakorotan - Essang - Beo - Melonguane. year. The intensity of KM Sanus 109 passes through the same port every three to four days.
PELNI operates 10 sea toll vessels where the capacity of KM Lognus 1-5-6 is 220 TEUs; KM Lognus 2-3-4 : 115 TEUs and type KM Kendhaga 55 TEUs with an average delivery of 1-2 times per month. Surabaya is the largest home base for Sea Toll ships due to its strategic location.
PELNI as a State-Owned Enterprise engaged in sea transportation currently operates 26 passenger ships and stops at 76 ports and serves 1,058 segments.
In addition to passenger transportation, PELNI also serves 44 pioneer ship routes which are a means of accessibility for population mobility in disadvantaged, remote, outermost and border areas (3TP) where Pioneer Ships stop at 281 ports with a total of 3,695 segments. PELNI also operates 16 Rede Vessels. For logistics business services, currently PELNI operates 10 routes of the Sea Toll Road as well as one special route for livestock transportation.*
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