PELNI Transports More Than 19 Thousands Passengers During Long Holiday

PT PELNI (Persero) has served 19,224 passengers who traveled during the period of joint leave and the national holiday of the Prophet Muhammad.

Jakarta, November 2, 2020 - PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia - PT PELNI (Persero) has served 19,224 passengers who traveled during the period of joint leave and the national holiday of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. This number of passengers is the total number of passengers who traveled from October 28th, 2020 to November 1st, 2020.

"During this long holiday period we have transported 15,364 passengers on passenger ships to various destinations in Indonesia as well as 3,860 passengers have traveled by pioneer ships," explained Director of Passenger Transportation Business O.M. Sodikin.

Sodikin added that in this period, there were five passenger ship routes with the highest number of passengers, namely Tarakan - Pare-Pare with 359 passengers, Pare-Pare - Tarakan (338), Ambon - Tual (310), Midai - Natuna (294). , and Batam Island - Belawan (267).

Meanwhile, the highest route on the pioneer ship is Saumlaki - Ambon with a total of 279 passengers, Banda - Amahai (273), P.Tior - Tual (170), Majene - Kota Baru (161), Kendari - Bobong (124).

"On the 1st of November was the highest date for passengers traveling by passenger ship, specifically 3,672 customers. Meanwhile, for pioneer vessel, the highest was on October 28 with 1,090 passengers," added Sodikin.

The Head of the PT PELNI Corporate Secretary, Yahya Kuncoro, also said that 26 passenger ships and 29 pioneer ships had been operated to face this long holiday period. "In the implementation of sea transportation in this period, PELNI has provided maximum service to all customers by implementing strict health protocols to maintain passenger safety and comfort," said Yahya.

Yahya also emphasized that PELNI continues to sell tickets as much as 50% of the ship's capacity. This is done in accordance with Government policy to continue to apply physical distancing while on the ship.

All PELNI passenger ships are also equipped with medical personnel and polyclinic facilities, hand washing equipment on each deck/floor of the ship, providing distance between passenger seats to avoid contact between passengers. "The dining service is now self-service and is available on every deck of the ship. This was done to limit the interaction between passengers and the crew on duty, "added Yahya.

PELNI is a State-Owned Enterprise that operates in the field of sea transportation has currently operated as many as 26 passenger ships and visited 83 ports and served 1,100 sections.

In addition to passenger transportation, PELNI also serves 45 pioneer ship routes which become a means of accessibility for population mobility in the 3TP area where pioneer vessels stop at 275 ports with 3,739 sections. PELNI also operates a total of 20 Rede vessels. Whereas in the logistics business services, PELNI now operates 4 cargo ships, 8 sea toll vessels, and 1 cattle-specific vessel.

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Yahya Kuncoro
Head of Corporate Secretariat PT PELNI (Persero)
Mobile: 0811 988 0162
Email: corporate.secretary@pelni.co.id