Prepare Two Ships, PELNI Invited People to Send Aid for Disaster Victims in NTT

PT PELNI (Persero) as a maritime shipping and logistics company provides two fleets of passenger ships, KM Awu and KM Egon, to transport humanitarian aid for victims of natural disasters in the East Nusa Tenggara

Jakarta, 9 April 2021 - PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia - PT PELNI (Persero) as a maritime shipping and logistics company provides two fleets of passenger ships, KM Awu and KM Egon, to transport humanitarian aid for victims of natural disasters in the East Nusa Tenggara region. People who wish to send aid can send their relief items to the Disaster Relief Post at the PELNI Surabaya Branch Office no later than three hours before KM Egon departs at 20.00 WIB, Saturday (10/4).

Acting. The Head of Corporate Secretary Opik Taupik said that PELNI invites all state-owned companies, private companies, and community organizations to be able to take advantage of PELNI's ships in sending humanitarian aid. The two ships will carry aid with departure points from Surabaya to Waingapu and Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. "For the transportation of the first relief goods, the company will dispatch KM Egon on Saturday (10/4) and is scheduled to arrive at Waingapu Port on Tuesday (13/4)," explained Opik Taupik.

For the second ship, KM Awu is scheduled to depart from Tanjung Perak Port, Surabaya on Monday (12/4) and is scheduled to arrive at Waingapu Port on Thursday (15/4) and arrive at Kupang Port on Friday (16/4). Opik Taupik added that in sending humanitarian aid, the ships had been prepared to carry basic necessities, daily necessities, vehicles, and volunteers / medical personnel.

"KM Egon is a Ro-Ro type ship with a capacity of 500 pax. The ship is capable of carrying passengers, cargo, and motorized vehicles. We sincerely hope that all levels of society can take advantage of this moment to be able to alleviate the suffering of our relatives in disaster-affected areas," he explained .

Opik Taupik also added that in addition to deploying two PELNI ships to transport disaster relief to the NTT region, PT PELNI (Persero) also distributed assistance to affected victims worth IDR 100,000,000 as a form of Company's concern. This assistance is manifested in the form of goods to be transported by KM Egon which will depart from Surabaya with KM Egon (10/4).

People who want to need further information regarding the transportation of assistance for the NTT region with these two PELNI ships can contact the PELNI Surabaya Branch Office as the port of departure. In addition, information can also be obtained through the PIC for transportation of NTT disaster relief in Surabaya (Titin HP 0813-3222-3338 / Tanty HP 0821-9464-6984) as well as the official PELNI website and social media accounts at @ pelni162 and contact center 021-162 and WhatssApp service at 0811-162-1-162 for 7 x 24 hours.

PELNI as a State Owned Enterprise which is engaged in sea transportation has operated 26 passenger ships and stopped at 76 ports and served 1,058 segments.

Apart from passenger transportation, PELNI also serves 45 pioneer ship routes which are a means of accessibility for population mobility in the 3TP area where pioneer ships stop at 285 ports with 3,811 sections. PELNI also operates 16 Rede ships. Meanwhile, in logistics business services, PELNI now operates 9 sea highway routes and 1 special route for livestock transportation.