Hundreds of Homecomers Missed The Ship
Reported by Budhi Firmansyah Surapati | Translated by Trias Risangayu
Hundreds of motorcyclist homecomers
who participated Transportation Ministry free homecoming program to Surabaya destination had missed Wihan Sejahtera ship at Tanjung Priok Harbor, North Jakarta, Sunday (7/12). The ship had been forced to
return to the harbor to accomodate late homecomers.
Most of homecomers indeed have a short message service about the changing, unless me
585 Buses in Pulogadung Terminal Ready to Carry Homecomers
The ship was scheduled to depart at 4 pm, but suddenly it changed to 8 am. Mostly of the homecomers did not receive information that the schedule was changed.
Muhammad Salam (39), one of
homecomers admitted that he did not get any information about schedule change. As a result, his family missed the Wihan Sejahtera ship. “Most of homecomers indeed have a short message service
about the schedule, unless me,” he uttered.
Authority Head of Tanjung Priok
Harbor, Bay M Hasani expressed that schedule change was done as the consideration
arrival time in Tanjung Perak Harbor in Surabaya. If the ship is departed at 8AM, then
they will arrive at 5 PM in Surabaya. Thus, it eases homecomers continuing trip
to their destination.
“Relayed on our data, indeed not all
passengers got the information about the changing, because their number are
not active,” he told.
However, from the ship manifest
recorded, there are 628 passengers with 181 unit motorcycles, but only 466
passengers with 106 motorcycles got into the ship.
