Unsolved Problems at Merak Port

MERAK, KOMPAS.com - Although the Inland Waterway Transportation Service (ASDP) has operated 24 roll-on-roll-off ferry ships at Merak Port, thousands of trucks were still seen snaking down waiting for turns to cross to Sumatra, a company executive said.

"We have been operating 24 ferries," ASDP chief for Merak port La Mane said here on Sunday.

Mane said lines of waiting trucks had begun three days ago. The flow of traffic was still normal when participants of national sports jamboree were passing. "But now trucks line up again," he said.

The number of private cars and public buses ferried every day reached 300. "There are now 200 and we predict until the middle of tonight, the number of cars and trucks would have reached 300," Mane said.