KALIPURO – September 2016 later a ban on operating landing craft tank type ships (LCT) on the Ketapang-Gilimanuk shipping line has started to be implemented. Several LCT type ships at Ketapang Port are starting to leave the trajectory that connects Java and Bali.
The two vessels that are not operating are LCT Sri Tanjung II and LCT Tunu Pratama Jaya. The two ships have actually entered the annual docking period. However, because there is an instruction prohibiting LCT from operating, the two ships chose not to dock.
"Docking the ship must be done every year". If you don't dock, you have to get out of the track,"explained the Head of the Port Operator Unit (DEAL) Class III Ketapang, ispriyanto, through the staff, Widodo. The conditions are different from passenger motor boats (km²) which is at the Ketapang crossing- Gilimanuk. Annual docking is still done so that the KMP type ship can operate again.
Widodo said, Some KMPs that are currently not operating because they are still docking are KMP Citra Mandala Sakti, KMP Gilimanuk I, KMP Trisila Bakti, KMP Satria Nusantara, and KMP Tirta Jawa.
"The KMP I mentioned later will operate again after docking. If the LCT Tunu Pratama Jaya has returned to Balikpapan and it is certain that it will no longer operate in Ketapang,” he added. Meanwhile, Until now at the Bali Strait crossing there are still around 39 KMP and 8 operating LCT type vessels.
Not impossible 8 The LCT that is still operating will follow in its footsteps 2 LCT who chose to leave the track before September 2016. “The Sri Tanjung LCT which is red is still operating, but September is docking time,"explained Widodo.
Just knowing, ban on LCT type vessels operating in Ketalang-Gilimanuk since Septembr 2016 it's not meant to kill business people who own LCT ships. This rule is enforced to prioritize the safety aspects of the ship's passengers.
LCT type ships are designed only for transporting goods and vehicles, not carrying passengers. (radar)
