Malacca-Dumai ferry project should take off
The Riau Administration in Indonesia had asked the Malacca government to speed up the Malacca-Dumai roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) ferry project.
Riau Province deputy governor II Emrizal Pakis said the project was approved nearly a year ago but until now the state has yet to start the jetty project.
“I feel Tanjung Bruas is more suitable for the ferry service than Kuala Linggi as originally proposed. Kuala Linggi is saddled with tide problems,” he said after visiting the Tanjung Bruas port.
Emrizal, who was heading a 35-member delegation, was on a two-day visit to Malacca.
The delegation attended a dinner hosted by Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam.
Emrizal said the Riau Administration had built the physical infrastructure for the project, including building a jetty at Dumai costing Rp55mil and approved ro-ro ferries which could carry 48 cars.
The ro-ro ferry takes about six hours to travel between Dumai and Malacca compared to one hour and 50 minutes by a passenger ferry at present while flights from Malacca to Pekan Baru takes about 45 minutes. — Bernama
-News courtesy of The Star-
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