REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MERAK -- Merak Ferry Port, which is usually rife with activity with commuters traveling to and from Java and Sumatra during holidays such as the Muslim Idul Fitri festivities, was quiet on Saturday (27/12).

Compared to conditions just two days earlier, the ferry port was relatively quiet on Saturday from morning till afternoon. The flow of traffic was smooth, as well.

Vehicles wishing to cross the Sunda Strait to Bakauheni Seaport in the eastern tip of Sumatra did not need to form a queue and were able to get on to the ferries directly.

"I think many travelers have yet to return from their Christmas holidays, which is why the port seems quiet," a spokesman for state-owned Inland Waterway Transportation Service (ASDP), Mario Sardadi Oetomo, said here on Saturday.

The ferry port looks normal with no apparent increase in the number of travelers, he stated, adding that the ASDP operates 27 units of ferries with 90 trips every day.

"We are confident that the number of commuters will increase on New Year's Eve," the spokesman affirmed.

From 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. on Friday, there were 41,449 pedestrian passengers, 1,196 two-wheelers, 4,499 four-wheelers, 373 buses, and 1,851 units of trucks.

However, Merak Port was comparatively quiet on Saturday, with 8,088 pedestrian passengers, 1,896 two-wheelers, 3,962 four-wheelers, 328 buses, and 2,456 units of trucks.

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