TRANSPORTATION
Merak’s Big Squeeze
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Long queues on the way to Merak Port are happening again. The minimum number of ferries is the main reason. Old ferries contribute to worsen the crisis at the port.
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FROM the high-rise near kilometer 93 of the Jakarta-Merak toll road, the queues of thousands of trucks looked like a long snake. There was not an inch left on the obstruction-free road to Merak Port, Banten. The three lanes were swarmed with trucks of all sizes. The thousands of vehicles covered with tarpaulin containing various goods and basic commodities about to cross to Lampung were at a complete standstill.
Drivers and kernet (driver assist
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