Our on-field officers are also ready to serve and succeed the implementation (of the event).Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Directorate of Sea Transportation of the Transportation Ministry has deployed Motor Vessel (MV) Tatamailau as a floating hotel for Sail Tidore 2022, which is being held in Tidore city, North Maluku, from November 24–29.
"The floating hotel is an accommodation support for the smooth and successful implementation of Sail Tidore 2022," Director for Sea Traffic and Transport at the ministry Captain Hendri Ginting said in a statement issued on Friday.
The motor vessel can be used by participants of the event, VIP guests, guests, general visitors, as well as police officers, military personnel, and shuttle bus drivers who are in charge in the event, he informed.
MV Tatamailau can accommodate one thousand people.
It has seven Class IA cabins, which can accommodate two people each, and ten Class IB cabins, which can be used by four people each. Meanwhile, the rooms in the economy class can accommodate a total of 946 people.
Restaurants, prayer rooms, cafeterias, toilets, and mini markets are among the facilities that have been provided on board under a collaboration between the Transportation Ministry and state-run ferry operator PT Pelayaran Nasional Indonesia (Pelni).
The director informed that 87 speedboats, 12 motorboats, a pioneer ship MV Sabuk Nusantara 105, Navigation District Office Class I Ambon’s State Ship (KN) Bacan, Port Implementation Unit (UPP) Babang’s KN 494, and the Maluku Provincial Land Transportation Management Center’s (BPTD’s) KN 324 have been dispatched to ensure the availability of sea transport services during Sail Tidore 2022.
Meanwhile, Patrol Vessel 358 and Patrol Vessel 375 of the Transportation Ministry's Coast and Sea Guard Unit (KPLP) have been deployed to maintain security at the event.
In addition, the Directorate General of Sea Transportation is participating in the Sail Tidore 2022 exhibition to disseminate information on the sea highway, pioneer ships, and cattle vessel programs.
"Thus, the Directorate of Sea Transportation at the Transportation Ministry has been truly ready and fully supported the implementation of Sail Tidore 2022. Our on-field officers are also ready to serve and succeed the implementation (of the event)," Ginting added.
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