GEORGE TOWN, Dec 4 – Penang Port Sdn Bhd will reduce the number of ferries that plying between the island and mainland from the currently four to three start from Jan 1. It may also reducing the operating hours of the service. Until now, the port was runing a fleet of four ferries daily which 20 to 30-minute arrival intervals between 5.20am and 10pm while another one ferry from 10pm to 1am with arrival intervals of 40 minutes.
“The first ferry to departs from the island was at 5.40am while the last one leaves at 1am. From the mainland, the first ferry was departs at 5.20am while the last one was leaves at 12.40am. The first ferry would leave the island at 6.30am and the last at 11.30pm under the new schedule from Jan 1. From the mainland, the first ferry will leave at 6.30am and the last at 11pm,” Penang Port Corporate Services and Support Division senior general manager Rosihan Adi Baharuddin said in a statement yesterday.
He said the three ferries would run on intervals of between 20 and 30 minutes during peak hours at both terminals while the interval would be reduced to an hour from 8.20pm onwards. A spokesman also said that the number of ferries and operating hours were reduced due to the fewer motorists were using ferries.
