Ferries Malaysia - Indonesia - How?
 

I've just tried 3 ports (Melaka, Luggi & Georgetown) here in Malaysia to get me & my Dommie to Sumatra. I'm no problem, the Dommie is however. Apparently all boats that do this very regular shuttle run are passenger only affairs. I've been told I can put it on a freight boat & then travel by passenger ferry myself. I'm not allowed on a freight boat am I'm not happy with this scenario. How have others overcome this?

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Grant Johnson

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Cheers Grant, but this was the option I was trying to avoid. These vegetable boats, like all freight boats, do not allow passengers. It's an Indonesian thing according to the Malays. I was hoping someone may have wangled a way around it.
Anyway it seems that this is the only way. So I look for a fresh fruit boat rather than Mr Duval's onion job. I really don't want it all to end in tears you understand.

Graeme

Oh, I was told there was a car ferry from Penang four years ago but it was stopped as uneconomic.

Here are the details of a very helpful shipper for Georgetown to Medan and also the cheapest I could find - 250 Rinngit roughly $80 and he did all the paperwork for me. Lovely guy and his boats leave on Monday and Thursdays, probably best to bowl up the day before.

Yeap Thean Seng
Cakra Shipping and Trading
187 2nd Floor Lebhu Pantai
10300 Penang
Malaysia
04 2625879
Mobile 012 4889717