Home From Melaka, Malaysia to Dumai, Indonesia - April, 2001

From Melaka, Malaysia to Dumai, Indonesia - April, 2001

Submitted by Gernot Minig
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Shipment From: 
Melaka, Malaysia
Shipment To: 
Dumai, Indonesia
Shipper details
Company name: 
Purnama Mutiara Sdn. Bhd
Contact details: 

Purnama Mutiara Sdn. Bhd.
Ajensi Penghantaran & Perkapalan
d/a Petronas Lot 179 Semabok
75050 Melaka, Malaysia.
The little office is situated right on the harbour behind the Maritime Museum.

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Recommended?: 
Yes
Information about this Shipment
Shipping Method: 
Sea
Shipping date: 
April, 2001
Cost Paid at Start (US $): 
350 Ringit per bike = approx. US$92.00
Comments: 

Since a lot of motorcycle travellers on the way to Australia ship their bikes from Singapore and consider going into Indonesia too risky and to much of a hassle I could tell you the experiences that we (i.e. Horst Lentes, Chris Addison, Cuan Mulcahy and me) had. It might encourage other travellers to go through Indonesia as well. Indonesia is certainly a country worth visiting.

There is not one single vehicle ferry between Malaysia and Indonesia or Singapore and Indonesia. So we chartered one of the little wooden cargo boats that sail from Melaka in Malaysia to Dumai in Sumatra every day.

We paid 350 Ringit per bike. We were not allowed on the cargo boat. We had to take the passenger ferry, which cost 50 Ringit per person plus 10 Ringit tax. The ferry and the cargo boat left in the morning of the same day. Since the ferry was a lot faster, we could wait for the cargo boat in Dumai. There was a customs officer on board the ferry. He asked a lot of questions, but didn


 

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