ALOR SETAR, Sept 22 – Ferry operations at the Kuala Kedah Passenger Terminal which were temporarily suspended from Thursday until yesterday following warnings of strong winds and rough seas, resumed on Sunday.
Konsortium Ferrylines Ventures Sdn Bhd general manager Captain Dr Baharin Baharom said this involved four ferry trips from Kuala Kedah to Langkawi and five ferry trips from Langkawi to Kuala Kedah.
“After three days of operations being grounded, the first ferry trip from Kuala Kedah was at 1.30pm today awhile the first trip from Langkawi to Kuala Kedah was at 10.30 this morning,” he said.
“The weather conditions today are good, and we will monitor whether the terminal can continue to operate or not because we have been informed that there will be a transition phase of the monsoon starting this Tuesday which will cause heavy rain and strong winds.”
He said if there is a storm and strong winds that cause the ferry journey to discontinue, the journey for the ferry service and the roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry will be moved to the Kuala Perlis Passenger Terminal.
“We will increase the number of ferries as much as possible in Kuala Perlis. But if you see that the number of tourists entering Langkawi has decreased, it may be because the school holidays are over or they are worried when they see the rough sea conditions as reported on social media,” he said.
