No ferry services for motorbikes for seven months


Service disruption: Riders and passengers on a ferry from Butterworth to Penang island. Ferry services for motorcyclists will be stopped at the Raja Tun Uda and Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminals from Jan 1 to July 31 next year to upgrade berthing facilities. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: Motorcyclists will not be able to use ferry services from Jan 1 to July 31 next year to make way for upgrading works at the Sultan Abdul Halim and Raja Tun Uda ferry terminals, says the Penang Port Commission (PPC).

Its chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng said the upgrading works would take at least seven months and ferry services would be available from Aug 1, 2023.

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