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IOM is handling land transport of relief supplies in INDONESIA - SUMATRA
- IOM is accepting any other NGOs / agencies wishing to join their convoys from Jakarta to Medan, Medan to Banda Aceh, Medan to Meulaboh. However, the convoy passage does not include end-point warehousing (IOM's warehousing is limited) and hence agencies must make arrangements for all consignments upon arrival.
- IOM is coordinating the overland truck convoys (trucks total 262)on the following routes:
- JAKARTA - BANDA ACEH
- MEDAN - BANDA ACEH
- MEDAN - MEULABOH
- MEDAN - LHOKSEUMAWE-BIREUN
- MEDAN - NIAS
- 110 trucks are operating in and around BANDA ACEH
Other delivery routes include: Medan-Biruen, Medan-Nias and Medan-Lhokseumwe.
It has been requested that donors, agencies and NGOs ensure that air assets are used of essential items and routine items are sent through, for example, the IOM land convoys and sea routes.
Road assessment and status
Look out for the Roads status in the Infrastructure/Roads area on this website.
Road description:
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Detailed Route Description - Medan to Meulaboh
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| Hours (segment) | Hours (total) | km (total) | Place | Road | Mobile | Comments | ||
| Segment 1 - Medan to Sidikalang - no route restrictions | ||||||||
| Medan | ||||||||
| 45.00 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 12 | Pancur Batu | Good | Yes | ||
| 55.00 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 39 | Sibolangit | Good | Yes | ||
| 53.00 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 57 | Brastagi | Average | Poor | ||
| 14.00 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 67 | Kabanjahe | Average | Poor | ||
| 1 | 13.00 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 104 | Dairi | Average | Yes | 4 MT bridge bypassed on dirt road. |
| 41.00 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 127 | Sumbal | Average | Yes | ||
| 31.00 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 139 | Sidikalang | Average | Yes | Stopover point, restaurants, gas station, small hotels, district military command | |
| 5.2 | Segment 2 - Sidikalang to Tapak tuan - security awareness required, steep inclines | |||||||
| 1 | 34.00 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 190 | Sumut – Aceh border | Good | No | From border to Blangpidie military postd every 2 to 5 kilometers |
| 31.00 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 205 | Subullussalam | Good | No | Stopover point, restaurants, gas station, district military command | |
| 2 | 12.00 | 2.2 | 9.5 | 280 | Trumon Timur | Good | No | Danger zone, avoiding driving at night. |
| 1 | 42.00 | 1.7 | 11.2 | 302 | Bakongan | Good | No | Danger zone, avoiding driving at night. |
| 1 | 21.00 | 1.4 | 12.5 | 361 | Tapak Tuan | Good | Yes | Stopover point, restaurants, gas station, safe |
| 7.3 | Segment 3 - Tapak tuan to Meulaboh - security awareness required, bridge restrictions | |||||||
| 1 | 50.00 | 1.8 | 14.4 | 442 | Blangpidie | Good | Yes | |
| 1 | 21.00 | 1.4 | 15.7 | 502 | Alu Bilie | Good | No | |
| 3 | 15.00 | 3.3 | 19.0 | 637 | Meulaboh | Average | No | |
(source Bpk Salim & Wage IOM Medan as at 25/01/05)
Check out the Medan-Meulaboh assessment done by IOM on January 8-11, 2005 (see attached)
Land Transport Request Form (see attached)
In IOM best effort to provide service to the humanitarian aid community, herewith is a new improved version of "IOM TERP Land request form". Use this form for material to be sent to Aceh province from Medan or Jakarta.
This form (in XLS or PDf format, see attached) shall be completed with all relevant information concerning shipper, consignee, address, and contact details. Completed forms can be sent via fax or e-mail:
Jakarta: Fax: (021) 3983 0990
Email: trahardjo@iom.int , aputranto@iom.int , jyo@iom.int