Chitchat Singapore To Investigate Ferry That Ran Aground Off Batam's Waters! Batam Waters Now Ours Too?

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE: A Singapore-flagged ferry ran aground at the Karang Galang reef, off the coast of Batam, on Saturday afternoon (Mar 2), the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said.

The Wavemaster 5 ferry was on its way to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal from Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia, when the boat ran aground, MPA said.

It received a report at 1.55pm of the incident, which happened off the eastern coast of Batam.

There were 50 passengers on board the ferry, the authority said, including five Singaporeans and seven crew members. All of them were transferred to another ferry, Wavemaster 6, which was activated by operator Majestic Ferry.

As of 5.50pm, all passengers were safely returned to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, according to MPA.

“All the passengers are accounted for and the ferry is in [a] stable condition. There are no reports of injury or oil pollution. MPA is investigating the incident,” the authority said.

Source: CNA/na(mi)
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[laksaboy]

Wavemaster? Good to know. Wavemaster belongs to Majestic.

Take Batamfast, Sindo or Horizon ferries.

 

[glockman]

SINGAPORE: A Singapore-flagged ferry ran aground at the Karang Galang reef, off the coast of Batam, on Saturday afternoon (Mar 2), the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said.

The Wavemaster 5 ferry was on its way to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal from Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia, when the boat ran aground, MPA said.

It received a report at 1.55pm of the incident, which happened off the eastern coast of Batam.

There were 50 passengers on board the ferry, the authority said, including five Singaporeans and seven crew members. All of them were transferred to another ferry, Wavemaster 6, which was activated by operator Majestic Ferry.

As of 5.50pm, all passengers were safely returned to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, according to MPA.

“All the passengers are accounted for and the ferry is in [a] stable condition. There are no reports of injury or oil pollution. MPA is investigating the incident,” the authority said.

Source: CNA/na(mi)
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Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...ore-flagged-ferry-runs-aground-batam-11305680

eh, can you go tell your pap not to go about pissing our good neighbours off? Other people waters also they want to poke their noses in.

 

[winnipegjets]

The Indonesians will be happy that SINKapore is doing the investigation. SINKapore will then submit the report to Indonesia for review. Indon is the tai kor. SINKapore knows that and will always kowtow to INDON.

 

[cocobobo]

i thot its one of those gambling ships.... came off the boat from tanah merah and straight onto gambling boat