Batam, Riau Islands (ANTARA News) – Three crew members of the semi-submersible barge that sank in Batu Ampar waters on Friday have not been found, though nine crew members survived. “Nine crew members survived, another three are still missing,” the coastal director of the Riau Islands provincial police, Senior Commissioner Muhammad Yassin Kosasih, said here
Read moreAn asylum seeker boat bound for Australia has got into difficulty off the Indonesian coast, leaving three people dead. Indonesia’s search and rescue agency Basarnas says the boat was off Cipunaga on the south coast of west Java when it was hit by huge wave about 6.00am yesterday (local time). The boat limped back
Read moreSlawi, Kompas – Bad weather strikes Java Sea in the last several days. Consequently, thousands of small fishermen using under 10-GT vessels in Tegal and Brebes Regencies, Central Java, cannot sail for the last three days. Whereas, they can sail for a week. From around 120 vessels in small fishermen area of Munjung Agung Village,
Read moreJAKARTA—Thousands of shipping containers from overseas with red line category are yet to undergo physical inspection from Tanjung Priok’s Custom and Excise until Wednesday (7/3). This condition exacerbates the dwelling time in the red line to 13-17 days (June) from the previous average of 10-13 days (April). There are several stages in the dwelling
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