After The Fire, The Ministry Of Transportation Lifts The Framework Of The Sagam Berkah KLM Ship At Sunda Kelapa Port

Efforts to get rid of the skeleton of the Sagam Berkah KLM ship at Sunda Kelapa Port, Jakarta. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation cq of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation is committed to overseeing and encouraging the acceleration of the process of removing the framework of the Sagam Berkah KLM ship at Sunda Kelapa Port, Jakarta, as soon as possible in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

The Sagam Berkah Motor Screenship (KLM) is a wooden construction ship with a cargo type, Indonesian flag, and has a call sign YC.4298 that caught fire on May 3, 2023 at Pelra Sunda Kelapa Pier, North Jakarta.

"We will continue to provide the latest information regarding the development of the removal of the KLM Sagam Berkah ship skeleton," said Head of the Class III Harbormaster and Port Authority (KSOP) Sunda Kelapa, Aries Wibowo, quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, July 16.

The Ministry of Transportation also appealed to the public and related parties to continue to pay attention to safety and coordination in carrying out activities around affected areas.

Aries revealed that the ship with a gross weight (gross tonnage) of GT 245 caught fire at Pelra Pier, Sunda Kelapa Port on May 3, 2023, at 05.00 WIB. Its cargo activity is to transport cement as PT. Bahari Bintang Prima as the owner.

At the time of the incident, the fire fighting team from the Ancol Damkar together with Pelindo and the Sunda Kelapa KSOP team managed to extinguish the fire at 07.30 WIB. However, the post-fire ship's skeleton is still submerged and parts of the ship's body has blocked the entrance and exit of the Pelra terminal pool since May 4, 2023.

As a follow-up, the Pelra DPC and the ship's owners have made efforts to defecate and get rid of the ship's skeleton through manual pumping. However, there was another leak that caused this process to not be successfully implemented.

As a result, other KLM ships inside Pelra cannot go through the flow. The Sunda Kelapa KSOP team and Pelra DPC have conducted a review and monitored the water pumping process from the ship's hull.

The Pelra DPC and ship owners have made efforts to cover up and get rid of the ship's skeleton manually using water pumping, but these efforts have leaked and have not been successful.

"This causes other KLM ships inside Pelra to not be able to pass through the blocked flow. Alternatively, other KLM ships are diverted to Pelnas Pier," he said.