Thai-flagged Yacht Hit By A Storm In Nipah Panjang, SAR From The Indonesian Navy Intervenes

JAKARTA - The Thai-flagged yacht was stranded due to a storm in the waters of Nipah Panjang. The Indonesian Navy through the SAR Team of the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) at the Palembang Naval Base (Lanal) consisting of Babinpotmar (Non-Commissioner for the Development of Maritime Potential) Nipah Panjang.

This incident occurred on Sunday, April 3 at 09.57 a.m. local time, the Regional Coordinator of Binpotmar Nipah Panjang Peltu Mes Melfry and Serma Mes Bambang Jumadi received reports from fishermen. A foreign ship was hit by a storm at sea and tried to take cover by entering the Nipah Panjang waterway, East Tanjung Jabung Regency, Jambi.

Coordinator of the Maritime Potential Development Area (Korwil Binpotmar) of Nipah Panjang immediately reported to the top command and coordinated with Harbormaster and Port Authority (KSOP) to carry out scouting and evacuation of the foreign ship, quoted from the Navy Information Service.

Furthermore, Babinpotmar Nipah Panjang together with fishermen went straight to the Nipah Panjang shipping lane to conduct SAR in collaboration with KSOP trying to guide the foreign ship to enter the Nipah Panjang shipping lane.

Finally, at 11.05 a.m., the foreign ship managed to arrive at the Nipah Panjang shipping lane and anchored in the waters of Nipah Panjang as determined, and data were collected on the foreign personnel onboard and the ship on board.

The data obtained from this incident is that the Yacht ship with the name Sun Trek, has a Thai flag, GT 16.32, Port of origin from Pattaya Thailand with the aim of shipping the final port of Australia.

Yachts carry out tourist cruises, departing from Thailand since November 22, 2021, with the Pattaya Route Thailand, Batam, Dabo Singkep, Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Timor Leste, Papua, and final destination Australia.

The yacht has two passengers, namely on behalf of Mr. Troy James Wild, Born December 01, 1980, WN Australia, as Master, and Blake James Wild, Born June 23, 2005, WN Australia (son of Mr. Troy James Wild). The plan is for the yacht to resume sailing on Monday, April 4 if the weather is favorable.

The Commander of Lanal Palembang, Marine Colonel (F) Widyo Sasongko, was contacted separately to convey, thank you and feel proud to Babinpotmar Nipah Panjang Peltu Mes Melfry and Serma Mes Bambang Jumadi for the steps taken quickly in dealing with the incident, so that the Yacht can avoid this incident so that the Yacht can avoid bad things that might happen.