The Bridge At The Port Of Bastiong Ternate Collapsed By The Ferry Ship

TERNATE - The pier bridge of 02 Ferry Bastiong Ferry Ferry Ferry Ferry Ferry, Ternate City, North Maluku (Malut), collapsed when the KMP Mutiara Pertiwi I ship collapsed and was about to dock and dock at Pier 01 Pelabuhan.

"The ship allegedly lost control when it wanted to dock, then swerved north and hit the right side of the Beton pole of BM Pier 02, as a result, the connecting bridge, most of which were metal metal, collapsed and fell into the sea and on its left side it was still hanging," said Koorsatpel and the ASDP Ferry Port of Bastiong Ternate, Fachry A. Radjiloen. reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 10.

Chronology of the incident, KMP. Mutiara Pertiwi I from the position of the ship docked wants to dock to load on the trip V on the Bastiong - Sofifi route at 15.48 WIT at pier 2.

However, there was an error during the maneuver, the ship's speed did not decrease and the current conditions were fast enough to hit pier 1. Until now there has been no confirmation and there has been no official report from the captain because the ship was evacuating by ship to the dock.

Based on information from the BPTD through the service unit at the scene, it was purely a mistake in the movement of the crew. As a result of the incident there were no casualties and severe damage occurred at dock 1.

Currently, the service is still carried out using one dock, BPTD will carry out schedule engineering for the smooth running of crossing services and accidents, further inspection will be carried out according to the procedures for checking ship accidents.

He stated that the port pier was suspected of being hit by a ship when it was about to dock at the pier next to it.

However, he admitted that the incident did not take any lives, his party and is currently still in the coordination stage related to the incident.

His party will communicate with ASDP and other interested elements to engineer the departure schedule.

"Currently, we are trying to engineer a schedule together with ASDP, so that transportation for the destination port does not interfere and continues," he said.

Meanwhile, the KMP Mutiara / City Line ship, which allegedly crashed into Pier 2, will be temporarily suspended for investigation purposes.

He said monitoring in the field was seen by KMP City Line being pulled using a Tugboat to the north of the waters of Ternate City.

As a result of the collapse of Pier 02, KMP Baronang, which plans to enter Pier 02, finally decided to send passengers to Pier 01, which is faced with the Ambruk dock.