Minister Trenggono Deploys Monitoring Vessels To Help Residents Of Enggano Island

Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KP) Sakti Wahyu Trenggono. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono ordered his staff to deploy the Orca 05 Supervisory Ship (KP) to assist residents of Enggano Island, Bengkulu Province, whose activities were disrupted due to the silting of the entry and exit flow at Baai Island Port.

"The deployment of KP Orca 5 to Enggano Island is a direct solution for the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Sakti Wahyu Trenggono when meeting with Bengkulu Governor Helmi Hasan in Jakarta on Tuesday (24/06)," said Director General of Marine and Fishery Resources Supervision (PSDKP) Pung Nugroho Saksono (Ipunk) as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 1.

In the previous meeting, continued Ipunk, Minister Trenggono stated that he was ready to help temporarily transport the Enggano people who were going to Bengkulu.

He said that it was decided by Trenggono because commercial ship transportation could not reach Enggano Island because of the silting of the entry and exit flow of Baai Island Port, Bengkulu City.

"KP Orca 05 has moved and arrived in Enggano waters to help Enggano residents," said Ipunk.

Ipunk explained that KP Orca 05 arrived in Enggano waters around the waters of the Malakoni Port since Saturday, June 28, 2025.

Arriving in the waters of Enggano, the captain of KP Orca 05 has coordinated with the local government.

This, continued Ipunk, was marked by the presence of 'Camat Enggano and the ranks of the District Leadership Deliberation (Muspika) at KP Orca 05.

"Our team in the field for now has coordinated regarding KP support. Orca 05 to help Enggano residents and wait for a scenario from the Bengkulu Provincial Government," said Ipunk.

KP Orca 05 is one of the largest supervisory vessels belonging to the KKP with a length of 63.37 meters, tonnage 741 tons and a maximum capacity of 29 crew members of the supervisory ship.

KP Orq 05 has a distance of up to 5,000 nautical miles or is able to last up to 25 days at sea. The ship operates in Zone IV of Fish Fishing Measurably in the State Fisheries Management Areas of the Republic of Indonesia (WPPNRI) 572 and 573 Indian Oceans, Savu Sea and Timor Sea.