2 Today Traces Of Fuel Transport Ships From Timika To Asmat Papua Have Not Been Detected, The SAR Team Is Still Looking For

Basarnas-owned ship deployed to search for missing fuel carrier ship (ANTARA)

PAPUA - The joint SAR team was deployed to continue the search for the missing ship while traveling from Timika in Mimika Regency to Agats in Asmat Regency, Papua Province.

Head of the Timika Search and Rescue Office, George Mercy Randang, said KM Kalimas 4 which was transporting fuel oil belonging to Pertamina and PLN was reported missing on Tuesday, December 14.

After the Search and Rescue Office received reports of the missing ship with six crew members, a search and rescue team was dispatched to conduct a search.

"The search effort the previous day had not yielded any results and on Wednesday morning the search effort was continued using a Basarnas ship. The search effort was carried out by following the route of KM Kalimas 4," explained Mercy when contacted from Jayapura, Antara, Wednesday, December 15.

Mercy said the weather was quite friendly and the waves were not high as officers continued their search.