The Satya Kencana Ship, Which Was Once Karam At Kumai Port, Central Kalimantan, Was Successfully Confirmed

The Satya Kencana ship that sank was finally evacuated/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Officers or teams from PT Three G Diving managed to enforce the Satya Kencana II Motor Ship (KM) which some time ago sank at the North Commander's Port in the Kumai Waters area, West Kotawaringin Regency (Kobar), Central Kalimantan Province (Kalteng).

"The team managed to enforce KM Satya Kencana III which previously sank," said Branch Manager of PT DLU Kumai Agus Suprianto, quoted from Antara, Sunday, November 27.

Meanwhile, all of the vehicles that had previously sunk because they were still inside the ship had been successfully evacuated from the location.

"Currently the team is focusing on the ship's shipping process on the edge of the North Commander's Port," said Agus.

Previously, the Head of the Class III Port Authority and Port Authority (KSOP) Office, Kumai Hery Suyanto, said that his party was targeting KM Satya Kencana III to be evacuated immediately.

"This is also because currently Kumai Port is also preparing to face the momentum of Christmas and New Year. Usually when facing Christmas and New Year there will be an increase in passengers at Kumai Port," said Hery.

Meanwhile, regarding the results of an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) itself, Hery said that the results took a minimum of 3 months.

However, later the NTSC will only explain the cause of the sinking of the Sayta Kencana III Motor Ship in Kumai Waters. The NTSC will not state who went wrong in the incident that occurred on Wednesday (19/10) early that morning.

KM Satya Kencana III sank at the North Commander's Port, Kumai, West Kotawaringin Regency on October 19, early Wednesday at around 02.15 WIB.

In the incident of the sinking of KM Satya Kencana III, there were no casualties, because all the passengers and crew members managed to get out of the ship. However, in that incident there were still 10 vehicles, namely 2 small vehicles, 8 units of food cargo fuso, and one large truck that fell.*