Shipwreck In South Halmahera Due To Nahkoda Negligence, 30 Passengers Successfully Evacuated

KM Kapal Cahaya Tiga Lalu sank in the waters of North West Gane, Halsel, Malut, Tuesday, December 2 evening. (ANTARA-HO-Harmoko)

As many as 30 passengers on KM of the Cahaya Tiga Lalu Ship that sank in the waters of North West Gane, South Halmahera Regency (Halsel), North Maluku (Malut) were successfully evacuated.

"We were assisted by residents and the Tokaka Village Government and the West Gane Police to successfully evacuate passengers on board," said Head of the Class III Port Organizing Unit (UPP) Office of the Saketa Muhammad Sugiman when contacted, Wednesday, January 3, as reported by Antara.

Sugiman explained, initially KM Cahaya Tiga Then sailed from Koititi Village to Maidi Harbor in North West Gane District. However, in the middle of the ship's voyage suddenly hit a rock in Tokka waters and the ship suffered a leak. He said the shipwreck incident on Tuesday, January 2, was caused by the negligence of the captain.

The captain was deemed negligent in reading the navigation of the shipping lane, so the ship hit a rock in the waters of Tokaka Village.

"Alhamdulillah, all of the 30 passengers that we evacuated to land were safe and with 7 tons of ship cargo," he said.

After being evacuated to land, it was continued with the return of passengers to their village by land.

"Currently KM Cahaya Tiga Then it has been pulled to the coast of Tokaka Village, then checked on the condition," said Muhammad Sugiman.

KM Cahaya Tiga Lalu, which has a capacity of 172 GT, has been operating according to its shipping route from a number of sub-districts in the Gane area in South Halmahera Regency to Ternate City.