Bakamla Canceled Again Illegal Fuel Transfer In Riau Islands Waters

ILLUSTRATIONS / DOK BAKAMLA

JAKARTA - The Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) has again arrested a ship suspected of carrying out illegal fuel transfers in the Durian Strait, waters of the Riau Islands.

Director of Marine Operations of Bakamla who is also Palakhar of Operations Laksma Bakamla Suwito, said the arrest was made when KN Marore 322 was carrying out routine patrol duties for security and marine safety in these waters.

Initially, KN Marore 322 found contact with 2 ships at 320 ° with a distance of 3.1 nautical miles (NM). However, a few moments later, the radar contacts merge or merge into one ship contact, and are suspected of committing illegal acts.

Suspecting this, Commander of KN Marore 322 Lt. Col. Bakamla Yuli Eko Prihartanto ordered to carry out an investigation and search role. RHIB (Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boats) is lowered to get closer to the ship in question.

"From the initial observations by the Examining Team, there were 2 wooden ships attached to the left side of the tug boat. After inspection and search, it was found that KM. R 1 contained 40 KL of diesel, and KM. R 2 contained 5 KL of diesel. The entire cargo of the two vessels is without clear documents, "said a press release received from the Public Relations and Protocol of Bakamla, Saturday, March 27.

In addition, the tug boat with the hull name TB. MR 15 / TK. MRP 3053 was also arrested for illegal fuel transfer from KM. R 1. Of the 45 KL of fuel to be transferred, 4.6 KL have entered the tug boat.

In order to carry out further checks, the three ships were escorted to Tanjung Balai Karimun.

"This is a manifestation of Bakamla RI's seriousness in showing commitment and integrity in carrying out the task of maintaining security and safety at sea," said Suwito.

This, he continued, became one of the visions of the main policy of Vice Admiral TNI Aan Kurnia, some time ago during the 2021 Indonesian Bakamla Leadership Meeting. TNI Laksdya Aan Kurnia emphasized that Bakamla RI must work hard to show commitment and integrity.

"Our commitment and integrity is needed to be able to produce program outputs that are determined as a solid foundation to achieve the outcome, namely a safe sea for Indonesia's national development activities," Aan concluded.