Shocking! The Giant Black Ball In Bintan Turns Out To Be A Ship Bearing

Black Ball in Bintan (Antara)

JAKARTA - Recently, the people of Bintan district, Riau Islands, were surprised by the appearance of a large black ball that has a circle size of about 3 meters. The giant ball was found on the beach of Teluk Bakau Village.

It appeared that the black ball was tied with metal chains and small black tires on each side. On the surface of the black ball, there is a writing "Yokohama 50Kpa" in white.

According to Police Chief AKP Monang P Silalahi, the object found by local residents is still investigating where the black ball came from. "We have followed up the discovery of the black ball", he said, Wednesday, January 27.

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Meanwhile, according to the Head of the Naval National Army Information Service (Kadispen AL) Julius Widjodjono, he suspected that the giant black ball was the fender of the ship. The fenders in question are bumpers or bearings that are used to reduce collisions when the ship is approaching the dock.

It was not a giant ball tp yokohama fender which is usually used for tankers or barges

- Capt. Rusli Efendi, MNI. SDPO (@ RusliEf23368797) January 27, 2021

His party suspected that the object which was said to have a diameter of up to three meters had escaped from the ship and was then carried away by the current. According to him, the ocean currents are currently heading towards Indonesian waters.

When viewed from the website y-yokohama.com, the giant black ball is probably made by the Yokohama Pneumatic Fender company. Such fenders or bearings are used in a variety of applications including delivery-to-ship operations, as well as container ports.