Batam, Riau Islands – A search has been launched for the skipper of tugboat Multi Sahabat 8, who went missing after his vessel capsized in the Batu Ampar waters, off Batam Island, Riau Islands Province.
The Indonesian-flagged vessel capsized at 2.10 p.m. local time on Wednesday while its crew were setting up a fender on petroleum tanker Clear Ocean Appoon 11
” The skipper, recognized as Bambang Hardiono, has gone missing, while 4 of the tugboat’s crew have actually made it through the mishap,” head of the Tanjungpinang Search and Rescue Firm, Mu’ min, told regional journalists.
A report was gotten about the mishap at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, and shortly later on, a group of rescue employees was dispatched to the vessel, he notified.
Workers from the Riau Islands Authorities’s marine system, Batam-based Maritime Security Firm (Bakamla), and local residents likewise signed up with the search effort, he added.
The National Catastrophe Mitigation Firm (BNPB) has continued search efforts to find 3 anglers who went missing after their boat capsized near Gosong Gadang Island in Padang, West Sumatra on Sunday.
The agency sent out a helicopter to support the search effort, which also included ships from Basarnas (the National Browse and Rescue Agency), the authorities, and the military, head of the Padang search and rescue company, Asnedi, said previously.
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