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About 100 passengers rescued after Batam-Singapore ferry hits floating object
Commuter ferries leaving the HarbourFront terminal as they head to Batam
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Commuter ferries leaving the HarbourFront terminal as they head to Batam. (via The Straits Times/ANN) (via The Straits Times/ANN)
Commuter ferries leaving the HarbourFront terminal as they head to Batam. (via The Straits Times/ANN)
All 97 passengers traveling on board a ferry headed to Singapore from Batam were rescued after the vessel hit a floating object in the water and started to sink.
In a statement on Sunday (Nov 29) night, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said that it had received a report that the Indonesia-registered ferry Sea Prince had hit a floating object after leaving the Nongsapura ferry terminal in Batam.
The ferry operator, Batamfast immediately activated two ferries to transfer all the passengers to the Nongsapura ferry terminal, added the MPA.
At the time of the incident, 97 passengers including 51 Singaporeans and seven crew members were on board.
"All the passengers are accounted for and the ferry is in stable condition," said the MPA in its statement. (kes)
