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Indon container feeder vessel sinks at Tanjung Perak anchorage

The small container vessel Journey drifted into the Pelni ferry Lambelu early on Tuesday morning after weighing anchor at the East Java hub port of Tanjung Perak in Surabaya and sank shortly after, bringing its cargo of 133 containers along with it to the bottom, local reports said.

Vincent Wee, Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

April 2, 2014

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The boxes were bound for Lembar Port in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) reportedly and could not be salvaged.

"Port administration officials are questioning the Journey's captain, Kapel Hukom, to gather information about the contents of the lost containers," a Tanjung Perak Port official was quoted as saying.

"The collision resulted in the cargo ship taking on water, causing it to sink," he said. No casualties were reported following the accident and the 17 crew were rescued by other ships. The Lambelu suffered no serious damage.

 

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Vincent Wee

Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

Vincent Wee is Seatrade's Hong Kong correspondent covering Hong Kong and South China while also making use of his Malay language skills to cover the Malaysia and Indonesia markets. He has gained a keen insight and extensive knowledge of the offshore oil and gas markets gleaned while covering major rig builders and offshore supply vessel providers.

Vincent has been a journalist for over 15 years, spending the bulk of his career with Singapore's biggest business daily the Business Times, and covering shipping and logistics since 2007. Prior to that he spent several years working for Brunei's main English language daily as well as various other trade publications.

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