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Not a Barge Wreck, it turned out to be a Dredger

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dredgerMUNCAR – It turned out that some of the scrap metal that was brought to Muncar harbor did not come from a barge that had sunk in the waters of Plengkung, Alas Purwo National Park area (TNAP), Kalipahit Village, Tegaldlimo . District.

The iron and steel plates came from a dredger that sank while working on the Minapolitan project in 2013 then. “The irons are from the Keruk ship that sank last year 2013, not from a barge,” said Abidin, one of the officers of the Department of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (Disperiklut) at the exit.

Abdin confessed, before evaluating and maintaining the sunken dredger, the operator has asked permission to his office. “The evacuation of the sunken dredger has been carried out since last week. They have permission, how come,” he said.

Abidin's statement turned out to be different from the Head of the Banyuwangi Education and Culture Office, Pudjo Hartanto. When confirmed via mobile phone (HP), he claims to have no knowledge of cranes and sunken dredgers.

I didn't even know there was heavy equipment (crane) and sunken dredgers. There is no firm report yet. Known, it's clear, work on the Minapolitan project in 2013 Mamang uses a dredger. The ship was not functioning optimally because it was damaged.

“If the dredger was sunk and now being evacuated. I don't know.” he said. The Minapolitan wharf mega project emerged last year 2013, Obviously he, done by the Department of Education and Culture of East Java Province. District Disperiklut Authority, it's clear, only for monitoring.

'Whose ship does it belong to and to whom I also don't know.” he said. Commander of the Indonesian Navy (Danlanal) Banyuwangi, Marine Lieutenant Colonel (P) Revelation Endriawan, admitted that he was also surprised when he read in the newspaper about heavy equipment evacuating ships in Muncar Waters.

'I think of the barge that sank in the South Sea, after I checked with the members it was not,” he said. Regarding the barge sunk in the southern seas and stripped down, light him, he has received a report.

‘But, for heavy equipment evacuating sunken dredgers while working on the minapolitan project, he just found out. "I dropped the members, it turned out that what Crane was transporting was the wreck of a dredger.” he said.

In a loud tone, Damlanal Wahyu delivered the project leadership (pimpro) those who brought in heavy equipment and evacuated the dredgers had never notified Danlanal Banyuwangi. There should be a notification letter, but this is not, he said. (radar)