KALIPURO – Passenger motor ship wreck (km²) Rafelia II, which sank in the waters of the Bali Strait several months ago, has so far not been recovered. Until yesterday (18/6) The wreck of the sunken ship that killed six people is still at the bottom of the sea and is considered dangerous because it is close to the Java-Bali undersea power cable..
Responding to the disaster of the sinking of the ship, Minister of Communications (Minister of Transportation) RI Ignasius Jonan confirmed that KMP Rafelia II's permit was frozen. The ship's permit was suspended because the cause of the sinking was due to the negligence of the ship operator.
even so, Minister of Transportation Jonan continues to provide opportunities for ship operators, namely PT. Main Maritime Dharma (PT.DBU), immediately lift the ship. "Shipwreck (KMP Rafelia II) must be appointed by the ship's company. We give a deadline of six months after the ship sinks,"explained Jonan during an inspection at ASDP Ketapang Port, Kalipuro.
Jonathan added, based on the applicable Shipping Law it is mentioned that the ship company has an obligation to raise the ship when the ship sinks on the seabed. Nah, if later within the specified deadline, that is, six months after the ship sank, The ship's company also failed to remove the wreck, So the government is obliged to lift the ship.
"If after the time limit the carcass is not picked up by the ship's company, then the Harbormaster must appoint it. Later the lifting costs will still be billed to the ship company,” he said.
He was asked what sanctions would be given if the KMP Rafelia II company did not heed the instructions to lift the ship, Jonan again emphasized that the harbormaster must still be ready to lift the wreck. Because, it is the government's obligation.
"Why are you asking what the sanctions are?, We have frozen KMP Rafelia II's permit," he concluded. Just knowing, KMP Rafelia II sank in the Bali Strait or to be precise 300 meters from the edge of Bulusan Beach, Kalipuro, Banyuwangi, on 4 March 2016 then.
The accident killed at least six passengers. Two of them are captains and mualim I of KMP Rafelia II. Results of the investigation by the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) mention, KMP Rafelia II sank due to being overloaded.
When the ship sinks, total cargo carried by ships built in the year 1993 Japanese origin is heavy 765,26 ton. even though, At that time ships were only allowed to carry maximum weight cargo 297 ton. An overload of approx 468 ton.
As much 18 a dump truck loaded with waste weighing one unit reaches 40 tons is also the cause of ships being overloaded. If totaled, payload weight 18 The tronton carried by the ship can reach 640 ton.
Besides that, Improper placement of cargo on board also causes the ship to bend forward when sailing. Automatically sea water easily enters the ship and causes the ship to tilt until it finally sinks. (radar)
