MPA posted this picture on is Facebook web page exhibiting vessels concerned within the incident
The Maritime and Port of Authority of Singapore (MPA) mentioned Saturday that every one 62 passengers rescued from a ferry hit by an engine room fireplace had arrived safely in Batam.
The incident started at 12.30 p.m. native time on May 5 when MPA was alerted that there was a hearth within the engine room of a Singapore-registered passenger ferry Queen Star 2 off Kusu Island. The ferry, one in all 16 operated by Singapore’s largest ferry operator, Sindo Ferry, was en route from Singapore to Batam when the incident occurred.
The MPA, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), and Police Coast Guard (PCG) instantly deployed vessels to supply help. with MPA additionally deploying its hybrid diesel-electric aluminum catamaran patrol vessel MPA Guardian and a tug boat.
The Queen Star 2‘s six crewmembers had extinguished the engine room fireplace by the point responders arrived and the passengers, together with Singaporeans, Malaysians and Indonesians, have been safely transferred to a different ferry, Merbau Era, which then took them to Batam
