Nani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 12/28/2010
The National Commission of Transportation Safety (KNKT) revealed Tuesday that the number of maritime casualty reports had increased to 128 cases in 2010 from 124 cases in 2009.
“Although the number of cases rose, the [human losses] decreased to 185 people from 247 victims in 2009,” KNKT chairman Tatang Kurniadi said in Jakarta.
The KNKT also noted 50 percent of the casualties involved motorboats, cargo carriers and container ships, while the casualties involving tug boats accounted for only 21 percent.
“In the Java Sea there were 48 incidents, as it is the busiest waterway in the country,” he said.
Tatang added that from the total cases, KNKT only investigated five severe incidents.
