KOTA TINGGI: The search and rescue operations are ongoing for six missing Indonesian crew members of an oil tanker which sank after an explosion on board. The MT Putri Sea is believed to have sunk off Tanjung Pengelih here on Thursday. “The operations include containing and cleaning-up of the oil spill, as well as setting up signages and buoys at the location where the MT Putri Sea is said to have sunk. The 46.3m-long MT Putri Sea, which carried the call sign 3CZU, was registered in Equatorial Guinea. The missing crew members were identified as Akhmad Faharuddin, 35, Muhamad Heri Hernanda, 28, Raden Abdur Rahem, 31, Rendy Alamanda, 28, Sulkifli, 39, and Yohanis Sumari, 35.

Source: The Star June 16, 2017 09:54 UTC