Articles tagged ‘ferries’

Indonesian ferry sinks off of Kalimantan

By Nick | November 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

A ferry has sunk off of southern Kalimantan, killing 10 people. The Karya Mandiri was carrying 60 passengers from West Kalimantan to the port of Sukamara, on the coast of Central Kalimantan.

 

Extra info submitted by Baliblog reader Peter

By Nick | November 1st, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday I wrote an article about the Gili Islands. Baliblog reader Peter sent me some extra info.

 

Indonesian ferry sinks in W.Timor

By Nick | April 18th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Indonesian ferries don’t exact set the standard for safety. Often times they are old wooden junkers, run by a bunch of local guys, who fly by the seat of their pants. I have been on fairly large vessels that had no electronic devices whatsoever. Navigation was basically ‘guestimation’.

 

Ferry accident highlights danger of sea travel

By Nick | February 4th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

Traveling island to island in Indonesia means using a selection of old ferry boats. The recent sinking of a ferry in W. Timor, was followed by a sinking of an Egyptian ferry. The kind of ferry that sank in the Red Sea was a Ro-Ro (roll on roll off) kind that are popular is Europe, [...]