ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – Indonesia Coast Guard through the KN Kuda Laut-403 Element succeeded in seizing 3 Indonesian-flagged ships containing illegal nickel ore.
The arrest of the ship carrying illegal nickel took place in Mosiku Village, Batu Putih District, North Kolaka Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province on Tuesday (14/11/2023).
The three ships that have been inspected and secured by KN Kuda Laut-403 include TB Trinity 302/TK Pacific 302 which was carrying ±10,507,560 WMT of Nickel Ore.
The ship was loading at Masselle Jetty without permission and not in accordance with the Sailing Approval Letter.
The arrest was successfully carried out on Saturday (11/11/2023), and the 3 boats were handed over to the North Kolaka Resort Police the following day to undergo further legal proceedings.
The next ship is, TB. MDM Batola/TK. MDM 04 with a cargo of ±12,333,963 MT of Nickel Ore which was captured on Saturday (11/11/2023), as well as TB. Merdeka 2002/TK.
Dirgahayu 3102 was carrying a nickel ore cargo of ±8,500,570 WMT, and was successfully captured on Monday (11/13/2023). The two ships were suspected of carrying out loading at the Mandes Jetty without permission and not in accordance with the Sailing Approval Letter.
Based on the results of investigations from the Indonesian Coast Guard Legal Enforcement Unit under the leadership of Bakamla Captain Arie Trifantoro, S.H., M.H., the three ships violated Law Number 17 of 2008 concerning Shipping and Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Law Number 4 of 2008. 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining Article 300 in conjunction with Article 105 of Law Number 17 of 2008 concerning Shipping.
“Any person who uses a special terminal for public purposes without permission from the minister will be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of 2 years or a maximum fine of Rp. 300,000,000”.
Also, Article 161 of Law Number 3 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Law Number 4 of 2009 concerning Mineral and Coal Mining.
“‘Every person who accommodates, utilizes, processes and/or refines, develops and/or utilizes, transports, sells minerals and/or coal which does not come from the holder of an IUP, IUPK, IPR, SIPB or permit as intended in Article 35 paragraph ( 3) letters c and g, Article 104, or Article 105 shall be punished with a maximum imprisonment of 5 (five) years and a maximum fine of IDR 100,000,000,000. (AT Network)
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