Indonesian ferry wrecked in the Sunda Strait
FerryThe RoPax vessel NUSA JAYA, built in 1989 and operated by the Jakarta-based company Putera Master Sarana, sank in the Sunda Strait on 18 December 2025. Local media report that the ship had already begun leaking on 15 December, prompting a salvage company to be called in, which boarded the vessel the same day.
A photograph from the scene shows that after the main deck had gone under water, the ship cracked just aft of the accommodation block. The 4,564 GT, Indonesian-built NUSA JAYA, with a capacity of 898 passengers and 100 cars, operated regularly on the route across the Sunda Strait between Merak (Java) and Bakauheni (Sumatra). No fatalities have been reported as a result of the sinking. Indonesia is notorious for poor safety standards in passenger ferry operations.
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jan 08 2026
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