1.Barge Singa Besar 2801 towed by Tub Brantas 1301 carrying 466 spun concrete piles weighing some 2,681 tonnes left Lumut Port of Malaysia on 6 July 2021. Although arrangements were made to anchor at Thilawa Jetty of Yangon Port on the morning of 21 July 2021, they faced bad weather. So, the tug and barge took shelter at the seaside, some four miles west of Panga Village in Thanbyuzayat Township (estimated LT-608560). In the afternoon of 22 July 2021, worse weather cut off two ropes, and Barge Singa Besar 2801 floated and was grounded.

2. The stranded barge is located between north latitude 15 degrees and 52.5 minutes and east longitude 97 degrees and 41.8 minutes, 2.5 miles southwest of Panga Village in Thanbyuzayat Township. The Tug Brantas 1301 is based one mile south of the barge, north latitude 15 degrees and 52.19 minutes and east longitude 97 degrees and 41.37 minutes. Six Indonesians and two Malaysians, totalling eight, including an Indonesian master mariner, are aboard the barge and the tug.

 3. The marine master of the tug will tie the barge with the ropes from the tub at the highest tidal time on early 25 July to be free from the sandbank.

4. The Directorate of Marine Administration and the Myanma Port Authority coordinate with the relevant vessel owner, shipping agents and the flag state authority in time for enabling the barge to be soonest free from the sandbank.

MNA

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