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Kanlaon-hit families tops P48MSeven Lost Hikers On Bukit Maras Found Safe – PoliceVictorias City harnesses solar power for clean, reliable water supplyVoters Prefer Small-scale Mahkota By-election CampaignGov’t efforts to manage debt, reduce poverty incidence laudedMeaningful Programmes, Colourful Processions Enliven 2024 Maulidur Rasul CelebrationsValenzuela court allows Alice Guo to attend Senate POGO hearingKPWKM To Build Two Disaster Storage Depots In Sibu, Miri – NancyActing mayor assures Legazpi residents of continuous servicesDr Abd Rauf Named Selangor’s Tokoh Maulidur Rasul 2024Obstruction of justice raps eyed vs. KOJC execs, lawyersDozens Of Malaysian Holiday-Goers Can’t Cross To Thailand Due To Passport Issues, Tax ArrearsLawyer seeks to nullify Comelec rule on party-list nomineesHalal Certification Report To Be Presented To Cabinet This Wednesday – Mohd Na’imOil prices down for 3rd straight weekMalaysia Day: Leaders Rally Malaysians With Messages Of Unity, PatriotismOver P9.3-M aid released to families hit by ‘habagat’ in W. 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Visayas tourismBiker Injured By Falling Tree In JitraPDEA eyes dog breeding, training program for K9 unitsTengku Zafrul Urges Mahkota Outstation Voters To Return For Polling DayHouse taps PNP to capture Harry RoqueHusband Urge Police To Find Foreign Spouse Who Ran Away With DaughterCourt win shows govt’s commitment vs. illegal drugs – DOJPolitical Experts Hail Anwar’s Success In Maintaining Unity GovernmentPangasinan arts fest features indigenous lullabies, creativesClubs Must Tackle Wage Arrears Or Risk Legal, Reputation Fallout, Say ExpertsSC affirms cancellation of An Waray registration as party-list groupSingle Mother’s Time Management Skills Key To Raising Eight Successful ChildrenMMDA Ortigas satellite office to ease settling of documents, finesEx-cop Uses Kite Flying To Promote Crime-fighting AgendaCIDG seizes P19-M illegal LPG tanks in CaloocanMalaysia Needs To Elevate TVET To Shine At China WSC In ShanghaiLawmaker: Fast-track implementation of PhilHealth coverage hikesShifts In Monsoon Season Pattern, Intensity Complicate Flood ManagementKoreans rule World DanceSport Federation Cebu Open 2024Sarawak Mufti Recipient Of National-level Anugerah Perdana Malidur RasulW. 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Ferry Trapped In Sandbank Earlier Continues Journey To Langkawi Tonight

KUALA PERLIS, A ferry that ran aground after hitting a sandbank while carrying 567 passengers from Kuala Perlis to Langkawi at 2.30pm today, safely continued the trip to Langkawi tonight.

Langkawi Ferry Line Ventures Sdn Bhd General Manager (Captain) Dr Baharin Baharom said the passenger ferry was able to move after being successfully towed by a tugboat and the condition of the ferry was also deemed safe to continue its journey to Langkawi at 9.05pm.

‘When the tugboat was trying to tow the ferry it was already high tide and all the passengers were in good condition. No one experienced any shortness of breath. We even gave food and drinks to the passengers,’ he said in a statement tonight.

Bernama had earlier reported that a ferry carrying 567 passengers from Kuala Perlis to Langkawi was trapped and stranded after hitting a sandbar due to strong winds at 0.5 nautical miles from Kuala Perlis today.

Baharin said the ferry was pushed towards the sandbank by strong winds after about 15 minutes of departure fr
om the Kuala Perlis Jetty.

He said three ferry journeys from Langkawi to Kuala Perlis tonight at 8pm, 8.05pm and 8.30pm continued as usual involving a total of 1,547 passengers.

‘Likewise the ferry journeys from Langkawi to Kuala Kedah, Kedah at 7.30pm and 7.35pm this evening which carried 1,300 passengers in total was also successfully moved to Kuala Kedah,’ he said.

Meanwhile, Kuala Perlis Maritime Zone director Commander (Maritime) Mohd Hashim Mat Zain said officers together with the Perkasa 1240 vessel were mobilised to the scene of the incident to provide assistance and monitor the situation at 5.30 this afternoon.

‘All passengers are safe and there were no casualties,’ he said.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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