Close to 100 people had to be evacuated from a passenger ferry that ran into trouble between Singapore and Indonesia late on Sunday.
At around 9.45pm local time Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) received a report that the Indonesia-registered ferry Sea Prince had hit a floating object after leaving the Nongsapura ferry terminal in Batam.
At the time of the incident, the ferry was in Indonesian waters and heading for Singapore with 97 passengers including 51 Singaporeans and seven crew.
