ASL Marine suffers tanker explosion in Indonesia shipyard

There were 13 fatalities recorded.

ASL Marine Holdings Ltd. has reported an incident involving fire that took place in its subsidiary’s shipyard in Batam, Indonesia.

In a bourse filing, the company said the incident at PT ASL Shipyard Indonesia’s shipyard occurred on board a tanker that was undergoing afloat repair alongside one of the shipyard’s jetties. There were 13 fatalities and 18 injuries recorded, who were workers working onboard the tanker when the incident happened.

“All work onboard the tanker has been suspended whilst we are still assisting the government authorities in conducting the investigation to establish the cause of the incident,” ASL Marine said.