Four dead, five injured in fire at ASL Marine unit’s Batam shipyard

[SINGAPORE] Four workers have died and five were injured after a fire at a Batam shipyard belonging to a unit of Singapore-listed shipbuilder ASL Marine on Tuesday (Jun 24).

The fire occurred at or around 2.15 pm (Indonesian time), on board a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO), ASL Marine disclosed in a bourse filing on Wednesday.

The FSO was undergoing repair alongside one of the shipyard’s jetties. All the casualties and injured staff worked for ASL Marine’s subcontractor. Those injured are currently being treated at a hospital.

“We are deeply saddened by this incident which resulted in loss of lives and injuries,” said ASL Marine, adding that it will work with the authorities, FSO owner and subcontractor to assist the affected workers and their families.

Investigations are ongoing, and all work on the FSO will be suspended until the cause of the fire is established.

Shares of ASL Marine ended Wednesday at S$0.06, up 3.4 per cent or S$0.002.