A police spokesperson said that the captain of a ship that capsized in the Java Sea last month has been arrested and will face criminal charges for his role in an accident that killed at least 78 ...

The nation's search and rescue team said it lost contact with the Virgo Transport 8 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The captain is suspected of knowingly sailing an unsafe vessel, as divers continue searching for 57 people still missing.

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Indonesia has begun an operation to right a ship that capsized and sank in the ...

Indonesian police have arrested the captain of a passenger ferry that sank in the Java Sea in September, killing dozens, a ...

The ship was carrying about 240 people and lost contact early Sunday. A total of 113 people have been rescued so far, ...

The Virgo Transport 8 was carrying 243 people on a 20-hour voyage from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan when it capsized in bad weather early on Sunday. Six people died and 108 ...

Search teams are looking for a ferry carrying 243 people after it lost contact while sailing from Surabaya to South Kalimantan.

By Ananda Teresia and Awaluddin Jalil BANJARMASIN, Indonesia, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers have recovered three ...

The search for survivors of a capsized ferry in Indonesia has intensified as 17 ships and aircraft from the military, police and other agencies were deployed.

The official death toll from a passenger ship that capsized and sank in Indonesia's Java Sea rose to 26 on Wednesday, up from the previous 20, with rescuers expecting to find more bodies as the ...