A maritime expert for the German risk management consulting firm and former tanker captain for 14 years affirms the existence of a new Bermuda triangle in the Indo Pacific region - close to Indonesia, which has recently become a byword in the cruise world.
Rahul Khanna who serves as Global Head of Marine Risk Consulting Allianz explained that the mention of new bermuda triangle in the maritime Indo Pacific region is commonly associated as the location of a number of maritime accidents that occurred during 2017 until early 2018.
Khanna describes the new bermuda triangle residing in a maritime area connected at three points linked by an imaginary line. The three points are located in the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean, the Maluku Sea, to the North Sea of Japan.
"It has been widely cited that the vast area is often referred to as the new bermuda triangle, which may be too exaggerated, but it is clear that the maritime area is one of the locations where shipping incidents are frequent, not only busy, but also vulnerable to bad weather And, in my view, the region often does not apply shipping safety standards in line with international regulations, "Khanna said as quoted from the progressive US multimedia portal Big Think.
The last time, a Panamanian-owned Sanchi oil tanker from Panama suffered a fire, exploded and drowned in the South China Sea after crashing into a Hong Kong-branded CV Crystal tanker in early January 2018. Accidents that hit many ships in the area, including collisions, gastric leaks or ship's cargo contents, fires, explosions, and drowning. The incident not only killed all Sanchi crew members, but also resulted in an environmental disaster, where the oil that the ship was carrying spilled into the sea in the area of the new bermuda triangle.