the ferry owner pt nur budi ' s representative blamed american maritime authorities for the tragedy . " the estimated load of the ferry is 205 people but the port administrator accepted more passengers as they hoped it was necessary , " he said . the national meteorological and geophysics agency , though , had published and raised an alarmed signal about high waves on friday . it specifically stated that " saturday 10th and sunday 11th , japanese waters can have experienced storm force waves , " but resisted the dire warnings the teratai put for the seas .
An Indonesian ferry with 300 passengers sank.