MV Lintas Timur was an Indonesian cargo ship which sank off the eastern coast of Sulawesi on 1 June 2019.

[1][2] On 28 May 2019, Lintas Timur departed the port of Bitung in North Sulawesi, bound for the industrial park at Morowali with a cargo of 3,000 sacks of cement.

Around midday of 1 June, the vessel was slightly tilting to one side, and by 16:00 local time the ship was taking in water.

Several of the survivors attempted to swim towards land, but they were separated and only one was rescued by a passing Indian vessel NV Nurbayaksar off the Banggai Islands Regency.

[5] Following a search and rescue operation, the body of one crew member was discovered by local fisherman on 8 June.