''KM Levina I'' adalahmerupakan kapal feri dengan berat total 2000 ton.<ref name="WHDH">[http://www3.whdh.com/news/articles/world/BO44397/ Indonesia to probe why reporters were allowed on fire-gutted ferry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722084930/http://www4.whdh.com/news/articles/world/BO44397/ |date=2012-07-22 }} - WHDH-TV - Obtained March 1, 2007.</ref> Kapal ini telah berumur 27 tahun,<ref name="Scotsman">[http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=287092007 16 dead on blazing ferry as passengers jump into sea] - ''[[The Scotsman]]'' - Obtained March 25, 2007.</ref> dan dimiliki dan dioperasikan oleh PT Praga Jaya Sentosa.<ref name="Post">[http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailweekly.asp?fileid=20070225.@01 Death toll reaches 20 in ferry inferno] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095843/http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailweekly.asp?fileid=20070225.%4001 |date=2007-09-29 }} - ''[[The Jakarta Post]]'' - Obtained March 25, 2007.</ref> Kapal ini sendiri merupakan kapal buatan [[Jepang]].<ref name="Japan">{{cite news|url=http://www.seatradeasia-online.com/News/1071.html|title=Spotlight intensifies on ferries after Levina 1 disaster|date=2007-02-27|accessdate=2008-06-28|publisher=Seatrade Asia|archive-date=2011-08-10|archive-url=https://archive.is/20110810073623/http://www.seatradeasia-online.com/News/1071.html|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Pada hari kejadian, kapal feri melakukan pelayaran dari [[Jakarta]] menuju [[Pulau Bangka]]<ref name="Scotsman"/>
