Vessels detained for ferrying sand without valid documents

BINTULU: A tugboat and a barge sailing from Kuching to Bintulu were detained for using expired documents to carry cargo. The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (Malaysia Maritime) Bintulu Maritime Zone detained the two vessels around 4.20pm near the estuary of Sungai Kemena Bintulu. According to Bintulu Maritime Zone Director Capt Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad, the […]

MMEA stops vessel operating illegally

MIRI: A skipper and two crewmen were arrested and their vessel seized after Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officers here found it operating with an expired licence. In a statement MMEA director, Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the vessel was held by a patrol team about 16 nautical miles, north-west of Tanjung Payung here on […]