Tugboat crew members detained for port violation
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a tugboat and its nine crew members at around 3.3 nautical miles northwest of Kuala Baram on Saturday (April 8) morning. According to MMEA Miri director Captain Mohd Shafie Paing’s statement, the tugboat was stopped by an MMEA patrol boat at 11 am for violating the Merchant […]
SAR for missing tugboat man called off
MIRI: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for the 35 year-old tugboat man, who went missing in the waters off the Kuala Baram on last Wednesday night was called off yesterday. According to Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Miri deputy director (operation) Commander Maritime Eizanizam Muhammad Eng the decision was made after no clues were […]
MMEA detains oil tanker carrying 15,000 litres of diesel
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained an oil tanker carrying some 15,000 litres of diesel about eight nautical miles West of Kuala Niah on Saturday. MMEA Miri director Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the vessel had failed to produce port clearance pass upon inspection. Also detained were three local crew members aged between […]
13,000 sacks of smuggled rice seized from ship
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Miri seized 13,000 sacks of smuggled rice worth RM3 million after they intercepted an undocumented Mongolian-registered cargo ship about 2.6 nautical miles northwest of Tanjung Baram. MMEA Miri head Captain Md Fauzi Othman said his men were on tracking maritime patrol when they spotted and intercepted the cargo […]
