Tugboat, Indonesian crew detained
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a tugboat with four Indonesian crews for failure to display its licence, 42 nautical miles Northwest of Miri River on Saturday morning. MMEA Miri director, Eizanizam Muhammad Eng said, the tugboat skipper and three crew were detained during Ops Permai around 5am. “The tugboat was detained after […]
MMEA detains six vessels off Bintulu
BINTULU: Three tugboats and three barges suspected of transferring taxable goods at sea with expired authorisation documents, were detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here on Thursday (Feb 10). Bintulu Maritime Zone director Maritime Captain Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the vessels were detained by KM Renggis that spotted the activity about 3.5 […]
Bintulu MMEA detain tugboat with expired licence
BINTULU: A tugboat was detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) about one nautical mile from the Sungai Kemena rivermouth. Bintulu MMEA director Capt (Maritime) Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the suspicious tugboat was detected during Ops Permai and Ops Benteng patrol at around 6.50pm, Tuesday (Feb 8). “Based on the inspection carried out, […]
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 […]
Vietnamese vessel, 14 crews detained for illegally fishing
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak detained a Vietnamese vessel with 14 fishermen onboard for illegally fishing in Malaysian waters on Thursday. Some 800kg of various fish species were also seized from the vessel about 36 nautical miles off Tanjong Lobang. MMEA Sarawak director First Admiral Zin Azman Md Yunus said the vessel […]
MMEA detains errant oil cargo ship
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a suspicious oil cargo vessel 89 nautical miles northwest of Tanjung Lobang last Thursday (Apr 1). Miri Zone Maritime director Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the ship was transporting 2,000 litres of diesel when it was detained at 12.50pm during an Ops Permai patrol, carried out by […]
Boat, crews detained for illegal fishing
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Miri Zone has detained a Class C local fishing boat suspected of fishing illegally about 12 nautical miles northwest of Tanjung Lobang. Its director Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the boat was detained in an Ops Permai patrol conducted around Miri waters at about 1.15pm on Thursday (Mar […]
Five arrested for illegal fishing
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) seized a fishing boat and arrested five men, including a skipper, onboard for allegedly carrying out illegal fishing activities on Tuesday. Miri Zone Maritime director Capt Md Fauzi Othman said the boat, which had a Malaysian and four Indonesians aged 27 to 65 onboard, was detected less than […]
Local fishing boat with illegal foreigners detained
MIRI: A local fishing boat was stopped some 13.7 nautical miles off Kuala Suai by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Tuesday (Feb 23). Miri MMEA director Capt (M) Md Fauzi Othman said a MMEA vessel stumbled upon the fishing boat while patrolling the area at 4.09pm during an ‘Ops Permai’ operation. Upon inspection, […]
Fishing boat detained for violating licence terms
KUCHING: A Class A fishing boat was detained for using a trawl in Zone A around the coast of Kampung Alit, Kabong at 12.56pm on Wednesday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis Zone director Commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said the fishing activities were detected around 12.30pm by MMEA while patrolling Kabong waters in […]
