Tugboat, barge held for having no pass
KUCHING: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) intercepted a tugboat and barge some 1.2 nautical miles southwest of Tanjung Jerijih on Wednesday. MMEA Tanjung Manis Zone director Commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said the tugboat and barge, loaded with 3,000 metric tonnes of sand, were detained for sailing without port clearance documents. He said the […]
Dredgers, tugboats detained for illegal dredging
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained two dredgers and two tugboats for conducting dredging activities without a permit off Kemena River, during an operation on Thursday morning. The dredgers were detained about 2.1 nautical miles off Kemena River mouth at 10.28am by officers from Bintulu MMEA. Bintulu MMEA deputy operation director Effendy Mohamed […]
Foreign tugboat seized, crews detained
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) seized a foreign tugboat with two Indonesian crews for an offence under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 on Wednesday afternoon. According to Miri MMEA director, Captain Md Fauzi Othman, the tugboat crews failed to produce any supporting documents to allow them to anchor in Malaysian waters. “The tugboat […]
No clearance pass!! Five crew members, tugboat held
TANJUNG MANIS: Failure to produce a port clearance pass resulted in the detention of five crew members and a tugboat pulling a barge loaded with pebbles, about 0.7 nautical miles northwest of Tanjung Jerijih on Thursday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis Maritime Zone director Commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said the arrest took […]
Seven men, tugboat detained for having no pass
TANJUNG MANIS: Failure to produce a port clearance pass resulted in the detention of seven crew members and a tugboat pulling a barge loaded with pebbles, about 2.1 nautical miles southwest of Tanjung Jerijih last Saturday (Sept 19). Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis Maritime Zone director Commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said the […]
Tugboat crew feared drown
MIRI: Search and rescue (SAR) operation have yet to find a tugboat crew who went missing after he jumped into the Kuala Baram river near a jetty next to the Asean Bridge here on Wednesday. Adriadi Kristianto, 34, an Indonesian national, had reportedly jumped into the river to untie the boat’s rope that got entangled […]
Six men, tugboat held for having no pass
PORT CLEARANCE TANJUNG MANIS: Failing to produce a Port Clearance Pass resulted in an arrest of six men and a tugboat pulling a barge loaded with gravel, about 3.1 nautical miles southwest of Tanjung Jerijih on Monday (Aug 17). Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis Maritime Zone director Commander Mohd Ariz Md Kassim said […]
Tugboat, barge held for illegal towing
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here early yesterday morning detained a tugboat and a barge suspected of committing an offence under the Merchant shipping Ordinance 1952. The tug boat and the barge were detained during an operation carried out at 3.30am about 10 nautical miles off Miri waters. According to MMEA Sarawak region […]
