Five detained for transporting logs without permit
MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a tugboat and a barge on suspicion of transporting logs without a permit, about 20 nautical miles off Kuala Sungai Miri yesterday. MMEA Miri director Capt (Maritime) Mohd Shafie Paing said they were detained at 10.30am during a routine patrol. The tugboat and barge were manned by […]
Bomba seek help from UMT oceanographers to find boy feared drowned
CHUKAI: The search operation for an 11-year-old boy feared drowned in Sungai Kuala Kemaman near here last Friday, is set to continue with the help of oceanographers from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). Terengganu Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department director Md Hilman Abd Rashid said discussions had been held with UMT to obtain the expertise due […]
MMEA detains tugboat, barge laden with sand
MIRI: The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here today detained a tugboat and a barge laden with sand for failing to produce a port clearance pass and authorisation document to bring sand into Sarawak. MME Miri zone director Captain Mohd Shafie Paing said the arrest took place some 2.8 nautical miles southwest of Kuala Baram […]
Tugboat, barge detained for illegal cargo transfer
BINTULU: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here detained a tugboat and barge suspected of carrying out unauthorised cargo transfer activities between vessels last Sunday. MMEA Bintulu Zone director, Captain Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the detention took place some 3.7 nautical miles off Tanjung Batu around 10.30 am. During a routine patrol, a tugboat […]
