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, […]
MMEA detain tugboat, barges for unlawful activities
BINTULU: A tugboat and two barges were detained on suspicion of operating with an expired document. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here stopped a tugboat and a barge approximately 2.5 nautical miles from the Sungai Kemena estuary at 7.45pm on Wednesday (Jan 19). Bintulu MMEA director Capt (Maritime) Mohd Khairol Anuar Saad said the […]
Oil tanker with contraband diesel worth over RM1 mln seized
MIRI: An oil tanker carrying 90,000 litres of contraband diesel worth RM1.5mln has been seized and four of its crew—all Indonesians—detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) off Miri waters. According to Miri MMEA commander Eizanizam Muhammad Eng, the vessel was stopped during an operation carried out at about 1.7 nautical miles west of […]
Futile search for missing fisherman
KUCHING: The fifth day of search and rescue (SAR) efforts to locate a missing fishing boat crew member in Belawai has come up empty handed. There were still no signs of the missing man, identified as Hendry Belaja, 26, as of 12pm Thursday (Nov 25), according to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak. It […]
SAR operation for missing fisherman continues
TANJUNG MANIS: The search radius of a search and rescue (SAR) operation for a 26-year-old fisherman, who was reported missing after he allegedly fell into the sea last Sunday, has been expanded with the assistance of another Maritime ship yesterday (Nov 24). As at press time, rescue agencies have yet to locate any new lead […]
Search goes on for missing fisherman
TANJUNG MANIS: Search operations are continuing for a 26-year-old fisherman who was reported missing at sea last Saturday. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Tanjung Manis zone director Maritime Commander Gilbert Tinggak said the operation on Tuesday (Nov 23) expanded its search radius to 92.75 nautical square miles with assets from the Fire Department, Marine Police […]
Missing fisherman still not found
TANJUNG MANIS: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been activated after a 25-year-old man was reported missing after he allegedly fell into the sea on Sunday (Nov 21). As at press time, the victim known as Boy, is yet to be found after he was reported missing around 4am, at about 8.5 nautical miles […]
Local fishing boat and four crew members detained
TANJUNG MANIS: The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a local fishing vessel and arrested four crew members on suspicion of violating the legal conditions of their license last Saturday (Nov 6). Tanjung Manis Zone director Maritime Commander Gilbert Tinggak Numpang said the suspicious vessel carrying out fishing activities in Belawai waters, was detained by […]