3 tankers seized off Tanjung Piai
2010/01/12
PONTIAN: Three tankers were impounded by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) near Tanjung Piai here early yesterday.
The agency's southern region operations director, Commander Abdul Razak Johan, said MMEA officers spotted the three tankers at 1.7 nautical miles off the southern tip of Tanjung Piai at 3.15am.
He said the Panama-registered MV Eleftheria K was found to be in the midst of transferring 350,000 litres of marine fuel oil to the Singapore-registered vessel Neptank VII without a permit while another vessel, the St Kitts and Nevis-registered MT Sea Trader 8, had failed to pay light dues and inform the authorities of its presence in Malaysian waters.
All 45 crew members of the three vessels comprising 30 Filipinos, seven Indonesians, seven Myanmars and a Singaporean, aged 22 to 66, were detained.
The agency has impounded 10 ships for various offences since the beginning of this month.
Razak said the agency will beef up patrols in Tanjung Piai waters to deter such activities which causes pollution.
2010/01/12
PONTIAN: Three tankers were impounded by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) near Tanjung Piai here early yesterday.
The agency's southern region operations director, Commander Abdul Razak Johan, said MMEA officers spotted the three tankers at 1.7 nautical miles off the southern tip of Tanjung Piai at 3.15am.
He said the Panama-registered MV Eleftheria K was found to be in the midst of transferring 350,000 litres of marine fuel oil to the Singapore-registered vessel Neptank VII without a permit while another vessel, the St Kitts and Nevis-registered MT Sea Trader 8, had failed to pay light dues and inform the authorities of its presence in Malaysian waters.
All 45 crew members of the three vessels comprising 30 Filipinos, seven Indonesians, seven Myanmars and a Singaporean, aged 22 to 66, were detained.
The agency has impounded 10 ships for various offences since the beginning of this month.
Razak said the agency will beef up patrols in Tanjung Piai waters to deter such activities which causes pollution.
