MMEA Intercepts fleeing tanker in Tanjung Tuan waters
22 May 2021 / 16:36 H.
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MELAKA: The Melaka and Negeri Sembilan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a tanker fleeing from Johor MMEA detention, in the waters of the Straits of Melaka early this morning.
Its director, Captain (Maritime) Haris Fadzillah Abdullah, said that the MT JW Jewel tanker was detained at 2.30 am this morning, about 1.9 nautical miles from Tanjung Tuan beach.
“The MT JW Jewel tanker was previously detained by the Johor MMEA, for anchoring without permission in the waters of Tanjung Balau, before it was detected missing from the location where it was detained.