KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 The government’s decision to reinstate the cabotage policy exemption brings an end to the years-long debate over allowing foreign ships to undertake.
Mohamed Safwan Othman, chairman of Malaysia Shipowners' Association, says the late Westports CEO Tan Sri Gnanalingam Gunanath Lingam’s innovation-focused approach and the concept of garden port should be studied by aspiring maritime professionals.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (Masa) hopes that Budget 2022 will provide financial assistance for the shipping industry and tax rebates for vessels built in local shipyards.
Malaysia Shipowner’s Association (MASA) chairman Datuk Abdul Hak Md Amin
PETALING JAYA: The benefits of Malaysia’s cabotage policy for submarine cable repairs outweigh the shortcoming, especially in terms of protecting the country’s digital sovereignty, says the Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (Masa).
Its chairman Datuk Abdul Hak Md Amin said relying on foreign vessels to perform submarine cable maintenance every time was more likely to expose the country to possible data security threats.
“We have our own (digital) sovereignty to look into (even if) we have our own maintenance vessels. What more when our cable is out and the foreign vessels that come in (to do the repair) might take possession of our secured data. We don’t know.
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