JOHOR BARU: A steering system failure is suspected to be the cause of a collision between a bulk carrier and a cargo ship at Sungai Muar near here.
Johor MMEA director First Admiral Nurul Hizam Zakaria said that a Malta-registered bulk carrier (MV Galapagos) was reported to have experienced a steering system failure which caused it to veer to the right and block the route of a Britain-registered cargo ship (MV Zephyr Lumos) that was passing by it.
“MV Zephyr Lumos failed to avoid MV Galapagos, causing the collision to happen at about 14.1 nautical miles southwest of the Sungai Muar estuary,” he said in a statement here yesterday.
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MMEA detains Panama flagged tanker for anchoring illegally in eastern Johor
28 Jan 2021
The Johor state division of Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on Wednesday (27 January) said it detained a Panama flagged tanker for allegedly anchoring without a permit in eastern Johor waters on Tuesday, 26 January.
âThe vessel was discovered 10.6 nautical miles east of Tanjung Balau by the patrol team which was out performing its rounds ,â said Maritime Captain Mohamad Sulhan bin Zainon, MMEA Johor.
âIt was detained around 1.20 pm after failing to produce any anchoring permit from the Malaysia Marine Department.â
Initial investigations revealed the vessel had 23 crew onboard aged between 21 to 63 years old from India.