Tag: Malaysia

Demonstrating multilateral cooperation to improve navigational safety in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, the Phase Two of a Joint Hydrographic Survey was formally launched via a Memorandum of Understanding signed at Kota Kinabalu, among Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Four persons armed with a gun and knives boarded a LPG carrier, on September 7, around 35 nm off Pulau Aur, Malaysia, stealing crew and ship’s properties. The incident occurred only one day after 13 armed perpetrators boarded a Thai-flagged product tanker, off West Malaysia.

The ReCAAP ISC informed of a piracy incident on the Thai-flagged product tanker MGT 1. Initial investigation revealed that 13 armed perpetrators with two small fast boats boarded the tanker and forced the crew to transfer one million litres of diesel oil to a mother ship.

On July 4th, the Malaysian Navy and marine police, in cooperation with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, begin a two-week operation against sea crime activities, in the country's south waters. The operation was launched following the hijacking of a Thai oil tanker, on June 23, when pirates stole 1.5 million litres of diesel.

Six crewmen are reported missing, after an oil tanker sank in Johor waters, off Malaysia, in early hours of June 15. The ship is believed to have capsized due to explosion. Four boats commenced a search and rescue operation in the area, at 12:30 pm of the same day.

Royal Caribbean Cruises announced that has entered into a joint venture with Penang Port Sdn, in order to upgrade and improve Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal, in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. The upgraded pier is expected to accommodate berthing of larger cruise ships.

UK P&I Club announced that, as of May 2017, Philippines, Malaysia & Indonesia will launch joint piracy patrols in waters of the Sulu Sea, as, since August last year, there has been an increase in the amount of kidnappings and assaults on local small craft, international pleasure craft and smaller international trading vessels operating in the area.

The Vietnamese-flagged general cargo ship Phu An 268 was attacked by pirates in Philippine waters off Boan Island, on March 5. However the captain of the vessel together with ESSCOM managed to escape the attack.

The missing of Malaysian-registered tanker, MT Orkim Harmony is likely a case of piracy

Reuters reports that this month, a second small oil tanker, the Orkim Harmony, went missing off Johor, Malaysia