Tanker skipper jailed for illegal anchorage


THE captain of a fuel tanker arrested by the Indonesian navy in May on suspicion of illegally anchoring in its waters has been jailed for 15 days and fined 200 million rupiah (RM58,740).

The Nord Joy, a Panama-flagged oil products tanker, was detained on May 30 while anchored in Indonesian waters to the east of the Singapore Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

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