The KD Perdana berthing on Thursday at Malaysia's new maritime base on Middle Rocks. The base was built after five years at a cost of RM61.5 million (S$19.5 million).PHOTO: TWITTER.COM/MYKAMARUL.
SINGAPORE: A Malaysian navy ship berthed for the first time at the country's newest maritime base off Johor on Thursday, 10 days after the Sultan of Johor opened the base on the Middle Rocks outcrop.
"Our vessel - KD Perdana - is the first Royal Malaysian Navy ship to berth at the Abu Bakar maritime base in Middle Rocks," Malaysia's navy chief, Admiral Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin, told The Straits Times yesterday.
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