‘Ghost’ ship seized at busy shipping lane in Johor waters


Blocking traffic: The vessel that was anchored south of Tanjung Penyusop, Kota Tinggi.

KOTA TINGGI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a Vietnamese-registered “ghost” ship, with only one crew member on board, for illegally anchoring at a busy shipping lane in Tanjung Penyusop waters here.

Johor MMEA director First Admiral Aminuddin Abdul Rashid said the vessel was spotted some 4.6 nautical miles south of Tanjung Penyusop here at about 9am yesterday.

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