Captain, chief engineer of vessel detained after dropping anchor off Melaka


MELAKA: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained a merchant ship suspected of dropping anchor off Bandar Hilir here.

MMEA Negri Sembilan/Melaka director Maritime Captain Haris Fadzillah Abdullah, said the vessel that was registered in Liberia, West Africa, was detained about 4.8 nautical miles from the Bandar Hilir shoreline at 4pm on Wednesday (June 17).

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