Maritime exercise prove a valuable experience

Working partners: Personnel from Sarcomex, MMEA and JCG posing for a group photo. MMEA members say the exercise has improved their confidence in handling emergency situations involving foreign vessels. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: A training exercise off Kuantan’s coast recently with Japan Coast Guard’s (JCG) training vessel Kojima has helped Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) members immensely in handling emergencies involving foreign vessels.

The Search and Rescue Communication Exercise (Sarcomex) on July 6 was crucial in view that Malaysian waters was an important maritime passage for economic transportation in the South-East Asian region, the Japanese Embassy in Malaysia said.