The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a container ship for anchoring without permission in Malaysian waters. The detention took place on May 16, 2025, off the coast of Port Klang in Selangor, reports Container News.
Suspicious Position
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), Malaysia’s de facto coast guard, detained a Liberia-flagged vessel on May 16, 2025. While the MMEA initially blacked out the ship’s name in a circulated photo, vessel-tracking data from MarineTraffic identifies it as a 2007-built, 3,534 TEU container ship that operates on an intra-Asia service, connecting China with Southeast Asia.
MarineTraffic data confirms that the vessel status shows it stopped off Port Klang, aligning with the MMEA’s reason for detention. According to the MMEA, sea surveillance radar systems around Klang detected the vessels’ suspicious position at 9:20 a.m. local time on May 16. Four hours later, MMEA personnel detained the ship.
Captain Abdul Muhaimin Muhammad Salleh, director of the MMEA’s Selangor branch, stated that a check with the Central Region Maritime Department revealed the ship had not applied for permission to anchor. Further investigation found that the ship’s captain failed to submit any anchoring permission documents, leading to an offense under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance (MSO 1952) for anchoring without permission from the Director General of the Malaysian Maritime Department.
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Source: Container News
