No leads, MMEA calls off search for cargo ship
The Malaysian-registered MV Dai Cat 06, carrying pipes worth some RM700,000, was reported missing in Indonesian waters. (MMEA pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: The search operation for the MV Dai Cat 06 cargo ship reported missing on Jan 9, coordinated by Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency (Basarnas), has been called off.
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director-general Zubil Mat Som said the decision was made on Saturday after no new clues were found.
“Although the operation coordinated by Basarnas has ended, monitoring by Malaysian Maritime assets in Malaysian waters based on the last known location of the ship will continue,” he said in a statement today.
Zubil said the search operation would be reactivated if and when Basarnas found new leads on the incident.
He said Basarnas had mobilised four assets, comprising a ship, two boats and an aircraft, in the operation that involved 800 sq nautical miles in the waters off Natuna, Indonesia.
Zubil said assets from the Sarawak MMEA had also been deployed to assist in the operation from the Malaysia-Indonesia maritime border between Tanjung Datu and the area off the waters of Kuching.
The Malaysian-registered cargo vessel, carrying pipes worth RM726,205, was reported missing in Indonesian waters on Jan 9, and a police report was lodged by the ship’s agent on the same day.
The cargo ship, which was operated by three Malaysian and two Indonesian crew members, left the pier in Kampung Aceh, Perak, on Dec 23 and was supposed to arrive in Kuching on Dec 31.
KUALA LUMPUR: The search operation for the MV Dai Cat 06 cargo ship reported missing on Jan 9, coordinated by Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency (Basarnas), has been called off.
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director-general Zubil Mat Som said the decision was made on Saturday after no new clues were found.
“Although the operation coordinated by Basarnas has ended, monitoring by Malaysian Maritime assets in Malaysian waters based on the last known location of the ship will continue,” he said in a statement today.
Zubil said the search operation would be reactivated if and when Basarnas found new leads on the incident.
He said Basarnas had mobilised four assets, comprising a ship, two boats and an aircraft, in the operation that involved 800 sq nautical miles in the waters off Natuna, Indonesia.
Zubil said assets from the Sarawak MMEA had also been deployed to assist in the operation from the Malaysia-Indonesia maritime border between Tanjung Datu and the area off the waters of Kuching.
The Malaysian-registered cargo vessel, carrying pipes worth RM726,205, was reported missing in Indonesian waters on Jan 9, and a police report was lodged by the ship’s agent on the same day.
The cargo ship, which was operated by three Malaysian and two Indonesian crew members, left the pier in Kampung Aceh, Perak, on Dec 23 and was supposed to arrive in Kuching on Dec 31.
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