Tankers Sail Off After Malaysia Finds Them "Cojoined" and Stops Illegal STS
The Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia proudly celebrated its crackdown last week on an illegal ship-to-ship oil transfer but then quietly over the weekend released the two vessels without explanation. One of the vessels appears to have been operating in the shadows for nearly a decade while the other is Chinese-owned, and they were caught red-handed, or as the Malaysians described it, “cojoined.” The waters off Malaysia are notorious for tankers illegally anchoring and conducting illicit STS transfers. Malaysia has...
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