PETALING JAYA:
Malaysia’s coast guard has taken delivery of the decommissioned US cutter Steadfast, which will be sailed to Malaysia by its new Malaysian crew across the Atlantic, Mediterranean sea, Suez Canal, and Indian ocean.
It will be the longest voyage undertaken by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, the Malaysian coast guard.
An MMEA crew of nine officers and 41 personnel have completed a seven-week intensive programme for the operation of the Steadfast, which will join the MMEA’s fleet of five large offshore patrol vessels.
The handover of the ship was made in Baltimore today, with MMEA admiral Rosli Abdullah accepting the transfer certificate from James…