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Ghost Ship Threat To Petronas Oil Rig Now Under Control

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A “ghost ship’ – a vessel with no crew – that kept drifting in Vietnamese waters, running a risk of crashing into a Petronas oil rig located in Terengganu was successfully towed to a safe spot. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency or MMEA’s Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som reported that an Indonesia-based shipping enterprise informed the agency that a ship that belongs to Limin Rosmina lost control of its tow rope as it was towing the ship named Winposh Rampart without a crew on Monday around 3.15 pm.

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Watch: Ship Collides With Oil Rig, 124 Rescued And One Dead

Dayang Topaz

Offshore support ship DAYANG TOPAZ collided with an oil platform in the early hours of October 27 and sank off Kuala Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia Borneo.

Image Credits: Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia

There were more than 100 members on board, upon the collision 125 of those jumped in the water while 62 remained on board.

One of the 125 crew members who had jumped, drowned, and unfortunately died. 4 were presumed to be missing but were later found and rescued safely. The Malaysian Maritime...

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What is Dredging?

Dredging, as a process, is used to remove the deposits percolated underwater for the purpose of clearing the water pathway for ships to pass; to create adequate space to construct important bridges, dykes and dams and to weed out silt, intoxicants and pollutants from the bottom of the water.

What is Dredging?

Dredging mainly involves carrying out excavation, of either naturally deposited sediments or man-made debris such as rocks, bottom sediments, construction debris, and refuse, and plant or...

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