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On 9 January 2023, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency ("MMEA"), carried out an enforcement operation in which they detained 4 vessels in eastern-Johor for illegal anchoring / fuel transfer.

The Malaysian Admiralty Court in Premium Vegetable Oils Sdn Bhd v The Owners and/or Demise Charterers of The Ship or Vessel ‘Ever Concord' of The Port of Zanzibar, Tanzania [2021] 9 MLJ 936 has clarified a long debated question ...

When 2020 began, the key challenge which faced the shipping industry was the implementation of the Fuel Standards of IMO 2020 mandating lower Sulphur Fuel Content.

Ship arrest is a unique and powerful feature in admiralty practice, whereby claimants can arrest a ship before judgment is obtained in a suit as a security for the claimant's claim.

Maritime cases often involve issues of international law. The carriage of goods across nations separated by sea is often done by shipping lines of various nationalities.

In May 2017, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced that from 1 June 2017, Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan will be exempt from cabotage laws insofar as the carriage...

Stare decisis, defined as "to stand by things decided" in the Oxford Dictionary of Law (5th Ed), is a legal doctrine that obligates lower Courts to follow the decision made by a superior Court...

Malaysia in particular is a cabotage area that is still viewed by some as an area of potential growth.

A cabotage policy is "a policy that governs the transport/shipping of goods or passengers between two places along coastal routes in the same country by a transport operator from another country".

The events post 2020 saw how critical shipping was to trade and the daily life of consumers and business worldwide.

The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2017 ("MSAA 2017") was passed by Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara on 9 and 16 August 2017 respectively to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 ("MSO 1952").

The Malaysian shipping industry has been in decline with the steady reduction in Malaysian shipping tonnage and increasing number of shipping businesses in distress.

This article seeks to explore the various points of consideration for Buyers and Sellers in the sale and purchase of a Vessel in Malaysia which consists of inter alia, the requisite procedures...

The Industry quickly embraced the Admiralty Court as a preferred means to resolve shipping disputes, as the Court possessed several important attributes.

Some bulk cargoes can cause cargo liquefaction if the moisture content exceeds a certain level.

Look, you are here as an employee investigated by the company.

In Discoveries in Maritime Claims: (Part One) Pre-Trial Discovery and Specific Discovery of Documents, we discussed the legal armouries available to a litigant within the Malaysian...