
The tugboats, each with six Indonesian crew on board, were not registered with the Office of Batam Harbourmaster and Port Authority. PHOTO: VESSELFINDER.COM via The Straits Times/ANN
JAKARTA, March 12 (The Straits Times/ANN): Two Singapore-flagged tugboats, An Rong and An Ying, have been detained by Batam port authorities for allegedly operating illegally in waters off the island, a local official said on Friday (March 11).
This came less than two weeks after a similar incident, also involving a Singapore-flagged tugboat.
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