SHAH ALAM: It appears that the Home Ministry is now able to appoint a new builder to complete the two MMEA OPV left uncomplete by the previous contractor. The ministry can do this as it had cancelled the contract with THHE Destini Sdn Bhd (THHE) on December 31, 2024. The […]
SHAH ALAM: UTK is getting two armoured Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) for VVIP protection duties. This was revealed when the Procurement Division of the Home Ministry issued a twenty-one-day tender for the supply of the SUVs on Eperolehan. The tender was published on January 23 and closes on February 13. […]
SHAH ALAM: Rear Admiral Mohd Rosli Abdullah has been appointed as the seventh director-general of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, effective from September 17, 2024. MMEA in a release today (September 18) stated that Rosli was the acting deputy-director general operations prior to his appointment as the top Coastie. As […]
SHAH ALAM: Back in April, Malaysian Defence wrote that the Army has bought fourty-five electric scramblers for units based in northern peninsula, and the borders of Sabah and Sarawak. The cost of the e-bikes – the Surron Light Bee X – was some RM1.473 million. Malaysian Defence also reported that […]
SHAH ALAM: Barely three days before the first anniversary of his appointment to the Defence Ministry as the secretary-general, DS Isham Ishak, 54, has been appointed to the same position at the Agriculture and Food Securities Ministry. He is replaced at Jalan Padang Tembak by Lokman Hakim Ali, 51, who […]
SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry on April 27 issued letters of award to four companies which had taken part in separate open tender competitions. As usual it did not name the companies nor value of the LOA. Two of the companies were awarded the LOA for the supply of black […]
SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry has estimated that it need some RM200 million to complete OPV 2 and OPV 3 which are left uncomplete at the THHE Fabricators Sdn Bhd yard in Pulau Indah. Home Minister DS Shaifuddin Nasution said they had already requested the funds after checking original allocation. […]
SHAH ALAM: The Home Ministry has issued a tender for a three year supply of 15,900 sets of camouflage uniforms for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). Apart from the camos – combination of black, beige, light purple and blue – the tender also calls for the supply of the […]
SHAH ALAM: IN my earlier posting on KM Tun Fatimah, I stated that the OPV will need to be commissioned into service before the government could pay for its operational and maintenance costs. As Tun Fatimah is already in service and currently operating out off the Kuching port we now […]
SHAH ALAM: The MMEA has taken delivery of its locally built ship, OPV1 last night. Home Ministry Secretary-general Datuk Ruji Ubi officiated the ceremony at the TH Heavy Engineering (THHE) Fabricators jetty at Pulau Indah, Port Klang on December 2. The delivery of OPV1/KM Tun Fatimah was 16 months late […]
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