The ex PAT company were submitting the proposal of mothership from China and invited the Boss of MMEA for window shopping.
MMEA seeks ship with UAV to nab illegal foreign boats
MMEA seeks ship with UAV to nab illegal foreign boats
MMEA seeks 2 motherships to boost maritime surveillance
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is in need of two vessels to function as motherships to beef up security control and surveillance in the country’s waters, especially to curb intrusion by foreign fishing boats and smugglers.
MMEA director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Zulkifli Abu Bakar said these vessels, which would be able to carry more food and fuel supplies for operations, would most probably be stationed in the waters of Beting Patinggi Ali in the South China Sea and off the peninsular east coast.
“These are big vessels which will enable longer periods of enforcement as they can be in the waters for a long time.
“Small patrol boats can obtain food and fuel supplies from these vessels without having to return to shore, and it would save time and cost,” he said to Bernama.
He said MMEA had about 250 boats for patrol and monitoring in the country’s waters.
Zulkifli also said that the MMEA hoped to improve its infrastructure to facilitate operations.
“MMEA needs bigger lockups because a single operation can result in the arrest of a large number of foreign fishermen and illegal immigrants,” he said.
Zulkifli said the agency was also cooperating with various other local and foreign agencies for more efficient and effective enforcement via intelligence information exchange.
“Besides, the approach of displaying assets through patrol and monitoring in the hot (crime-prone) areas helps to curb crime and expedite response upon receiving reports of maritime crime,” he said.
Zulkifli, who took over as MMEA director-general on June 1, said he hoped to spur MMEA into a respected maritime agency at the international level.
“I hope that with all maritime agencies working together, we can ensure the security and prosperity of the country,” he said.
Zulkifli, 57, holds a Master’s degree in International Law from the International Maritime Law Institute of the University of Malta and a law degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. – Bernama
When top Coastie re-tweet the story, I replied to him saying that probably they could also used service or derrick barges as the floating resupply base. Such platforms are already widely used in the oil and gas industry to service and resupply oil platforms though for the coast guard’s needs certain modifications will need to be carried out.
This barge was designed to serve the offshore wind industry though with modifications it could easily served as a mothership for the coast guard.
We could also get Damen to modify their landing ship design to serve as the mothership platform. The 120 meter platform (below) could carry four patrol ships, supplies and could also be armed with container-based weapons modules.
I readily admit that other shipyards could offer better ships than the examples above but their design collection are not as accessible as the Damen ones
Anyhow, it was reported yesterday that BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by the UK Defence Ministry worth £3.7bn to manufacture the first three ships for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme.
This is interesting to us as the ship was offered to us some 10 years ago as a replacement for the cancelled Lekiu batch 2. The offer was declined as the ship was too expensive and big for our needs. The offer was made as the RMN was at that time was finalising its requirements for the second generation patrol vessel which end up being called the LCS.
Personally I prefer the looks of the Belharra frigate, which is also too expensive for us.
MMEA director-general Maritime Admiral Datuk Zulkifli Abu Bakar said these vessels, which would be able to carry more food and fuel supplies for operations, would most probably be stationed in the waters of Beting Patinggi Ali in the South China Sea and off the peninsular east coast.
“These are big vessels which will enable longer periods of enforcement as they can be in the waters for a long time.
“Small patrol boats can obtain food and fuel supplies from these vessels without having to return to shore, and it would save time and cost,” he said to Bernama.
He said MMEA had about 250 boats for patrol and monitoring in the country’s waters.
Zulkifli also said that the MMEA hoped to improve its infrastructure to facilitate operations.
“MMEA needs bigger lockups because a single operation can result in the arrest of a large number of foreign fishermen and illegal immigrants,” he said.
Zulkifli said the agency was also cooperating with various other local and foreign agencies for more efficient and effective enforcement via intelligence information exchange.
“Besides, the approach of displaying assets through patrol and monitoring in the hot (crime-prone) areas helps to curb crime and expedite response upon receiving reports of maritime crime,” he said.
Zulkifli, who took over as MMEA director-general on June 1, said he hoped to spur MMEA into a respected maritime agency at the international level.
“I hope that with all maritime agencies working together, we can ensure the security and prosperity of the country,” he said.
Zulkifli, 57, holds a Master’s degree in International Law from the International Maritime Law Institute of the University of Malta and a law degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. – Bernama
MMEA targets landing crafts in new approach to zero encroachment
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) is aiming to spearhead a new approach to realise its goal of ‘zero entry’ (encroachment) into Sarawak.
State MMEA chief First Admiral Ismaili Bujang Pit said the agency hopes to acquire two landing crafts to optimise its assets and achieve greater effectiveness in overcoming illegal encroachment by foreign vessels into state waters.
“The agency has introduced a different approach by opting to use a landing craft which could ferry MMEA ships and boats to be deployed at sea, enabling the assets to patrol the waters at a longer period as compared to now.
“It (landing craft) could also store fuel and food supplies that could last up to 20 days as compared to the current assets which could only last five days at sea,” he told a press conference at the Tun Abang Salahuddin Maritime Complex (Komtas) at Muara Tebas near here yesterday.
He added that the state MMEA needs at least two units of the landing craft to be stationed north and south of Sarawak waters, which measures about 239,000 square kilometers and is equivalent to 40 per cent of the 660,000 square kilometres of Malaysian waters.
Ismaili noted that as of now the agency is dependent on tip-offs by local fishermen, adding also that any arrest made is time-consuming as it can take up to 24 hours to bring the seized foreign vessels back to the jetty here.
He disclosed that although the matter is still under the consideration stage, the state government has, in principle, agreed with the idea and has also expressed its willingness to fund the building of the landing craft.
“Let us try this method in Sarawak waters and see whether it means something.
“There is no harm to try, and we hope our leaders will look into this encroachment issue very seriously especially as Sarawak is the last frontier,” he said.
State MMEA chief First Admiral Ismaili Bujang Pit said the agency hopes to acquire two landing crafts to optimise its assets and achieve greater effectiveness in overcoming illegal encroachment by foreign vessels into state waters.
“The agency has introduced a different approach by opting to use a landing craft which could ferry MMEA ships and boats to be deployed at sea, enabling the assets to patrol the waters at a longer period as compared to now.
“It (landing craft) could also store fuel and food supplies that could last up to 20 days as compared to the current assets which could only last five days at sea,” he told a press conference at the Tun Abang Salahuddin Maritime Complex (Komtas) at Muara Tebas near here yesterday.
He added that the state MMEA needs at least two units of the landing craft to be stationed north and south of Sarawak waters, which measures about 239,000 square kilometers and is equivalent to 40 per cent of the 660,000 square kilometres of Malaysian waters.
Ismaili noted that as of now the agency is dependent on tip-offs by local fishermen, adding also that any arrest made is time-consuming as it can take up to 24 hours to bring the seized foreign vessels back to the jetty here.
He disclosed that although the matter is still under the consideration stage, the state government has, in principle, agreed with the idea and has also expressed its willingness to fund the building of the landing craft.
“Let us try this method in Sarawak waters and see whether it means something.
“There is no harm to try, and we hope our leaders will look into this encroachment issue very seriously especially as Sarawak is the last frontier,” he said.
June 6, 2017, Tuesday
Motherships needed.
The Malaysian Coast Guard has a need for at least two large vessels to serve as “motherships” for its small patrol boats to boost its maritime enforcement duties.
MMEA director general Adm. (M) Zulkifli Abu Bakar says the “motherships” if acquired could be stationed at the Beting Patinggi Ali, off Sarawak and the east coast of the peninsula so they could served as floating resupply platform for smaller patrol boats.
He says to Bernama
By Marhalim Abas - Malaysia DefenceSmall patrol boats can obtain food and fuel supplies from these vessels without having to return to shore, and it would save time and cost. He said MMEA had about 250 boats for patrol and monitoring in the country’s waters.
Despite the numbers, most of these patrol boats are less than 50 meters long which meant that they are almost unsuitable for duties in the South China Sea.
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| KM Perwira at LIMA 17, She is only 38.2 meters long. |
When top Coastie re-tweet the story, I replied to him saying that probably they could also used service or derrick barges as the floating resupply base. Such platforms are already widely used in the oil and gas industry to service and resupply oil platforms though for the coast guard’s needs certain modifications will need to be carried out.
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| A service barge. Similar barges are widely available for an outright purchase or lease. |
Sea base platforms is not a new a thing even in Malaysia. In the Sulu sea, we already operate the Tun Sharifah Rodziah and two converted container ships, KA Tun Azizan and KA Bunga Mas Lima as a mobile patrol platform as forward resupply platforms.
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| Hercules, the service barge used by the US in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq tanker war in the 1980s. |
Of course, we could also buy new or converted ships to serve as the resupply platforms. For this article I am using pictures from Damen Shipyard as the company’s website is a treasure trove for such marine vessels.
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| ESSCOM sea basing platforms (from left) Bunga Mas Lima, Tun Rodziah and Tun Azizan. |
This barge was designed to serve the offshore wind industry though with modifications it could easily served as a mothership for the coast guard.
We could also get Damen to modify their landing ship design to serve as the mothership platform. The 120 meter platform (below) could carry four patrol ships, supplies and could also be armed with container-based weapons modules.
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| Damen 71 meter accommodation barge. |
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| Damen 120m landing ship. Could be easily modified to serve as a mother ship. |
Anyhow, it was reported yesterday that BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by the UK Defence Ministry worth £3.7bn to manufacture the first three ships for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship programme.
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| A CGI of the T26 |
This is interesting to us as the ship was offered to us some 10 years ago as a replacement for the cancelled Lekiu batch 2. The offer was declined as the ship was too expensive and big for our needs. The offer was made as the RMN was at that time was finalising its requirements for the second generation patrol vessel which end up being called the LCS.
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| A rear CGI of the Type 26. or LCS |
Personally I prefer the looks of the Belharra frigate, which is also too expensive for us.
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| A CGI of the Belharra frigate. DCNS |
— Malaysian Defence
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