FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Malaysia’s Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) detained two tankers suspected of illegally transferring about 700,000 litres of diesel off the coast of Penang, over the weekend of April 11–12, 2026. Authorities acted on a tip and found the vessels anchored near Bagan Ajam in a coupled position, indicating an unauthorized ship-to-ship transfer, Reuters reports. In total, around 800,000 litres of Euro 5 diesel, worth roughly 5.43 million ringgit ($1.37 million), was seized. RelatedNews Qatar sends its first LNG shipment through Hormuz since war started Three tankers exit Hormuz as Iran-US negotiations collapse again var jnews_module_21369837_0_6a01de7a5b6c9 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21369837","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"53,75,2392,48,239","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_ne