naval auxilliary vessel

bunga mas lima as naval auxiliary vessel.

The ceremony for The Operationalising of Bunga Mas Lima as a Naval Auxiliary Vessel was held on 1 June 2009.

The Bunga Mas Lima, a 699 TEU containership, is the first Malaysian merchant ship to be converted as an Auxiliary Vessel for TLDM.

MISC Berhad, in collaboration with the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and the National Security Council (NSC), has successfully converted its container ship Bunga Mas Lima into a RMN Auxiliary Vessel for the purpose of escorting and protecting MISC ships sailing through the Gulf of Aden.

According to international law, an auxiliary ship is a ship other than a warship which is owned or under the ruling control of the military. It is operated by the government and thus, the ship is accorded sovereign immunity.

Major job on Bunga Mas Lima included modification, conversion and intermediate docking survey in MMHE from 23 April – 1 June 2009.

Present to the grace ceremony were YB. Datuk Dr. Abdul Latif Ahmad, Deputy Defence Minister, Laksamana Dato’ Seri Abdul Aziz Haji Jaafar, Chief of Navy, En. Amir Hamzah Azizan, President/CEO of MISC Berhad and En. Wan Yusoff Wan Hamat, MD/CEO, MMHE.
Bunga Mas 5 sailed away on 2 June 2009.

credit to: MMHE eportal