Malaysia waives rules for ships working on undersea cables

The Malaysian Government will allow all vessels conducting repairs on undersea cables to carry out work in its waters from June 1, after it said earlier this year it would reinstate the permissions it had suspended in 2020.

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All cable-laying ships engaged in the installation, maintenance and repair of undersea cables in Malaysian waters will be exempted from the country's cabotage policy, the transport ministry said in a statement issued on May 30.

Cabotage policies regulate shipping or trade activities in a country's waters or airspace.

The Government revoked permission for international vessels to conduct such work in 2020 but reversed its decision in March following domestic and international tech companies' calls for the waiver to be reinstated./.

VNA