KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must strengthen maritime survelllance and enforcement to detect suspicious ship-to-ship (STS) oll transfers amid allegations that its waters are being used to facilitate the mavement of sanctioned Iranian oil, an academic says Nazery Khalid, adjunct professorat Universiti Malaysla Terengganu (UMT) and Taylor’s University, said authorities should step up patrols and use satellite technology and intelligence-sharing to identify suspicious vessel movements “The Coast Guard should step up surveillance to keep an eye on ships behaving suspiciously”he said at a forum titled “Strengthening Malaysla’s Downstream Petroleurm Value Chain and Identifying Gaps and Enabling Factors Within Malaysia Regulatory Landscape The forum was organised by Maritime Network,together with UMT Nazery said STStransfers were legitimate and highly regulated maritime operations,but must comply with national rules and international safety and environmental standards.