2024-07-02 15:32:06
The commissioning ceremony came about within the presence of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Tanger Med Particular Company (TMSA), Fouad Brini, the Governor of the province of Fahs-Anjra, Abdelkhalek Marzouki, and representatives of nationwide rescue companions and elected our bodies.
This 21-metre-long unit, constructed by a Spanish shipyard for a worth of 25 million dirhams and with a excessive autonomy and a variety of motion, will strengthen the nationwide system for the search and rescue of human lives at sea and can permit for simpler intervention within the space of the Strait of Gibraltar, characterised by dense maritime visitors.
This unit will likely be assigned to the port of Tangier Med to reply to the specificities of this area with higher autonomy at sea. It consists of inside it an intervention system coordinated by the Nationwide Maritime Rescue Coordination Middle (MRCC Rabat) favoring responsiveness, effectivity and the rationalization of nationwide sources.
Such a system, led by males skilled in search and rescue coordination strategies and working throughout the framework of a nationwide, regional and native group, permits Morocco, as a coastal State, to satisfy its obligations by way of search and rescue of human lives at sea, in accordance with the provisions of the nationwide and worldwide laws in pressure.
Talking on this event, Mr. Sadiki indicated that so as to defend human lives and as a part of rescue operations on the excessive seas, this new star strengthens the Moroccan rescue fleet, which now has 21 vessels, recalling the Kingdom’s dedication to continually enhancing nationwide search and rescue capabilities at sea, in accordance with nationwide and worldwide laws.
The ministry, he continued, is sparing no effort to continually enhance the rescue service on the nationwide and regional degree, thanks particularly to a really environment friendly coordination centre which operates with tailored and efficient intervention means, stressing that the commissioning of this launch, which is a part of the second part of the Halieutis technique, represents an essential step within the technique of strengthening the nationwide sea rescue system.
In a press release to MAP, the commander, director of maritime operations on the Tangier Med port captaincy, Adil Ait Oualil, famous that throughout the framework of the partnership settlement signed between the Tangier Med port authority and the ministry, the Tangier Med port will make its port infrastructure accessible to accommodate this maritime rescue vessel.
On this regard, he burdened that this initiative displays the social dedication of the port authorities and highlights their contribution to the assist and safety of the port group and that of fishermen within the area surrounding the port.
This ceremony was additionally marked by the signing of a partnership settlement between the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Improvement and Water and Forests and TMSA, aimed toward supporting the maritime rescue mission and guaranteeing higher effectivity and velocity in rescue interventions within the Strait of Gibraltar area the place a major variety of business and passenger ships function.
It ought to be famous that Morocco at present has 21 patrol boats and 10 quick rescue boats, supported by a communication system alongside the nationwide shoreline, utilizing fashionable technique of radio communication, together with satellite tv for pc, by way of the World Maritime Misery and Security System (GMDSS) and the COSPAS SARSAT system, which facilitate the detection and localization of ships within the occasion of misery.
2024-07-02 15:32:06