TORM Tanker Picks Up 200 Migrants Off Libya

A TORM product tanker on Sunday assisted Italian authorities in a rescue operation to save lots of migrants from two unseaworthy boats off the Libyan coast.

TORM, one of many world’s main carriers of refined oil merchandise, says that on the morning of 21 June 2015 its Singapore-flagged TORM Arawa was drifting off Zawiya, Libya when it obtained a misery name from the Italian coast guard requesting help for 2 boats carrying refugees.

TORM Arawa arrived on scene about an hour later and was requested to choose up the refugees from each boats. Within just some hours, the crew of the TORM Arawa helped rescue a complete of 222 individuals and supplied them with meals, water and blankets.

The vessel was instructed to proceed to Port Reggio Calabria in Italy the place the refugees we disembarked a day later.

“I am pleased that our capable crew acted according to procedures and saved so many lives, reflecting outstanding commitment to international maritime laws and humanitarian efforts,” says Jesper Jensen, Head of TORM’s Technical Division.

In July 2014, one other TORM product tanker, the TORM Lotte, assisted in the same rescue operation within the Mediterranean Sea, ensuing within the rescue of as much as 300.

The Italian coast guard reported Tuesday that ships patrolling the Mediterranean had plucked greater than 3,700 migrants from overcrowded boats within the simply previous few days alone.