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Maersk Tankers reports that 27 saved travelers that had actually gotten on board its vessel Maersk Etienne for 38 days have actually been securely gotten off. Today they were moved to the ship Mare Jonio run by the non-governmental company Mediterranea.
The team of 27 travelers, consisting of one kid as well as an expectant lady, had actually been saved by the vessel from the sea off Tunisia on August 4 at the demand of Maltese authorities. Maersk Tankers was after that incapable locate a nation ready to take them as well as the Maersk Etienne team has actually supplied them sustain.
The predicament of the team was highlighted when 3 of them leapt too far on August 6. hi there were saved by the vessel team as well as restored aboard.
“We have been increasingly concerned for the rescued persons’ physical and mental health following their prolonged stay onboard Maersk Etienne,” claimed Maersk Tankers today. “The scenario has actually gotten worse adhering to the current event where 3 of the individuals leapt too far, as well as we have actually seen continual concerns with small clinical problems as well as a current danger to go onto cravings strike.
“We requested assistance and agreed with Mediterranea that they will conduct a health assessment using the medical team onboard the Mare Jonio. The transfer to the ship occurred following their assessment that the rescued persons’ condition called for immediate care in suitable medical facilities.”
The business claimed that Maersk Etienne will certainly continue to an appropriate port where, it claimed, “we will follow up with a debriefing of the crew and ensure they too get the care they need.”
Maersk Tankers included that “the captain and the crew of the Maersk Etienne have honorably fulfilled their duty at sea, and we are proud and greatly appreciative of their efforts. We thank them, Mediterranea, shipping and trade associations and human rights groups who have supported us since the rescue operation took place.”
Tommy Thomassen, Chief Technical Officer, Maersk Tankers, claimed: “We are relieved and grateful. The rescued persons can now finally get the medical care they need and our crew can continue their voyage safely. While we are appreciative of the support from Mediterranea in helping us to bring a closure to this unprecedented situation, we are at the same time deeply concerned that it has not been possible to find a solution before now. It has been very difficult for the rescued persons and our crew.”
Mediterranea claimed in an article on its Facebook web page:
“The Mare Jonio has actually simply finished the transfer onboard of the 27 individuals that had actually gotten on the Maersk Etienne for 38 days. Our Medical Team discovered them in significant pycho-physical problems that make it difficult for them to remain on the petroleum vessel.
“We have actually currently asked for from the Malta authorities, in charge of this SAR occasion on 5th August, to appoint a Place Of Safety (POS) asap, to get off these individuals in immediate requirement of therapy.
“Enough is enough.”
