A thriller unfolded off the coast of Limassol when, at 11:40 a.m. today, the Cyprus Emergency Response Center (KSED) received a distress signal from the Somali-flagged merchant ship “AFADJA,” with a crew of 12, due to a fire in the ship’s engine room. The merchant vessel was located 8 NM southeast of Cape Gata, in the Limassol Bay area, within the territorial waters of the Republic of Cyprus.
The National Emergency Operations Center (KSD) activated the Special National Plan “NEARCHOS” and conducted a search and rescue operation, deploying a helicopter from the Police Air and Maritime Unit, the “IOANNIDIS” patrol boat and the “AMMOCHOSTOS” patrol vessel from the Navy Command of the National Guard General Staff, the “Trikomo” high-speed vessel of the Port and Maritime Police, the Special Disaster Response Unit (EMAK) of the Fire Department, as well as the firefighting/tugboat “EDT AETHER” operated by EDT Offshore, with which the National Emergency Management Agency (KSED) maintains a Memorandum of Understanding.
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The fire on the ship was extinguished with the assistance of the firefighting/tugboat “EDT AETHER” and a vessel from the Port and Maritime Police, while all crew members of the merchant ship “AFADJA” are in good health. The merchant ship was then towed to a safe area in Limassol Bay.
Watch a video of the dramatic rescue operation off the coast of Limassol:
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