Safety at sea training boosts Coastguard skills
By Tom Westcott.
Libya Herald
The Libyan Coastguard has received a boost in its ability to safely perform rescue operations at sea with an intensive safety at sea training course.The week-long training, organised and run by the EU Border Mission in Libya EUBAM, involved class-based learning on critical aspects of safety at sea, including how to correctly make internationally-recognised Mayday alerts. These are picked up across the Mediterranean Sea, apart from in Libya, which does not yet have the equipment to receive such calls.There were also practical components to the course, where trainees practised man overboard’ rescue operations.
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