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The Ocean Viking has been an offshore supplier under the Norwegian flag that has been deployed for sea rescue in the Mediterranean since summer 2019 .
history
The Ulstein draft ship UT 735 was built at the Trosvik Verksted shipyard ( hull number 141) in Brevik , Norway , and equipped at the Ulstein Hatlø shipyard in Ulsteinvik ( hull number 206).
The ship was ordered in June 1985. The keel was laid in August 1985 and the ship was completed in December 1986. The ship built for Wilhelmsen Offshore Services in Tønsberg was put into service as a tender fighter .
The ship has been sold several times. It was renamed Viking Fighter in December 1991 and Ocean Viking in October 2005 . In September 2011 the ship came to its current operator, Hoyland Offshore in Steinsland.
commitment
The ship is used to lay floating drilling rigs and to supply offshore structures. In an emergency, it can be used as a rescue platform and can accommodate 200 people.
The ship can also be used to fight oil. For this it is equipped with skimmers and pumps. The tanks for the collection of oil absorbed from the surface of the water hold 1076 m³.
For fire fighting, three fire monitors are available above the superstructure . Their capacity is 2400 m³ / hour. The monitors can throw extinguishing agents 150 m far and 70 m high.
Use as a rescue ship
2019
July and August
In mid-2019, Doctors Without Borders and SOS Mediterranee chartered the ship to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean . A team of 13 from SOS Mediterranee is responsible for rescuing boat refugees, while MSF provides the medical staff of nine. The ship's crew for operating the ship consists of nine seafarers.
At the end of July 2019, the ship was due to start its service as a rescue ship in the Mediterranean. It set sail from Marseille for Libya on August 4, 2019 . On August 8, 2019, Malta withdrew the already granted permission to refuel the ship in Maltese waters without giving any reason. On the same day, the crew was informed of an emergency call by the Alarm-Phone-Initiative aid organization and subsequently rescued 80 people. The Italian Interior Minister Salvini immediately announced that the ship would not be allowed to enter an Italian port. The activists took in more groups of refugees in the days that followed, until finally 356 migrants were on board on August 13. A European government that allowed the landing had not been found by then. The activists turned down an offer from Libyan authorities to disembark the people in Tripoli , as Libya cannot currently be considered a safe place. Italy and Malta refused to allow the rescue ship to enter until August 23, 2019. After six EU countries, including Germany, agreed to accept the rescued people, they were brought to Malta by naval boats.
September
On September 8, 2019, the activists reported that they had taken in 50 migrants off the Libyan coast. Another 34 people were taken away from the sailing yacht Josefa by the crew due to bad weather . Previously, the Resqship sea rescue group had rescued the thirty-four with the Josefa . The 82 remaining people were landed on Lampedusa on September 15.
The ship left immediately and on September 17, 48 migrants were rescued from a wooden boat off the Libyan coast, who had previously informed activists of the Alarm Phone Initiative . The Moonbird reconnaissance aircraft subsequently discovered another boat with 61 people who were brought onto the Ocean Viking and on September 18, the ship's operators announced the rescue of a further 73 people. The request from Libya to bring the people ashore in Libya was rejected by the non-governmental organizations because the rescued were threatened with abuse. The 183 people were finally allowed to go ashore in Messina, Italy on September 22nd.
October
On October 12, the crew said they had saved 74 people 50 nautical miles off the Libyan coast. A little later, the activists took in 102 more people. The Italian authorities allowed the activists to land the people in Taranto on October 15 .
Two days after the rescued landed in Taranto, the Ocean Viking was again off the Libyan coast on October 21 and took 104 people on board. According to SOS Méditerranée, 40 of them were minors. The activists again refused to bring the people to Libya and demanded a safe harbor from the control center. On October 28th, the Italian Ministry of the Interior announced that a solution had been found: The ship is supposed to enter Pozzallo , 70 of the migrants will be brought to Germany and France, the rest to other European countries.
November
On November 16, the crew found a partially sunken rubber dinghy 30 nautical miles off the Libyan coast.
Between November 19 and 21, the crew picked up 215 people from a total of three boats. Two medical emergencies were evacuated to Malta, the remaining 213 landed in Italy on November 24th. The migrants are to be distributed to Italy, Germany, France and Malta.
On November 28, around 60 people were again taken from a wooden boat off Libya on the Ocean Viking . The activists said the people came from Bangladesh, Eritrea, Mali, Ivory Coast, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Guinea. On December 4th, Italy granted permission to land the migrants in Sicily.
December
On December 20, the activists reportedly removed 112 people from a damaged rubber dinghy 34 nautical miles off the Libyan coast. A little later, according to the crew, 50 more people were picked up by a large wooden boat in the Maltese rescue area. The migrants were finally landed in Taranto on December 23rd.
2020
On January 17, 39 migrants from Bangladesh, Morocco and Somalia were taken on board. According to SOS Méditerranée, she was discovered on a wooden boat 65 kilometers off the Libyan coast. The activists had been informed of an emergency call from the migrants by the Alarm Phone Initiative. The Italian Ministry of the Interior assigned the ship Pozzallo in Sicily as a port for landing the migrants. 20 people eligible for relocation were to be distributed between France, Germany and Luxembourg.
On the night of January 23rd to 24th, the crew was informed by the Alarm Phone Initiative about a rubber dinghy that had previously made an emergency call to the initiative. According to the helpers, 92 people were then brought onto the Ocean Viking from this boat, about 30 nautical miles off the Libyan coast . Once again informed of the position of another migrant boat by the Alarm Phone initiative, the activists took an additional 59 people about 30 nautical miles off the Libyan coast on January 26th.
On February 18, the activists took in 84 people, a few hours later, on a second mission, 98 more. The people came from Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Togo and Guinea-Bissau. The Alarm Phone Initiative had informed the Ocean Viking in both cases . On February 23, the Ocean Viking docked in Pozzallo. A total of 276 migrants from three rescue missions on February 18 and 19 were on board. The authorities quarantined all migrants because of the COVID-19 pandemic , and the activists themselves are said to remain isolated on board. After being released from quarantine, the activists announced on March 19 that, under the circumstances, it would initially not be possible to return to rescue missions, but that the ship would remain stationed in the Mediterranean.
Because of the restrictions on port use that Italy and Malta had imposed in the COVID-19 pandemic, the operators Doctors Without Borders and SOS Mediterranee fell out in mid-April 2020. The sea rescuers wanted to wait for assurances that migrants would land before new missions were launched , the medics wanted to continue the missions undiminished and therefore jumped off. The ship initially stayed in Marseille.
On June 22nd, the ship, now operated solely by SOS Mediterranee, set sail again to be ready two days later off the Libyan coast. In addition to the ship's crew and activists, there was also a medical team with a doctor, two nurses and a midwife on board. On June 25, 118 migrants were picked up from two boats. In total, there were more than 180 rescued people on board when the activists declared a state of emergency on July 3, after 6 of the migrants previously taken on board attempted suicide within 24 hours. The allocation of a safe harbor had previously been refused by European authorities. After days of hesitation, Italy allowed the 180 migrants to move to the Italian quarantine ship Moby Zaza .
On July 23, the ship was arrested by the Italian coast guard in the port of Porto Empedocle in Sicily, as it would have exceeded the maximum number of passengers after the rescue of 180 refugees. SOS Méditerranée criticized the measure as it only served to block further rescue operations.
Technical data and equipment
The ship is powered by two mountains - diesel engines of the type KVMB-12, each with 2,208 kW power driven. The motors act on two variable pitch propellers via reduction gears . In addition, the ship is equipped with a swiveling propeller nacelle with 1000 hp and a bow and stern thruster each with 500 hp.
The power supply is provided by two Stamford generators driven by the main engines , each with 1530 kVA apparent power, as well as two generator sets consisting of Detroit diesel engines each with 321 kW power and Stamford generators with 305 kVA apparent power. Furthermore, an emergency generator was installed, which is driven by a Detroit diesel engine with 143 kW output.
The superstructure located in the front half of the ship just behind a typical type of ship, high back . Behind the superstructure is an open, 500 m² working deck. The working deck can be loaded with 877 t. A crane that can lift around 10 t is installed behind the superstructure. In addition, the ship is equipped with another crane with a capacity of 1.5 t. There are several winches on deck for use as an anchor-pulling tug and for other towing activities.
The ship is set up for a crew of twelve . There are cabins available on board for a further 12 people. An infirmary was set up on board for medical care.
Web links
- Brochure , as of 2011, Hoyland Offshore
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Doctors Without Borders and SOS Mediterranee resume sea rescue. Press release. Doctors Without Borders, July 21, 2019, accessed July 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Yno 206 - Tender Fighter. Ulstein Group, accessed July 29, 2019 (Norwegian).
- ↑ M / S Tender Fighter. Sjøhistorie, accessed July 29, 2019 (Norwegian).
- ↑ M / S Viking Fighter. Sjøhistorie, accessed July 29, 2019 (Norwegian).
- ^ M / S Ocean Viking. Sjøhistorie, accessed July 29, 2019 (Norwegian).
- ↑ 14 countries agree on refugee relocation - Salvini snubbed the EU. Focus Online , July 23, 2019, accessed July 26, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article197947743/Ocean-Viking-Aquarius-Nachhabenin-im-Mittelmeer-sticht-in-See.html
- ↑ https://m.tagesspiegel.de/politik/tankstopp-fuer-ocean-viking-untersagt-malta-blockiert-erstmals-einlaufen-von-rettungsschiff/24883196.html
- ↑ Charity calls for help as Malta and Italy spurn migrant rescue ships, leave 121 in limbo . Japan Times, August 7, 2019, accessed August 10.
- ^ "Migranti, Ocean Viking soccorre 80 persone in Libia. Salvini:" Firmo il divieto d'ingresso ". E Open Arms incassa il sostegno di Richard Gere" ilfattoquotidiano.it of August 9, 2019
- ↑ "" I'm shaken ": More than 300 refugees are waiting for" Ocean Viking "from" Focus from August 13, 2019
- ^ WORLD: Sea Rescuers: All 356 migrants from the "Ocean Viking" are now on land . August 24, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed August 24, 2019]).
- ^ "" Alan Kurdi "reports new suicide attempt by a minor" Welt.de from September 8, 2019
- ^ "Rescue ship" Ocean Viking "takes in more migrants" Welt.de from September 10, 2019
- ↑ a b "Malta refuses to land 90 rescued migrants" stol.it of September 18, 2019
- ↑ a b c "45 migrants en difficulté secourus par Malte" lefigaro.fr of September 18, 2019
- ↑ "" Ocean Viking "takes in more boat refugees" welt.de from September 19, 2019
- ↑ "Il Viminale assegna alla Ocean Viking il porto sicuro: 182 migranti sbarcheranno a Messina" repubblica.it from September 22, 2019
- ↑ "Migranti, 74 people su un gommone in difficoltà: salvati dalla Ocean Viking" repubblica.it of October 13, 2019
- ^ "" Ocean Viking "is looking for a haven for 176 migrants" FAZ.de of October 14, 2019
- ↑ "Le drammatiche foto dei migranti annegati al largo di Lampedusa" lastampa.it of October 16, 2019
- ^ "SOS Méditerranée cherche de nouveau un port sûr pour 104 migrants" lefigaro.fr of October 21, 2019
- ^ "Migranti, in 104 sulla Ocean Viking da dieci giorni. La ong:" Dateci un porto sicuro ". Altri 90 sulla Alan Kurdi" ilfattoquotidiano.it of October 28, 2019
- ^ "On board the Aita Mari, the migrant rescue ship defying Spain in the Mediterranean" euronews.com of November 16, 2019
- ^ "Two refugees flown to Malta by rescue ship - More than 200 stay on board" Tagesspiegel.de of November 22, 2019
- ↑ "Shipwrecked people should also go to Germany" ntv of November 24, 2019
- ↑ "" Ocean Viking "and" Alan Kurdi "save 144 people from distress" FAZ.net from November 28, 2019
- ↑ "Italy lets rescue ships call at Sicilian ports" faz.net from December 4, 2019
- ↑ Alessandra Ziniti: "Migranti, Ocean Viking salva 112 migranti. Una neonata a bordo" repubblica.it of December 20, 2019
- ^ "Rescue ship" Ocean Viking "- 50 more migrants added" zdf.de com December 21, 2019
- ↑ "Ocean Viking, sbarcati a Taranto i 159 migranti: tra loro anche 40 Minori" lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it from December 23, 2019
- ^ "Refugees of the" Ocean Viking "go ashore in Sicily" Welt-sichten from January 21, 2020
- ↑ "Ocean Viking" saves 39 migrants off the Libyan coast t-online.de from January 17th, 2020
- ↑ Ocean Viking di nuovo in mare e carica a bordo altri migranti ilgiornale.it of January 17, 2020.
- ↑ Mauro Indelicato: "Il Viminale apre a Ocean Viking: adesso sbarcano tutte le ong" ilgiornale.it of January 21, 2020.
- ↑ Près de 100 migrants secourus par l'Ocean Viking au large de la Libye infomigrants.net of January 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Migranti, 230 salvati nel Mediterraneo. Ma altri sono 120 in pericolo" repubblica.it from 25 January 2020.
- ↑ Miodrag Soric: "Ocean Viking" saves 182 people DW.com from February 18, 2020.
- ↑ Coronavirus: 276 migranti della Ocean Viking arrivata a Pozzallo. Subito in quarantena repubblica.it of February 23, 2020.
- ↑ No rescue at sea due to corona pandemic [sic] evangelisch.de of March 19, 2020.
- ↑ Doctors Without Borders terminate sea rescue cooperation with SOS Méditerrannée Die Welt on April 17, 2020.
- ↑ Humanitarian ship embarks from Marseille on first post-Covid rescue mission rfi.fr of June 22, 2020.
- ↑ Alessandra Ziniti: Migranti, gommone alla deriva con un bimbo nato a bordo. Più di 500 soccorsi in 24 ore repubblica.it from June 26th 2020.
- ^ Rescue ship "Ocean Viking" calls emergency status from FAZ.net on July 4th, 2020.
- ↑ Italy lets refugees on quarantine ship , Tagesschau, July 5, 2020.
- ↑ Migrants of the "Ocean Viking" switch to quarantine ferry , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 7 July 2020.
- ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Mediterranean: Italy sets "Ocean Viking". Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
- ^ Ocean Viking. Shipping Publications, accessed July 29, 2019 .
- ↑ "On board the Ocean Viking:“ We feel humbled by their courage ”" MSF, August 19, 2019