Greece is sending a powerful anchor handling tug supply vessel to the Red Sea to enhance the safety of maritime operations and assist

Greece is sending a powerful anchor handling tug supply vessel to the Red Sea to enhance the safety of maritime operations and assist Greek-owned vessels and its seafarers, after the attacks on two Greek vessels by Yemen’s Houthis this month.
The Giant is crewed by 14 experienced Greek sailors and equipped with four engines delivering 16,000 horsepower, allowing it to operate under extreme weather conditions.
Certified by an IACS classification society, the vessel can assist ships in danger, prevent and deal with marine pollution, protect human life (by rescuing passengers and shipwrecked individuals) and can participate in search and rescue operations.
It also has firefighting capacity (level 2, which means providing 7,200 cubic meters of water per hour, at a distance of 200 meters) with a self-protection system throughout the ship, rescue zones, accommodation for 40 people with the ability to host a salvage team and survivors, as well as hospital care.
It also carries modern salvage- anti-pollution equipment with the ability to provide anti-pollution action as well as power supply to damaged ships,
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