Viking Life-Saving Equipment of Denmark has been awarded a contract for the construction of 11 ambulance boats in a series for use by the Hellenic Coast Guard. Eight earlier boats from the same series were delivered by Viking to the coast guard from 2020 to 2022. Like their earlier sisters, the new...
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | November 15 – Senegalese and Greek patrol ships plus new Australian corvette and reconnaissance boat series
The Senegalese Navy acquires an offshore patrol vessel while the Hellenic Coast Guard taps a Finnish manufacturer for new boats. In Australia, a new corvette class is being proposed for local manufacture while a partnership unveils a tactical watercraft for littoral operations. Senegalese Navy takes delivery of second patrol vessel in series The Senegalese Navy […]
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | August 31 – Thai customs vessel, Hellenic Coast Guard boat orders and more
Thailand’s Customs Department welcomes a new vessel to its fleet while construction is underway on a future US Navy submarine. Newbuilding orders include patrol and tender boats for the Hellenic Coast Guard and a new class of indigenously constructed support ships for the Indian Navy. New patrol boat delivered to Thai customs agency Thai shipbuilder […]
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Hellenic Coast Guard, partners respond to fatal aircraft crash in Ionian Sea
The Hellenic Coast Guard and various local partners have deployed vessels as part of a search and recovery effort following a fatal aircraft crash in the Ionian Sea off t ..
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Greek, Turkish coast guard boat crews exchange warning shots in latest Aegean Sea encounter
The crew of a Hellenic Coast Guard patrol boat and personnel on a Turkish Coast Guard Command vessel exchanged warning shots during a maritime encounter in the Aegean Sea ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Danish builder secures repeat ambulance boat order with Hellenic Coast Guard
The Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG) recently took delivery of a new high-speed ambulance boat built at the local facilities of Denmark-based boat builder Viking Life-Saving Eq ..
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Greek partnership launches volunteer marine protection program
A new volunteer-based program has been launched with the aim of collecting data on affected species and pollution hotspots in Greece’s marine protected areas. The S ..
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12 missing after fire hits underway ferry off Corfu, Greece
Greek authorities have confirmed that 12 people have gone missing after a Ro-Pax ferry caught fire while underway near Corfu island on Friday, February 18. The Hellenic C ..
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Hellenic Coast Guard, Good Samaritans rescue 17 from sunken yacht in Aegean Sea
The Hellenic Coast Guard and some Good Samaritan vessels came to the aid of 17 people who ended up in the water after their yacht sank in the Aegean Sea off Greece’ ..
Hellenic Coast Guard to get five additional ambulance boats
The Greek Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy has awarded Viking Life-Saving Equipment a contract for the construction of five new ambulance boats that will be sister ..