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Hapag Lloyd ship assisted 34 distressed migrants

On May 7, 2022, the NGO rescue ship 'Sea-Eye 4' was mobilized to a boat with 34 distressed migrants who had been adrift for four days in the Mediterranean Sea. The boat had been located by the 'Berlin Express', en route from Marsaxlokk to Damietta. Due to the weather conditions and in particular because of the height of the freeboard, the ship was not able to rescue the people directly without endangering their lives. The crew provided them with food and drinking water, launched a life raft and remained on standby. A crew member was injured during the assistance and was treated aboard the container ship after returning on board. The MRCC in Bremen contacted Sea-Eye's operations management in the morning of May 8 to seek solutions to the difficult situation. At that time, the 'Sea Eye 4' was 40 sailing hours away from the scene of the accident. She left its area of ​​operation east of Tripoli and set course for the position of the 'Berlin Express'. Several merchant ships reached the container ship before the 'Sea Eye 4', including the 'BSG Bahamas', which is managed by Hamburg-based CPO Containerschiffreederei GmbH & Co. KG. On May 8 in the afternoon, the crew of the 'BSG Bahamas' finally managed to rescue the 34 people and took them aboard after four nights at sea. The assistance request had reached the vessel on the way from Alexandria to Tanger Med west of Malta. The ship reached the position after dark, with 7.20 meters freeboard and a swell of two meters height. The immediate rescue was classified as too dangerous. After sunrise, the captain, with full support from the shipping company and close cooperation with the MRCC Bremen, decided to take the people on board and take care of them with his crew. Except for two people who were obviously seasick, they were doing well. The 'Berlin Express' was then able to continue its journey. "Our captain and his crew did an outstanding job and from the very first minute there was no question that we would help those in distress as best we could," said Silke Muschitz, Head of Fleet Management at Hapag-Lloyd. “We would like to thank Sea-Eye very much for the good support. Our captains were in constant contact and the situation showed us once again how important good cooperation is when rescuing people in distress," she added . In the late afternoon, the 'Sea Eye 4' rendezvoused with the 'BSG Bahamas'. The joint medical team from Sea-Eye and German Doctors went on board the merchant shoü to assess the situation. Both ship managements agreed that the 34 castaways could be better cared for and treated medically on board of the 'Sea Eye 4 'than on a container ship, so all 34 rescued people were transferred onto the NGO ship in the early evening. The 'Sea Eye 4' has a trained medical team, an on-board hospital, enough provisions and places to sleep for the 34 completely exhausted survivors. Report with photos: https://sea-eye.org/deutsche-behoerden-bitten-sea-eye-4-bei-der-rettung-von-34-menschen-um-hilfe/

Crew member medevaced due to hand injury

On Sep 16, 2020, at 3.30 a.m. a crew member aboard the 'Berlin Express' was injured at the hand in the port of Genova. The man, who did not speak Italian and was unable to tell the dynamics of the incident to the rescue personnel, was transported to the San Paolo hospital in Savona, a center specialized in hand surgery. At 6.20 a.m. the ship left port, bound for Valencia, while the man was still hospitalized for his injuries.

BERLIN EXPRESS / 2008E status

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