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Ferry located migrant boat
On Nov 8, 2022, at around 8 a.m. the 'GNV Atlas' located a small boat e nroute from Tanger Med to Sète and notified Salvamento Marítimo. The SAR boat 'Salvamar Algenib' was mobilized from the MRCC in Almería and rescued 17 men of North African origin some 47 miles east of Cabo de Gata (Almería), from where its occupants had set course for the fishing port of Almeria. Accompanied by a Red Cross boat, the migrants were transferred aboard the SAR ship, which took them to the port of Almería, where they have been attended by Red Cross volunteers.
Medevac in Balearic Sea
A pregnant passenger needed to be medevaced from the 'GNV Atlas', en route from Tanger-Med to Barcelona, in the night of June 22, 2022. Salvamento Marítimo tasked the SAR helicopter Helimer 223 to hoist the patient. The woman was transferred to La Fe Hospital in Valencia.
Pregnant woman taken off near Barcelona
On Sep 8, 2019, the "GNV Atlas" requested the urgent evacuation of a pregnant passenger. The MRCC in Barcelona mobilized the "Salvamar Castor" and an ambulance in port. The crew picked up passenger and a doctor who accompaniesdthe woman to the ambulance and then returns to the ship which was enroute from Barcelona to Sete.
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