MCA SAR Improvements
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency search and rescue figures for 2005 show the total number of occasions where assistance was required went down compared to 2004, and the total number of persons rescued (where lives were at risk) was also down. The total number of alerts received by the Coastguard increased but this was seen as a positive response to a campaign encouraging people to alert the Coastguard earlier when in trouble or to report those suspected of being in trouble more readily.
The combination, built for the Office for Rural Development in Husum, North Germany, comprises two elements; the 32.5m long push boat/oil skimmer Odin and the 30m long oil tanker barge Luttmoor.
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