IMO: IMO Secretary-General commissions Nigerian Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre

A key link in the plan to provide effective search and rescue (SAR) coverage off the coast of Africa has been completed with the commissioning, by IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos, of a fully-equipped regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Lagos, Nigeria - the third such commissioning in just over two years, following the inauguration of MRCCs in Mombasa, Kenya, and Cape Town, South Africa, in May 2006 and January 2007, respectively.

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Keywords: NIGERIA, SAR, MARITIME RESCUE CO-ORDINATION CENTRE, AFRICA

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Related Topics: International Maritime Organization

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