The "St. Jonhe's "of nearly 100 meters in length, spotted by a Navy helicopter on November 18, was at the mercy of the sea due to a failure in the propulsion organs. Vega ship, inserted in the Triton patrol device, has reached it to start the rescue operations.
Precisely the weather conditions, combined with the large size of the ship, prevented the transshipment of migrants, for which reason a specialist team from the San Marco marine brigade, some Vega ship technicians and the health care team embarked on the merchant ship to try to restore the ship. efficiency of the machines and perform a first health screening.
At the end of these operations the navy patrol began the trailer of the merchant towards the port of Augusta which, with the assistance of the patrol boats of the port authorities, lasted all night.
Yesterday morning, the "Brucoli" offshore tugboat took the merchant's trailer, completing its mooring operations in the port of Augusta.
Source: Military Navy
