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Bronze medal of merit of the navy for the commander Sinisi of Costa Cruises
The recognition for the work done for the rescue in 2018 of the 11 crewmen of a Turkish motor ship
July 20, 2022
The rescue took place on November 21, 2018. Around at midnight Costa Luminosa, sailing south of the Peloponnese headed for the port of Katakolon, received a request for intervention by the Rescue Coordination Center of the Greek Coast Guard. Commander Sinisi was asked to to provide assistance to the motor ship Kilic, a cargo ship used for the transport of fresh fish, in serious difficulty due to a fire broke out on board. The crew of eleven men was drawn rescued from a Costa Luminosa tender, guided by safety officer Marco Genovese, and then transhipped to another ship merchant company previously involved in operations by the Greek Coast Guard.
The delivery of the medal by the general commander, on delegation of the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Admiral team Enrico Credendino, took place during the ceremony military carried out on the occasion of the 157th anniversary of the establishment of the Corps of Port Authorities on the 20th July 1865.
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