Coast Guard: 51 new vehicles – Kikilias: Supply of unmanned vessels for EEZ-marine parks

“Starting with the supply of the caller vehicles we received, we denote that successful the coming months the Coast Guard and the ministry will procure unmanned vessels and caller technology, with the purpose of policing, protecting and guarding the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and the marine parks. Greece is simply a almighty unit astatine oversea and we indispensable perpetually beryllium it,” the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Vassilis Kikilias, said during the ceremonial of handing implicit the caller vehicles to the Hellenic Coast Guard.

Kikilias pointed retired that the state has the work to supply the Coast Guard officers with each the technological and instrumentality means, so that they tin execute their duties safely and professionally. “The unit of the Coast Guard proves each time that they are present, successful each portion of the country, successful each port, connected each borderline island. The State indispensable support them, with modern tools and infrastructure,” helium emphasized.

The declaration for the supply of the vehicles, worth astir 2 cardinal euros (1,996,587 euros), had a completion deadline of 14 months, but the vehicles were delivered 8 months earlier than the contractual obligation.

Kikilias stressed that the Ministry will proceed to instrumentality targeted actions for the technological and operational upgrading of the Coast Guard, including the procurement of unmanned vessels, the upgrading of the operations country and the strengthening of larboard authorities with caller means. “With a plan, speed and transparency, we are gathering a modern, susceptible and almighty Coast Guard – astatine the work of security, insularity and nationalist sovereignty,” the curate concluded.