​M/V Amethyst assists Hellenic Coast Guard in refugee rescue operation.

27/01/2016

Friday 27 January 2016. Gerolimenas, Southern Peloponnese.
 
M/V Amethyst, our cement Carrier received a distress call from the Hellenic Coast Guard in order to assist with the rescue operation of a sailboat transferring refugees.

M/V Amethyst deviated her course at the rescue point and acted as an escort backup vessel in the towing operation.

​All thirty-six refugees were succesfully landed of Gerolimenas port.