A “May Day” launched on channel 16 by the Singapore-flagged motor vessel Strategic Savannah triggered the alarm of a fire on board in the vessel's waste storage room.
The rescue machine, this morning at the port of Oristano , was immediately set in motion, but in reality it was an exercise to test the effectiveness of the security procedures .
All the ship's crew were involved, as well as the staff of the Oristano Fire Brigade (who had come on board in the meantime) and the PSC unit of the Port Authority.
Once the flames were extinguished, during the reclamation operations - at the Simec quay, an explosive device was identified as the cause of the fire . The Operations Room of the Harbor Master's Office had the Bomb Squad of the Abbasanta State Police intervene on the spot with dog units in order to proceed with a targeted action aimed at excluding any other threat.
The personnel of the Guardia di Finanza and the State Police also took part in the exercise, as well as all the technical-nautical services of the port (pilots, tugs, moorers/boatmen), the "Tharros Marittima" company, concessionaire of the anti-pollution service in the port, and the staff of the Sardinian Sea Port System Authority with its own personnel specialized in maritime security.
(Unioneonline/ss)