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TURKISH FLAG: LOA: 34,25 m.;BEAM: 11,50 m.DRAUGHT:4,50 m.: CALL SIGN:TCKB2. BUILDER ALAYBEY SHIPYARD, IZMIR -TURKEY -IN 2000. ENGINE:2x CATERPILLAR 3606 DI-TA CCAC
OPERATED BY THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF COASTAL SAFETY (DGCS) (KIYI EMNIYETI)
DGCS WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IN 1997 TO ASSIST AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF NAVIGATION IN TURKISH WATERS.
SOME COMPETENCES ARE:
• SEARCH AND RESCUE
• SALVAGE AND TOWAGE
• TURKISH STRAITS VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES (TSVTS)
• AIDS TO NAVIGATION (LIGHTHOUSES, BUOYS, ETC)
• MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS
• MARITIME OIL SPILL RESPONSE DURING SALVAGE OPERATIONS OR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.
THE RESCUE SERVICES ARE ORGANIZED WITHIN TURKISH STRAITS BY HAVING FIFTEEN RESCUE STATIONS. EIGHT OF THEM ARE BOAT STATIONS AND THE OTHERS ARE SHORE BASED RESCUE STATIONS EQUIPPED WITH SAR BOATS (HIGH SPEED) HAVING THE CAPABILITY OF SELF RIGHTING AND SELF FLOATING, IN BOTH BLACK SEA APPROACHES OF TURKISH STRAITS AND IN TURKISH STRAITS.
THE SALVAGE DEPARTMENT OPERATES THE SERVICES OF TUGS, UNDERWATER WORKS, SALVAGE & TOWAGE WITH A FLEET OF CONVENTIONAL SALVAGE VESSELS, TUGS, FIREFIGHTING TUGS AND VARIOUS SERVICE BOATS WHICH MAKE UP TO 25 VESSELS, AND HAS THE CAPABILITY OF RESPONDING MARINE OIL SPILLS DURING SALVAGE OPERATION OR IN CASE OF ANY EMERGENCY SITUATION
DGCS IS ALSO IN CHARGE OF TURKISH STRAITS VESSEL TRAFFIC SERVICES AND THE COASTAL RADIO STATION NET EQUIPPED WITH OBSERVATION TOWERS. WITH X BAND RADAR, COLOR-INFRARED CAMERA AND METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS GIVING NAVIGATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO CAPTAINS TO ROUTING HIS VESSELS.
ALSO SERVES THE AIDS TO NAVIGATION ALONG THE TURKISH COAST WITH ALMOST 420 LIGHTHOUSES,
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