{"id":21678,"date":"2022-03-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/?p=21678"},"modified":"2022-03-30T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T09:50:37","slug":"ukrainian-captain-saves-32-people-from-dying-in-mediterranean-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/en\/ukrainian-captain-saves-32-people-from-dying-in-mediterranean-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Captain Saves 32 People from Dying in Mediterranean Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">German shipowner of the KARINA calls SEA-EYE 4 for help off Libya<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday afternoon, March 28, 2022, the crew of the merchant ship KARINA, under the command of the Ukrainian captain Vasyl Maksymenko, saved 32 people who were fleeing from drowning in international waters off Libya. The merchant ship of the North German KLINGENBERG Bereederungs- &amp; Befrachtungs GmbH &amp; Co. KG, a shipping company from Ellerbek, was on its way from Malta to Benghazi when it was made aware of the distress call at sea by the aid organization Alarm Phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>The boat was in grave danger of capsizing. The people aboard wouldn&#8217;t have survived that. The waves had already reached four meters since their departure. They would not have been able to get anywhere on their own<\/em>,\u201d says Vasyl Maksymenko, captain of the KARINA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>At that time, the SEA-EYE 4 was around 50 hours away from the emergency and was unable to provide any immediate assistance. However, the rescue ship and its operations management, together with numerous state and other non-state actors, were involved in the correspondence on the distress at sea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_Kapitaen_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21650\" width=\"515\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_Kapitaen_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_Kapitaen_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_Kapitaen_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_Kapitaen_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_Kapitaen_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_Kapitaen_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_Kapitaen_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_Kapitaen_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the dramatic exchange of information on the case, the SEA-EYE 4 contacted the merchant ship KARINA and offered support. At the same time, SEA-EYE 4\u2019s operations management contacted the owner of the KARINA to signal their willingness to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Shipowner Thies Klingenberg was immediately aware of the difficult situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>It&#8217;s not the first time that we&#8217;ve rescued people from the Mediterranean Sea. However, our ships are not suitable for the catering and medical treatment of shipwrecked persons<\/em>,\u201d says Klingenberg.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday afternoon, the shipping company and Captain Maksymenko asked the SEA-EYE 4 for help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_3_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21653\" width=\"515\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_3_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_3_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_3_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_3_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_3_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_3_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_3_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_3_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>The flag state of KARINA, Antigua and Barbuda, has signed the Geneva Refugee Convention<\/em>,\u201d wrote Captain Maksymenko to SEA-EYE 4. The rescued people must be taken to a place of safety. \u201c<em>A safe place is a place where the lives of survivors are not threatened and where their basic human needs can be met. The protection of their basic rights must be taken into account: For refugees, this means that they must not be forced back into a war zone. This prohibits bringing people who\u2019re fleeing back to Libya!\u201d<\/em> Maksymenko continues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The KARINA and the SEA-EYE 4 agreed on a rendezvous and met on Tuesday afternoon, around 55 nautical miles from the Libyan coast. A team of doctors and the head of mission of SEA-EYE 4 boarded the KARINA to assess the situation. According to their own statements, the fleeing people stayed on their wooden boat for at least three days. Therefore, some of the rescued people are currently being treated for hypothermia and dehydration in the ship\u2019s sick bay. The captains of both ships assessed the situation and concluded that the SEA-EYE 4 is the more suitable and safer vessel for the 32 survivors. Hence, Sea-Eye operations management then agreed to take the rescued people aboard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_4_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg\" alt=\"KARINA &amp; SEA-EYE 4\" class=\"wp-image-21656\" width=\"515\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_4_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_4_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_4_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_4_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_4_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_4_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_4_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_4_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>We have enough provisions, accommodation and an onboard hospital to safely take aboard such a number of people for a short period of time<\/em>,\u201d says Gorden Isler, Chairman of Sea-Eye e. V.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The SEA-EYE 4 has a so-called Rescue Notation from its classification society, and the Italian Coast Guard confirmed the SEA-EYE 4&#8217;s suitability for short-term care for up to 200 people after technical adjustments in the summer of 2021, if a safe port can be reached in a timely manner to disembark survivors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21665\" width=\"515\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Handelsschiff-KARINA_SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_6_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The SEA-EYE 4 will be heading for Malta in the next few hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>Malta is the closest EU member state. We will ask for a disembarkation port there<\/em>,\u201d says Isler.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Malta has been closing its ports for the disembarkation of people rescued from distress for several years. The last time that a Sea-Eye ship was allowed to bring rescued people to safety in Malta was in the summer of 2019. Since then, Maltese policy towards people fleeing has become increasingly defensive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_1_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg\" alt=\"SEA-EYE 4\" class=\"wp-image-21662\" width=\"515\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_1_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_1_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_1_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_1_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_1_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_1_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_1_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/SEA-EYE-4_Sea-Eye_Seenotrettung_Mittelmeer_20220329_1_c_Joe-Rabe-sea-eye.org_.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>We will now see whether the Geneva Convention on Refugees is just as important to Malta as it was to the Ukrainian Captain Maksymenko, who prevented a push-back to a war zone in violation of international law<\/em>,\u201d Isler continues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/sea-eye.org\/en\/donate\/\" style=\"background-color:#ed6d62;color:#f9f9f9\">Donate now for SEA-EYE 4<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 4 meter high waves, Captain Vasyl Maksymenko and the crew of his container ship rescued refugees from a wooden boat who had already spent 3 days at sea. 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