The Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) received a supply vessel from the head of a Spanish tuna fishing company on Saturday.
The vessel, Saya de Malha, was officially handed over to President Wavel Ramkalawan, who is the commander- in-chief of the Seychelles Defence Forces, by Arrien Guillermo, the president and general manager of Inpesca Fishing, a Spanish group operating in the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean.
This is the first time that a foreign privately-owned company donates a vessel to the defence forces, in cooperation with a local shipping firm – Seaward Company. According to its website, Inpesca has four purse seiners fishing in the Indian Ocean, including Seychelles’ waters, as well as two supply vessels assisting them.
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