Algeria buys military lifeboats from Norway

Algerian defence ministry bought six Norway-made lifeboats equipped with detection and quick intervention devices, coast guards commander said.

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• “This giant step aims at ensuring better performance of marine forces in rescuing illegal immigrants, commercial, ships and fishing boats,” General Rachid Ben Sassi told Echorouk in an interview.
•  “The six lifeboats can contain more than 20 people abd are equipped with the most sophisticated detectors and quick intervention devices,” he added.
• Those boats can not sink in any weather conditions even if they are overturned by strong water storms, according to the coast guards commander.
• “Two of them are operational while the four others are due to arrive soon,” he said.