[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ min_height=”1257.2px” custom_margin=”-100px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-24px|auto||auto||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Lable Einsatzbericht Nr. 9″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”justified” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Operation Report\u202f9 \u2013 2025 (27 <\/span>september<\/span> 2025 \u2013 18 <\/span>october<\/span> 2025) <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>written by Piet Wuebker<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”The operation began with our departure from Malta” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The operation began with our departure from Malta at the end of october, after careful preparation and replenishment of provisions. The NADIR headed for Lampedusa, where we first conducted training exercises north of the island \u2013 valuable time to train our tender team and practise procedures on board. We practised intensively with the safety equipment to be fully prepared for our three weeks search and observation operation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But first, the weather caught up with us. An approaching storm forced us to anchor in the harbour of Lampedusa. We used this unwanted break to carry out minor maintenance work, including on the main ship and the engine of our tender.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Once the storm had subsided, we headed straight for the area of operation. On this turn, we discovered 77 people on board a wooden boat. The boat was unseaworthy and the engine was defective. We distributed life jackets and provided initial assistance. Shortly afterwards, the Italian coast guard took the people onto their rescue boat and brought them to Lampedusa.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n But it didn’t stop at one boat. The SeaBird, a civilian reconnaissance aircraft belonging to the NGO Sea-Watch, soon reported a second wooden boat with 68 people on board nearby. Once again, we distributed life jackets from our tender \u2013 and once again, the Italian coast guard took over the evacuation shortly thereafter. During the night, we came across a third boat: empty, and already marked \u2013 it had, thus, already been evacuated.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/resqship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_4-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Empty boat on the ocean” title_text=”2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_4″ force_fullwidth=”on” admin_label=”Picture Steel Boat” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” height=”auto” custom_padding=”|0px||0px||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”At this point, we returned to Lampedusa” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n At this point, we returned to Lampedusa to submit a report to the Italian coast guard in order to comply with the extensive requirements of the Italian authorities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n From there, we set sail again and received new coordinates from SeaBird. Using these coordinates, we found the people on another wooden boat during the night. While we were distributing life jackets, two people jumped into the water in panic. However, our tender team was able to rescue both of them and take them on board. Later, the Italian coast guard also evacuated everybody from this unseaworthy boat.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Shortly afterwards, we received a message from Alarm Phone \u2013 Watch the Med, and we located the 75 people just two hours later. They were on a wooden boat with a high engine room. This type of boat is particularly dangerous. Those accommodated on the lower deck are exposed to toxic petrol fumes and a high risk of suffocation. Last year, our NADIR crew had to rescue ten bodies from a similar boat.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/resqship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_3-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Beiboot vor gro\u00dfem, leeren blauen Holzboot” title_text=”2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_3″ admin_label=”Picture Wooden Boat and RHIB” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” width=”70%” width_tablet=”auto” width_phone=”auto” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” height=”auto” height_tablet=”auto” height_phone=”auto” height_last_edited=”on|phone” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”The cargo ship IVY1 also came” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The cargo ship IVY1 also came to assist after hearing the Mayday Relay on the radio. This is particularly noteworthy, as offers of assistance from commercial freighters in cases of refugee distress are very rare indeed. The IVY1 crew offered us protection from the wind and two-metre-high swells, and informed the relevant authorities. Shortly afterwards, the Italian coastguard arrived and took the people on board their unit.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We returned to Lampedusa and handed over another report. And once again, we set sail for the operational area between Libya, Tunisia and Italy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During the voyage, we spotted 56 people on a black and completely overcrowded rubber boat. The boat was no longer seaworthy. In close coordination with the authorities, we took everybody on board the NADIR. Among them were a woman and two children. Some were suffering from severe seasickness, which the NADIR crew treated. On board, there was also a warm meal for the exhausted people and blankets for the cool night.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The next morning, we reached Lampedusa where all people could disembark safely. This was a moment of relief, but also of reflection: These people had just endured so much \u2013 and yet faced an uncertain future.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Around noon, we set sail again, once more with coordinates provided by SeaBird. Before we arrived, the coast guard had already evacuated the people.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/resqship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_5-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Person auf Boot vor Sonnenuntergang” title_text=”2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_5″ admin_label=”Bild Sonnenuntergang” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” width=”70%” width_tablet=”auto” width_phone=”auto” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” height=”auto” height_tablet=”auto” height_phone=”auto” height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Night-time search and cooperation with the Louise Michel\u00a0” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The following evening, SeaBird reported a rubberboat with 75 people in distress near a Tunisian oil terminal. Our search continued into the early morning hours. The people were very exhausted and their boat was in very poor condition: water was entering and the engines were broken.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We distributed life jackets and evacuated everyone onto the NADIR. At the same time, the civilian rescue ship Louise Michel arrived and supported our rescue operation with their tender. The cooperation went smoothly and, as so often, we were happy and grateful for the great solidarity among the various NGOs present on the central Mediterranean.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/resqship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_6-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Schlauchboot mit Menschen auf dem Meer” title_text=”2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_6″ admin_label=”Bild Schlauchboot mit Menschen” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” width=”70%” width_tablet=”auto” width_phone=”auto” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” height=”auto” height_tablet=”auto” height_phone=”auto” height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Medically, the situation was tense” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Medically, the situation was tense: Everyone on the boat was soaked and exhausted. One man was so weak that he had to be carried. Two others suffered chemical burns from the mixture of petrol and salt water that had spread throughout the boat. A man with diabetes was also treated by our medics.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After providing initial medical care to the sick and injured, we set up a shower at the stern of the NADIR. We then prepared a hot meal and held rescue blankets ready for the night \u2013 three days at sea leave their mark.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/resqship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_2-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Crewmember und zwei Personen mit Rettungswesten an Bord ” title_text=”2025_OP-report_9_RESQSHIP_Credits_Stefania-Olivotto_2″ admin_label=”Bild Personen unterhalten sich” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” width=”auto” height=”auto” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Port of Safety: Lampedusa again\u00a0” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n We once again took course to Lampedusa as the port of safety assigned by the Italian authorities. On the way there, AlarmPhone gave us another position: a boat with a broken bottom and water ingress. Almost at the same time, we arrived there with the Louise Michel, which then took the people on board.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The ninth NADIR operation was marked by tension, changing emotions and tireless cooperation between civilian actors such as SeaBird, AlarmPhone, Louise Michel, but also merchantshipping and the Italian coast guard. We are grateful that we were able to support 449 people during this operation and wish them all the best, above all a dignified life in safety. Our reliefgoes to all those who made it to Europe without any help via one of the most dangerous escape routes in the world. Our thoughts are with the countless people, women, children and men who lost their lives while fleeing to a safe future.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text Bildrechte” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Credits: Stefania <\/span>Olivotto<\/span> | RESQSHIP<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Operation Report\u202f9 \u2013 2025 (27 september 2025 \u2013 18 october 2025) \u00a0written by Piet WuebkerCooperation in the Central Mediterranean. Between adverse weather and coordination, our NADIR crew supports 449 people in distress at sea.\u00a0 The operation began with our departure from Malta at the end of october, after careful preparation and replenishment of provisions. 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Between adverse weather and coordination, our NADIR crew supports 449 people in distress at sea.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Adverse weather conditions in the Mediterranean<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
SeaBird provides support from air<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Unseaworthy boat ahead<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Night-time search and cooperation with the Louise Michel<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
Port of Safety: Lampedusa again<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n
An eventful operation<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n