Category: NEO

>Ukraine Sends A Warship To Libya While Romania And Bulgaria Prepares One

>U-402 Konstantin Olshansky. NATO photo.Exactly at midnight of 23th March 2011, the Ukrainian Ropucha 1 class landing ship U-402 Konstantin Olshansky Sevastopol to conduct Non-Combatant Evacuation of Ukranian citizens trapped in Libya.She has passed through Bosphorus on 24 March 2011 early in the morning and left Turkish territorial waters late at night.According to Ukrainian Goverment Portal the ship can accommodated 500 to 600... Continue Reading →

>Turkey Continues Evacuations From Libya (Part 4)

> This is sort of breaking news. The civilian ferry M/V Ankara left Istanbul in the evening of 16. March 2011. Her possible port of call is Sirte, Libya. Her sister M/V Samsun is in Tripoli since 15 March 2011. She is  evacuating Egyptians  who flee from Libya. Turkey Continues Evacuations From Libya (Part 1) Turkey Continues Evacuations... Continue Reading →

>Turkey Continues Evacuations From Libya (Part 3)

> M/V Samsun and TCG Gelibolu in Tripolis. Official Turkish Navy Photo. According to Turkish General Staff website, the ferry M/V Samsun arrived in Tripolis escorted by the frigate F-493 TCG Gelibolu. M/V Samsun will pick up Egyptian evacuees who wish to return to their country. This will be the second trip of the ship.... Continue Reading →

>Lesson To Be Learned From Libya Evacuation (Part 2)

>In my personal the the most important lesson that Turkey should learn from the Libyan NEO is that it is the high time for Turkey to invest in new, large, fast and seaworthy passenger ships.Compared to the evacuation by air the evacuation by sea was very limited. Only 8351 person, 36% of the evacuees, were... Continue Reading →

Lesson To Be Learned From Libya Evacuation (Part 1)

> The terrible events grabbed the attention of the world. But the chaos and the civil war are continuing in Libya. I  feel that now is a good time to think about the Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation from Libya while it is still fresh in our memories and renders the necessary lesson. The NEO from Libya... Continue Reading →

>Turkey Continues Evacuations From Libya (Part 2)

> Vice Adm. Mohab Mameesh on board TCG Gelibolu. Official Turkish Navy Photo. On 7th March the civilian ferry M/V Samsun and frigate F-493 TCG Gelibolu arrived at Alexandira Egypt. There were 1075 Egyptians on board of M/V Samsun and 81 on board of TCG Gelibolu.  Upon thier arrival the Commander of Egyptian Naval Forces, vice Admiral Mohab Mameesh visited TCG Gelibolu.... Continue Reading →

>Turkey Continues Evacuations From Libya (Part 1)

Turkey finished evacuating its citizens from Libya but Turkish ships are still in the region, helping the evacuation of other nations. The civilian ferry M/V Samsun and frigate F-493 TCG Gelibolu left Tripoli on 4. March 2010. Both ships are heading to Alexandira Egypt. There are 1075 Egyptians on board of M/V Samsun and 81 more are on board of TCG... Continue Reading →

>The Evacuation Of Turkish Citizens From Libya (Day 10)

> Fast ferries M/V Osman Gazi and M/V Orhan Gazi on their return trip to İstanbul. As of afternoon of 2. March. According to the PrimeMinister's Office, from 19 February till 2 March,  Turkey hasevacuated 21.505 people from Libya. 2.982 of the evacuees are foreignnationals. The 1049 passengers onboard of ferry M/V Ankara are not included in the... Continue Reading →

>The Evacuation Of Turkish Citizens From Libya (Day 9)

> M/V Osman Gazi. Official photo. Yesterday the fast ferry  M/V Orhan Gazi arrived in Ras Lanuf, to embark the evacuees in this port. After completing this task she proceeded to Benghazi to pick up additional evacuees. She has left Benghazi with 1209 passengers on board and is heading to Marmaris at the moment. Her sister M/V Osman Gazi... Continue Reading →

>The Evacuation Of Turkish Citizens From Libya (Day 8)

> It's nice to back at home. Yesterday evening, at 17:30 the frigate F-245 TCG Oruçreis docked at Marmaris harbor. The frigate was carrying 212 people evacuated from Libya's Benghazi port. Just short before midnight A-1600 TCG Iskenderun arrived in Marmaris harbor with 1528 evacuees from 26 nations. Both ships were on the way since 25 February.... Continue Reading →

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