Our Deepest Sympathy to Boat Victims

Beltship Management (SL) Ltd would like to express their deepest sympathies to the families of the deceased after the tragic accident at Tagrin Point on the evening of the 28 December.

Beltship Management is cooperating fully with the authorities in the investigation of the circumstances of the collision and will provide further updates on that investigation when they become available. We would like to commend the actions of our Captain and his crew whose prompt actions saved many lives.

The Captain of the Beltship craft, immediately after the collision, called the Sierra Leone Port Authorities and alerted a response whilst at the same time initiating a rescue operation. Life vests and life buoys were thrown into the water to assist those who were thrown from the canoe and one of the Beltship crew members (there were three on board) jumped into the water to assist those who could not help themselves. Two other Beltship craft were immediately summoned to assist and during the rescue operation the Captain and crew managed to save 49 passengers from the stricken canoe.

Our crews and vessels stayed on station coordinating the rescue operations until stood down by the port authorities.

Beltship Management (SL) Ltd.
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