Yemen to receive another nine boats later on Surveillance boats on the way [Archives:2002/46/Local News]

BY M. BIN SALLAM
Yemen is about the receive the first batch of five patrol boats that are part of a package of US assistance, says the interior ministry.
The boats, which have good technology, are geared to supervise Yemeni coasts.
Yemen is to receive another nine boats later on.
The USA is to take part in the establishment of the operation room at the presidency of the Coast Guard Authority in Sana’a and other sub operation rooms in Aden.
The Americans are also to help train 1,600 person of different military ranks of the Coast Guard forces.
Meanwhile, the ministry has announced plans for a new electronic survillance project in Yemeni ports through the use of modern cameras and computers, of which six cameras are in Aden port. The survillance will be round the clock on ships and boats coming in or out of the Yemeni regional water, which will lead to high level of protection for vessels and tankers.
Yemeni coastal authorities are assisted by a large number of army and helicopters. It is believed authorities will fire on any ship or boat that may inter the Yemeni regional water without previous notice.
This measure follows the boat attack on the French oiltanker Limburg, while landing near Al Mukalla port in Hadramout.

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