Coastguard tests radar monitoring system in Aden

ADEN, June 29 (Saba) - Yemen coastguard forcers carried out on
Monday a test for the vessel radar monitoring system, which aims to
secure the navigation safety in the territorial waters and the
international passages.

Two boats of coastguard forces sailed to a distance of 68 - 90 miles
in the territorial waters and made communication operations between
the two boats and the radar monitoring location in Aden using
high-technical equipment to transmit data via digital codes to the
main centre in the capital Sana'a.

It is worth to mention that Yemeni Coastguard Authority launched
last Tuesday in Aden the 1st stage of marine radar project funded by
Italian government at a total cost of € 20 million.

The project was achieved by a Yemeni technical team along with
experts from the Italian company SELEX.

The work in this vital and strategic project has started in 2008 to
enable coastguards to receive SOS from ships asking for help and to
discover early any piracy act in the sea.