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Ievoli Ivory of Naples, Italy

Name: Ievoli Ivory

Vessel type: Multi purpose vessel (MPV)

Class: MMC 887 MPSV

Home port: Naples

Flag: Italy

IMO: 9703368

MMSI: 247356400

Call sign: IBKP

Complement: 87

Length overall: 90.83 m

Beam: 18.8 m

Draught: 6.05 m

Gross tonnage: 4,499 tons

Net tonnage: 1,349 tons

Deadweight: 3,600 tons

Propulsion: Diesel-electric

Genset 1: 2 x MAK 8M25C

Output: 2 x 2,534 kW

Genset 2: 2 x MAK 6M25C

Output: 2 x 2,000 kW

Service speed: 14.3 knots

Builder: Selah Shipyard, Tuzia, Turkey

Yard number: 67

Year built: 2015

Owner: Marnavi Offshore Spa, Naples, Italy

 

Recovery of migrant boat.

 

On 29th. June 2016 the Ievoli Ivory was raising the wreckage of a boat, believed to have carried at least 700 African migrants, which sank 193 km south of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on 18th. April 2015. Naval engineers attached salvage equipment to bring the sunken boat to the surface two days ago. The Italian navy has recovered 169 bodies so far but hundreds more were believed to be locked below deck. The boat’s portholes, hatches and other openings were sealed to ensure that none of the bodies were lost as it was slowly winched up from the seabed. It was lifted onto a barge which was being towed by the Ievoli Ivory to the port of Augusta in Sicily.

It will then be lifted onto dry land and covered in a vast, refrigerated tent-like structure, in which forensic experts will begin the task of trying to identify the victims. The structure will be 30 m long and 10 m high to accommodate the boat. The operation to recover the corpses from the wreck will be carried out by the Italian national fire service and by personnel from the Italian Red Cross. The bodies will be examined by medical experts from various universities with the aim of gathering useful information that will enable the corpses to be identified.

 

 

 

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Uploaded on April 18, 2021
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