Japanese Coast Guard (JCG) vessel PHL02 Tsugaru arrived and
docked at South Harbor ,
Manila on
Monday to hold a joint bilateral exercise with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)
this week to strengthen efforts to combat piracy and armed robbery at sea.
The 6th Joint Maritime Law Enforcement (MARLEN) Exercise
will be conducted on Wednesday at vicinity waters off Manila
Bay with the delegates of PCG Maritime
Security and Law Enforcement Command together with other government law
enforcement agencies and representatives from Australia
and USA
as observers.
PCG said that the exercise is also meant to acquire
knowledge and skills in conducting airlift rescue operations, and to
established friendship and mutual understanding between JCG and PCG and other
Law Enforcement Agencies.
PHL02 Tsugaru will participate in the activity with their
assets which include a helicopter (Helicopter Bell 412) and rigid hull
inflatable boat for board, search and seizure procedure.
PCG will likewise deploy its floating and air assets to take
part in the joint exercise.
PHL02 Tsugaru is a 105.40-meter crude oil tanker of 3,324
GT, owned by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport based at Hakodate
Coast Guard Office in Tokyo ,
Japan .
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=903101
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