China News Service, Gulf of Aden, November 13 (Sun Wangxiang, Liang Lihu, Xue Fei) The Gulf of Aden on November 9th local time, as six Chinese ocean-going fishing vessels safely arrived at the relief point in the western waters of the Gulf of Aden, the 36th batch of navy escorts The formation successfully completed the 1349th batch of ship escort missions. This is also the first time that the 36th batch of escort formations have implemented extended escort missions.
The six fishing boats under protection belonged to China Fisheries Co., Ltd. After they set sail from Yantai, Shandong, they passed the Gulf of Aden and the waters of Somalia, planning to sail to the Mauritania fishing grounds.
The escort formation timely adjusted the escort flight schedule, reasonably allocated the escort force, and arranged the Guiyang ship and the Dongping Lake ship to escort the fleet together.
In view of the fact that fishing boats have small tonnage, low freeboards, slow speeds, and low self-protection capabilities, the escort formation uses multiple methods such as radar, infrared, and helicopter air patrols to strengthen reconnaissance and early warning in key sea areas and key periods to ensure that they are To protect the safety of ships.
After three days of voyage, the six fishing boats that successfully arrived in the safe waters at the south mouth of the Mande Strait displayed a banner slogan "Thanks to the great Chinese People's Navy for escorting" to express gratitude to the formation.
The escorting officers and soldiers expressed that they felt cordial and proud of escorting the people of the motherland in the open ocean.
It is understood that up to now, the 36th escort fleet of the Chinese Navy has successfully completed 16 batches of 22 ship escort missions, effectively ensuring 100% safety of the escorted ships and the fleet itself.
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