Two Nigerians, aged 18 and 22, were found on the rudder blade of a ship Monday night. when you arrive port After a journey that started in Las Palmas, Nigeria last week. The two young men were transferred to Doctor Negrín hospital in 2011. Palm Gran Canaria will be placed under observation, then discharged this morning and taken back to the ship.
Youngsters traveled perched at the ship’s helm MSC Martacovering a freight route between West Africa and Europe with its port Palm as a stopover
The ship departed from Lagos (Nigeria) on July 2nd and made a stop at Lomé Port in Togo on July 4th, reaching the capital city of Gran Canaria after 22:00 this Monday. Since then, the ship has sailed non-stop, meaning that passengers spent more than eight days on the pivot where their course changed.
The location took place while the ship was docked at the Cristóbal Colón quay, where the OPCSA container terminal is located. Sea Rescue took over the operation to get them out of the tight hole they were in and transport them ashore.It happened around midnight, with a Salvamar boat and a zodiac. From then on, the National Police took charge of the youth.
Hospitalization and discharge
two teenagers They were then transferred to the hospital. related to Gran Canarian palms to follow usual protocol in these cases. After spending the night under observation, They were discharged on Tuesday morning. and delivery to the container ship responsible for taking it back to the ship.
This second time in less than a month which one MSC container ship arrives in Las Palmas Port with people climbs the rudder blade. On 17 June, two more Ivorian youths, aged 18 and 22, were found on board a shipping company after a six-day and approximately 3,800-kilometer journey from Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast.
The Italian-Swiss company, which owns the largest container terminal in the capital city of Gran Canaria, has regular flights to various countries bordering the Gulf of Guinea. in November 2022 Three more youngsters perched on the rudder blade arrived in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Oil tanker Althini II after an 11-day cruise from Lagos, Nigeria.