Air-sea rescue service must be improved

ACTING of behalf of seafarers, the International Transport Federation (ITF) criticised the Government's decision to cancel the 60m plans for new medium-range Air Corps helicopters in July.

Those would have enhanced the country’s air-sea rescue capabilities, and the federation contended that lifesaving should have been exempted from the Government’s cost-saving measures.

Hundreds of international seafarers help to move the goods on which our economy depends, and they unquestionably deserve the best protection.