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Estonia's Border Guard acquires pollution control ship
Juhan Tere, BC, Tallinn, 06.08.2012.
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Print versionEstonian Border Guard received an anti-pollution vessel, the Estonian national broadcasting says.
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The vessel has been received at Süsta Street harbor in Tallinn on Friday, informs LETA.
At a ceremony at the border guard facility, Estonia's first lady Evelin Ilves named the new flagship after General Ants Kurvits, a commander of the border patrol who served during the first Republic of Estonia.
The European Regional Development Fund provided 28 million euros and the Estonian government – five million euros in co-funding to purchase the 63.9-meter-long vessel.
Estonian Interior Minister Ken-Marti Vaher, who oversees the Border Guard, said the new ship will ease a lack of resources for cleaning up marine pollution and improve marine rescue capacity.
The ship was built by Finland's Uudenkaupungin Työvene.
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