{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 70: They were left stranded on a gas rig","description":"In this episode, Sea-Watch's search-and-rescue coordinator Hendrik tells us about the rescue of 32 people stranded on a gas rig in central Mediterranean in March. &amp;nbsp; ---Get in touch--- &amp;nbsp; Twitter: @FleetCivil &amp;nbsp; Mastodon: @civilfleet@kolektiva.social &amp;nbsp; Bluesky: @thecivilfleet.bsky.social &amp;nbsp; Instagram: thecivilfleet &amp;nbsp; info@civilfleet.com &amp;nbsp; civilfleet.com  --- Show notes --- &amp;nbsp; For more on Sea-Watch, visit: sea-watch.org\/en &amp;nbsp; Follow Sea-Watch on BlueSky: @en.sea-watch.org  Instagram: seawatchcrew &amp;nbsp; Also, check out episodes 65, 43, 22, 7 and 1 of The Civil Fleet Podcast for more on Sea-Watch. &amp;nbsp; For more on the Miskar Platform rescue, see here: https:\/\/thecivilfleet.wordpress.com\/2025\/03\/04\/sea-watch-rescues-32-people-left-stranded-on-a-mediterranean-gas-rig\/&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; You can watch the 2020 YouTube interview I did with Hendrik and Dariush here:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6kS3OX922Vs&amp;amp;t=1874s&amp;amp;ab_channel=BenCowles (Check out my Covid beard!) &amp;nbsp; For more about the Iuventa, check out episodes: 54, 36, 24, and 2.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; You can read more about the Iuventa, here:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/thecivilfleet.wordpress.com\/tag\/Iuventa\/ &amp;nbsp; Hendrik mentions the RNLI \u2013 the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a lifeboat charity based in the UK.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; He also mentions the Humanitarian Pilot Project. You can find out more about them here:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.hpi.swiss &amp;nbsp; The Greek coastguards are fascists? \u2022 Read this: https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0vv717yvpeo, this:  https:\/\/thecivilfleet.wordpress.com\/2020\/06\/04\/masked-men-attack-refugee-dinghy-off-the-coast-of-greece-as-coastguard-fails-to-launch-rescue\/ this  https:\/\/thecivilfleet.wordpress.com\/2021\/02\/11\/close-to-10000-people-pushed-back-to-turkey-by-greek-coastguard-and-frontex-activists-allege\/ and Google Greek Coastguards.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; \u2022 See here:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/thecivilfleet.wordpress.com\/tag\/Greece\/ &amp;nbsp; \u2022 Check out episodes 68, 60, 56, 53, 52, 50, 41, 35, 28, 26, 24, 23, 22, 18, 12, 9, and 4&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Civil Fleet Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/civilfleet.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36516810\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/36516810"}