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The vice‑president of the Figueira da Foz port community says that, without maritime rescue assets, Portugal projects an image of insecurity to major European shipowners.
The absence of a network of salvage and emergency tugs in Portugal, unlike in Spain, runs counter to the country’s maritime vocation, the vice-president of the Figueira da Foz port community said today.
The vice-president of the port community of Figueira da Foz argued that a country 'that calls itself Atlanticist and was once a maritime power' should have state-owned salvage tugs.
