New MRCC to receive distress signals directly by next week, sub-centres planned along coast – COI hears

Guyana’s new Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) is expected to be formally commissioned by the end of next week. Captain John Flores, Emergency Operations Coordinator at the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima tragedy on Thursday that when operational, the new MRCC will be equipped with […]