The Administration of Maritime Safety and Port Management (UPSUL) has, in accordance with the measures of the Government of Montenegro, joined the joint initiative to fight against the coronavirus in such a way that UPSUL director Safet Kočan and his assistants Nexhad Kapidani, Zarko Lukšić, Ivana Martinić and Vladimir Stjepčeviž will allocate half of their earnings and pay that money to the National Coordinating Body for Infectious Diseases (NCD).
It was announced from UPSUL with a note that all other employees of that body are invited to provide help and pay a part of their wages according to their capabilities. NKT.
"In this way, we want to contribute in solidarity, and in accordance with our capabilities, to mitigating the consequences of the new corona virus pandemic," UPSUL said.
That Administration made five of its official vehicles and ten of its employees available to the Red Cross of Montenegro for the purpose of delivering food, medicine and other necessities to all citizens who need help in the territory of the municipality of Bar.
"As part of our regular activities, and according to the order of the NKT, that the entry of cruise ships and yachts is prohibited, except for commercial ships, we carry out round-the-clock surveillance of the internal sea waters, territorial sea and epicontinental zone of Montenegro, in order to prevent the entry of vessels and crew as a potential threat and danger of the spread of the coronavirus in Montenegro. Up to now, interventions have been made on a couple of occasions, and yachts and sailboats that tried to enter Montenegrin ports were prohibited from entering." - announced UPSUL.
In addition to these extraordinary engagements, UPSUL normally performs all its regular and legally defined responsibilities, which concern the safety of maritime navigation, technical inspectorate, yacht registry, maritime signalling.
"All systems and equipment function and are maintained in a high-quality manner," concludes the UPSUL press release.
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