Lomor
RMIS Lomor (03) is a Pacific Forum patrol vessel operated by the Republic of Marshall Islands Sea Patrol.[1] Lomor is one of twenty-two small patrol vessels Australia designed and built for smaller fellow members of the Pacific Islands Forum, after the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea extended control of a 200 kilometre Exclusive Economic Zone for all maritime nations.[2][3]
Operational history
In 2006 the Lomor worked with the Greenpeace ship Esperanza on fishery patrol.[4]
In September 2012 the Lomor, working with the Australian Defence Force, and the United States Coast Guard, to help locate a mariner lost in Marshall Island waters.[5]
In February of 2018 the Lomor and RKS Teanoai performed a joint patrol of their waters.[6]
In July of 2018 the Lomor engaged in joint exercises with the United States Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry, a similar sized vessel.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amanda Levasseur, Sara Muir (2018-08-01). "USCGC Oliver Berry crew sets new horizons for cutter operations". Dvidshub. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/287463/feature-uscgc-oliver-berry-crew-sets-new-horizons-cutter-operations. Retrieved 2018-08-09. "In July Oliver Berry's crew set a new milestone by deploying over the horizon to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The 4,400 nautical mile trip marked marking the furthest deployment of an FRC to date for the Coast Guard and is the first deployment of its kind in the Pacific."
- ↑ Jordan Vinson (2017-03-02). "eet Royal Australian Navy Lt. Commander Mat O’Loughlin and Chief Petty Officer Michael Grant.". The Kwajelien Hourglass: p. 2. https://www.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/469663.pdf. Retrieved 2018-08-09. "Australia has gifted 22 patrol boats and one landing craft to 12 different Pacific island countries. RMI has one."
- ↑ "PLUNDERING THE PACIFIC: Summary of findings of Greenpeace joint enforcement exercises with FSM and Kiribati, September 4th – October 23rd 2006". Greenpeace. Archived from the original on 2020-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426141545/https://www.wcpfc.int/file/1623/download?token=g5Uh3gfN. "Greenpeace and fisheries authorities from Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Kiribati have, over the course of seven weeks, undertaken joint surveillance and enforcement exercises in the Pacific. The work included patrolling the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of both nations, and boarding and inspecting fishing vessels found in these areas. The collaboration has exposed some key findings about the nature of illegal, unreported and unregulated IUU fishing in the Pacific."
- ↑ "U.S. Coast Guard Assists Rescue of Missing Boat in the Marshall Islands". US Embassy, Marshall Islands. 2012-09-17. https://mh.usembassy.gov/u-s-coast-guard-assists-rescue-of-missing-boat-in-the-marshall-islands/. Retrieved 2018-08-09. "The LOMOR was able to determine that the vessel spotted was the missing vessel and later provided assistance to the operator with getting fuel and conducting repairs in order to escort the missing boat back to Jaluit."
- ↑ Hilary Hosia (2018-02-16). "Kiribati, RMI joint sea patrol". The Marshall Islands Journal. Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809071546/http://marshallislandsjournal.com/?p=5460. "Patrol vessels Teanoai from the Republic of Kiribati and Lomor from Marshall Islands conducted joint operations and open ocean exercises last week following Teanoai’s arrival in Majuro Thursday."
