RIJEKA PORT RIJEKA, Feb 28 (Hina) - A U.S. cargo ship "Antares" came into the northern Croatian seaport of Rijeka on Sunday morning, carrying the equipment for American troops deployed within the NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in
Bosnia-Herzegovina. The ship transported 77 cars, 40 helicopters and about 250 containers of equipment and material. After being checked and assembled in Rijeka and at the airport of Krk, the equipment will be further dispatched to the SFOR base in Tuzla, north-eastern Bosnia, either by air or by train. The entire operation also included the return of some equipment used by US soldiers in Bosnia as well as the rotation of the staff. The operation, which is to be completed by the end of March, is being carried out by some 300 soldiers and civilians. A similar operation of shipment via the port of Rijeka and the airport of on the northern Croatian island of Krk was successfully con
RIJEKA, Feb 28 (Hina) - A U.S. cargo ship "Antares" came into the
northern Croatian seaport of Rijeka on Sunday morning, carrying the
equipment for American troops deployed within the NATO-led
Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The ship transported 77 cars, 40 helicopters and about 250
containers of equipment and material. After being checked and
assembled in Rijeka and at the airport of Krk, the equipment will be
further dispatched to the SFOR base in Tuzla, north-eastern Bosnia,
either by air or by train.
The entire operation also included the return of some equipment
used by US soldiers in Bosnia as well as the rotation of the staff.
The operation, which is to be completed by the end of March, is being
carried out by some 300 soldiers and civilians.
A similar operation of shipment via the port of Rijeka and the
airport of on the northern Croatian island of Krk was successfully
conducted by the US Army last August.
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