The crew of the TROTAMAR III left Lampedusa today and set course for its home port of Licata in Sicily. Behind us lies an upsetting deployment in which we were able to save many people, but unfortunately three people also died. Every life lost on the run is one too many. We are sailing against Fortress Europe – for freedom of movement for all people. We demand safe escape routes instead of walls and borders.

We will be back in a few weeks to continue supporting civilian sea rescues in the Mediterranean. We would like to thank everyone involved for their support and our thoughts are with those who were unable to make it to Europe but lost their lives at sea.

Our deploymenets are financed by donations. Make the next deployment of the TROTAMAR III possible with your donation. – https://compass-collective.org/en/start/#donate

Our new crew has arrived

4 May, 2025

The new crew has arrived in Licata: Eden, Momo, Juliette, Rob and David, together with skipper Matthias, will be supporting the Civil Fleet over the next few weeks. Our third…

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Trotamar III is back in Licata!

22 April, 2025

We are back in the port of Licata. The crew has been through an exciting and exhausting time: Last weekend we found and assisted two boats in distress at sea…

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Boat in distress: around 60 people are save now

19 April, 2025

Yesterday we accompanied a boat in distress at sea with around 60 people. A few hours later, the Italian coastguard responded to our Mayday Relay and sent a rescue ship…

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60 people in distress

19 April, 2025

Yesterday at around 3 pm, the crew of the Trotamar III came across a boat in distress: About 60 people in a fiberglass boat with poor stability. The boat’s outboard…

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⛵We are sailing again

17 April, 2025

The Trotamar III has cast off from Lampedusa for the last time during this deployment and is now making her way south to look out for people in distress at…

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27 people rescued

14 April, 2025

After a Mayday Relay reached us yesterday morning, we set off in search of the boat in distress. Shortly afterwards, the crew of the Humanitarian Pilots Initiative sighted the distressed…

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In remembrance

14 April, 2025

CompassCollective has lost a friend. Vincent was the founder of the Aurora – Group de Suport and, together with other colleagues, achieved tremendous things. His team and he were a…

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Setting sail to search and rescue

11 April, 2025

We have set sail and are on our way to area of operation! After many training sessions in Licata and on Linosa, our crew is now well prepared to come…

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Cast off

9 April, 2025

April 7, 2025 | Cast off The Trotamar III has left the port of Licata – with a nice goodbye from @sea eye. Our ship has now set course for…

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A new crew starts

8 April, 2025

Last weekend our new crew has arrived in Licata!Kathi, Clara, Mattia, Kenneth and Sari will join skipper Johannes for our second deployment in 2025. As our second skipper, Johannes will…

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