@maxdog,
“The inconceivable reply from the Italian authorities, and specifically of the Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, to close their ports, and the difficulties expressed by other countries in the central Mediterranean have led Spain to once again lead the reply to a humanitarian crisis,” the government said.
“Good,” Salvini, said on Twitter, in response to the news that Spain is readying a port to take Open Arms. “He who perseveres, wins.”
Algeciras, the Spanish port, is 950 nm away from the position of the "Open Arms" rescue ship - Open Arms correctly says another six-day journey would be crazy.