Longliner called in from closed area
Officers manning the Icelandic Coastguard’s monitoring centre at the weekend noticed a Norwegian longliner in an area closed to fishing. When contacted by the monitoring centre, the officer on watch…
Image: Landhelgisgæslan
Stranded longliner afloat
Longliner Masilik, which ran aground last night on the Vatnsleysuströnd coastline west of Iceland’s capital region, was towed off during the night and towed to Hafnarfjörður. There are as yet…
Coast Guard vessel Freyja will be based in Siglufjörður
New capacity for Iceland’s Coast Guard
A contract has been signed by the Icelandic Coast Guard to acquire a platform support vessel built in 2010, which will become Coast Guard vessel Freyja. Adding Freyja to the…
Four crew were plucked to safety from the grounded Einar Guðnason. Image: Landhelgisgæslan
Four lifted to safety from grounded fishing vessel
The Icelandic Coast Guard helicopter winched four crew to safety after longliner Einar Guðnason ÍS-303 grounded on rocks at the outer edge of Súgundafjörður in north-western Iceland. A mayday call…