Crew rescued from burning fishing vessel
21 crew of a South African fishing vessel were plucked to safety onto other vessels as fire took hold and engulfed Silver Dorado. Silver Dorado was roughly a mile off…
Trawler rescue as Storm Benjamin rages
When trawler-scalloper Perle d'Albâtre lost engine power, rescuers mounted an operation to recover the vessel and its crew during the height of Storm Benjamin battering the English Channel earlier this…
Vestfjord safe in port after dramatic rescue
After listing heavily in heavy seas in the Skagerrak on Saturday evening, trawler Vestfjord is now alongside in Farsund, and a technical team is travelling from Hirtshals to attempt to…
Minister orders inspections of all fishing vessels
Following the loss after a fire on board of Sea Harvest fishing vessel Armana, South Africa’s Minister for Transport Barbara Creecy has instructed the board chair of South African Maritime…
Newfoundland fishing crew on the way home
Contact was lost with fishing vessel Elite Navigator last week and its owner notified the authorities that the vessel and its seven crew were overdue. A search was initiated, and…
Two rescues in one day
Tuna seiners operated by CFTO rescued small-scale fishermen in difficulties in two incidents on the same day. The crew of purse seiner Pendruc first noticed an artisanal fisherman in a…
Longliner crew in dramatic rescue
The whole crew of a 35-metre longliner were rescued in an operation off Cape Town, with lifeboats operated by South Africa’s National Sea Rescue Institute central to the operation. The…
Four RNLI crews and a Coastguard helicopter were launched to assist the trawler taking on water in the Irish Sea
Successful Irish Sea rescue
An Irish trawler fishing 21 nautical miles NW of Strumble Head got into difficulties on Friday, and a textbook response from RNLI lifeboats from both sides of the Irish Sea…
Longliner crew in dramatic rescue
Fourteen crew of a Faroese longliner have been rescued after the 46-metre Kambur was hit by heavy seas and transmitted a distress call early this morning. Two of Kambur’s crew are…
Beamer lost off Cornish coast
Belgian-flagged beamer Sylvia Mary Z-525 was lost earlier today south of Porthgwarra. A distress call was responded to by the Sennen Cove lifeboat and a Coastguard helicopter was also deployed…
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