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…
Image: RNLI
Rescuers exempt from prosecution
After extensive lobbying from the UK Chamber of Shipping and international seafarers’ union Nautilus International, the UK Government has confirmed it has tabled an amendment to the new Nationality and…
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…
Shrimper sinks – five crew safe
The five crew of a German shrimp trawler were able to board a life raft and were picked up by another fishing vessel. Reported to be Ramona CUX-9, the incident…
Enigma Astralis was built as M Ytterstad
Crew evacuated from burning trawler in Russian waters
Pelagic factory vessel Enigma Astralis is reported to have suffered a fire on board, with the whole crew evacuated. The fire is reported to have broken out on board early…
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…
Ocean Quest sank north-east of Fraserburgh. Image: Trawlerphotos
Ocean Quest crew airlifted to safety
Fraserburgh trawler Ocean Quest began taking on water early this morning in a position 75 nautical miles north-east of Fraserburgh, and subsequently sank. A lifeboat and two helicopters arrived at…
49 metre purse seiner Marujita developed a serious list and later sank, while the crew and the USCG boarding party were all brought to safety. Image: USCG
Crew and inspection team rescued from purse seiner
A US Coast Guard team carrying out a routine boarding of 49 metre Ecuadorian purse seiner Marujita were taken by surprise as the ship lost stability. Both crew and inspectors…
Ten crew rescued from sinking fishing vessel off Western Cape
The crew of a fishing vessel were recovered from liferafts after sending a distress call on Saturday. The vessel was almost thirty miles offshore from Saldahna Bay in South Africa when the distress call was received by the SAMSA Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC) in Cape Town.
Fish carrier grounded in Marshall Islands
Two fishing vessels and a US Coast Guard patrol vessel are on their way to a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands where are Chinese-flagged fish carrier is aground.