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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…