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Sailors and Marines fromARG and MEU conducted an emergent recovery of 11 researchers with NOAA from the Papahnaumokukea Marine National Monument

Second leak at North Sea oil platform forces evacuation

Ships and aircraft extending 2 nautical miles (3.7 kms) around the platform, are banned Energy company Shell has withdrawn some workers from two platforms near an underwater gas leak east of Scotland, around which the Coast Guard set up a security perimeter banning traffic of ships and aircraft.The leak of flammable gas was discovered over the weekend from a platform owned by French company Total S.A., which evacuated all staff on Monday.Industry and government officials evaluated options for dealing with leak, but their best hope may be that the well simply runs out of gas within a few weeks.David Hainsworth, health, safety and environment manager for Total, said the company had taken steps to reduce the possibility of an explosion."The gas is flammable but the platform power was turned off to minimize risk of ignition, but clearly there is a risk," Hainsworth said in a BBC radio interview. "We have taken away a series of risks but there is always a possibility, it's low but you never say never."Shell U.K., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, moved 35 workers off the Noble Hans Deul drilling rig on Tuesday, following the evacuation of 33 workers on Monday. It also took ...

Having head injuries Three injured sailors were brought to Bermuda for treatment this week.Two seamen from the Northern Javelin container vessel were ferried to St Georges by pilot boat in the early hours of Monday.Later the same day, a member of the crew of the Samjohn Light was evacuated to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.The two Northern Javelin sailors, both Burmese, were injured on board the ship.The vessel, travelling from the US to Egypt, changed course and arrived at Five Fathom Hole at 1am on Monday.The men were treated for head injuries. Both were due to fly home on Mondays BA flight.The pilot boat crew headed to Five Fathom Hole again at about 5pm on Monday to pick up the ill sailor on board the Samjohn Light. He suffered a serious leg injury in an accident on May 13.The Greek sailor was on the ship for three days while the vessel changed course towards Bermuda.Meanwhile the island welcomes, the cement carrier Diego arrived in the west end on Monday and is due to leave this morning bound for Cuba.The Veendam will be in Hamilton for the week, leaving on Friday.Today, the Summit and Norwegian Gem and their 4,400 passengers are ...

No resultant pollution At 03:24 Humber Coastguard received a call from the standby vessel DUTCH PEARL, reporting that the jack-up rig VAGANT had stuck fast on the sea bed and was being swamped by the rising tide.19 crewmembers from the rig were swiftly evacuated to the DUTCH PEARL and MRCC Humber took coordination of the incident.Hartlepool RNLI all-weather lifeboat was launched to the scene and transferred 16 of the crew members to Teesport. Coastguard Rescue Teams from Hartlepool and Redcar were alerted to assist with reception of the evacuated casualties ashore.Three rig crew members remain on the standby vessel Dutch Pearl and intend to return to the rig at low tide to attempt to free her from the seabed. A full assessment of any pollution threat to the environment will be carried out at first light.Watch Manager Drew Mahood said; The initial evacuation was handled quickly and efficiently by the rigs own standby vessel. Without the swift action taken by the DUTCH PEARL, the rig crew would certainly have been faced with a life-threatening scenario. As it is, most of them are now safely ashore and being looked after by their parent company.At this time we believe that there is ...

Crew of 25 evacuated Bulk carrier Mirach ran on the rocks in Anjugraman area, southern tip of India, on April 1 2011. It is believed vessel struck rocks in severe weather in shallow waters close to coastline.Vessel was holed and by now, April 6, bow part is in water up to Hold No 4. Crew 25 evacuated, manager of the vessel appointed rescue team. Pics from Turkish maritime newspaper Deniz Haber.Source: Vessel Tracker