Tag: Search and Rescue Operations (SAR)

The crew of the ship evacuated by boat The "Moinos", 2563 ts (EU-No.: 04803510), caught fire on the Rhine at Ludwigshafen in the evening of Nov 15, 2011.The ship was berthed in the Old Rhine Port Mundenheim when the fire broke out in the ship's electronic. The fire which led to development of dense smoke could soon be extinguished by the automatic fire suppression system and was already out when the fire rescue arrived.The crew of the ship which was bound from Rotterdam to Wesseling evacuated by boat. The engine room was ventilated by the fire rescue.Source: Vesseltracker

Easy handling and maintenance of rescue craft in Artic conditions Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has developed a sliding davit solution which permits easy handling and maintenance of rescue craft in Artic conditions.Vestdavit's PLR-3600 MOB/FRC davit is DNV and ABS approved for work in -40 degree C and can handle MOB boats and Fast Rescue Craft safely in Arctic conditions."As the Arctic opens up to shipping and oil exploration, there is more and more need for the specialised vessels which can operate in those conditions," says Atle Kalve, development manager, Vestdavit. "We have already designed and supplied Arctic-capable davits for ice breaker operators, and now increasingly for US offshore firms operating in Alaska. But the weather in which vessels operating in the Artic regions want to maintain operations calls for new ways to store, launch and recover boats in extreme conditions of sea state and low temperatures. We are responding to the market needs with the sliding PLR-3600 davit. The alcove protection allows maintenance of the craft and davit protected from the weather and ensures it is ready when needed. The davit system slides aft clear of the alcove then launches the boat using our proven ...

Ferry encountered an engine trouble A passenger shipping vessel carrying 99 persons was rescued after it encountered an engine trouble before lunch time of Wednesday along the vicinity off Danao City and Camotes Island.Lieutenant Commander Algier Ricafrente, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Public Affairs said that M/V Super Shuttle Ferry-17, a passenger-cargo vessel with 99 persons including 82 passegers onboard encountered engine trouble in between Danao City and Camotes Island in Cebu, and presently being towed by sister ship M/V Super Shuttle Ferry-14 enroute to Danao City around 11:55 a.m. Wednesday.Source: Manila Bulletin

Nine sailors are still missing An Indian ship sank off the coast of southern Oman, drowning five Indian sailors and leaving nine others missing.The ship MSV Shiv Sagar sank near the southern Dhofar region of Oman on Saturday, local media reports said. Six sailors were rescued after the Omani coast guards and naval vessels launched a rescue operation but nine others are still missing, the Gulf News reported.The southern Dhofar region was hit by torrential rains this week, flooding the region and killing 12 people. The Met authorities in the region had cautioned fishermen and other seafarers to check the condition of the sea before venturing out.The rescued sailors were initially taken to the Sadah Hospital for treatment. They were being kept at the police station in Sadah city, which is located around 140 km from Salalah in southern Oman.Source: The Hindu Business Line

Seok Hae-Kyun was captain of the Samho Jewelry A South Korean sea captain severely wounded by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean was awarded a medal Monday for his role in thwarting the hijackers.Seok Hae-Kyun was captain of the 11,500-ton Samho Jewelry, which was seized in January but retaken six days later by South Korean naval commandos in a daring raid.He helped the rescue mission by steering his ship in a zigzag manner to slow it down as a South Korean destroyer carrying the commandos gave chase.During the raid Seok was shot several times but survived after several rounds of surgery. Twenty other crew members were rescued unhurt while eight pirates were killed and five captured.The five were flown to South Korea for trial. The man convicted of shooting Seok was jailed for life while the others were given between 13-15 years in prison.President Lee Myung-Bak Monday awarded Seok the Dongbaek Medal of the Order of Civil Merit. His doctor Lee Kug-Jong, who helped save the seriously injured wounded captain, received the same award."It appears Captain Seok was endowed with a heaven-blessed life," Lee said."You survived and can walk again...even after suffering gunshots like that.Source: AFP

Search for the missing 10 people were still going on A freighter sank Friday evening following collision with another cargo ship in the sea area off the coast of eastern China's Qingdao city, according to Qingdao municipal authorities.Of the total 19 crew members aboard the sunk vessel, all believed to be nationals of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, nine were rescued, including three injured who were sent to hospital for treatment.Search for the remaining 10 people were still going on, according to officials from Qingdao Municipal Government.The Panama-flagged freighter Oriental Sunrise sank after it collided with the Panama-flagged cargo ship Hamburg Bridge at 7:35 p.m. Friday Beijing Time in the sea area near Qingdao.Rescue operation was launched soon following the accident by local maritime rescue center. Currently a total of 13 ships are there conducting the search and rescue operation.Source: Xinhua

The tanker was carrying oil and gas worth of $4.6 million Malaysia maritime authorities have rescued a tanker and a barge which were hijacked in the latest South China Sea pirate attacks, according to officials. A tanker carrying oil and gas worth 14 million ringgit ($4.6 million) was hijacked Thursday in the Straits of Singapore, said Syed Mohamad Fuzi Syed Hasan, a regional operations director with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.Authorities located the Malaysian-registered MT Nautica Johor Bahru off the country's east coast Friday after an alert from the shipping company that the vessel was no longer contactable.Navy ships from Malaysia and neighbouring Indonesia managed to intercept the vessel in Indonesian waters though the pirates, about 10 men armed with a pistol and machetes, got away in a speedboat, Syed Mohamad Fuzi said.None of the 19 crew members was injured but their belongings were stolen.The tanker was on its way from peninsular Malaysia to Borneo island, he said.Meanwhile, authorities also rescued a barge with two crew and palm oil worth eight million ringgit on board Thursday off southern Malaysia, said maritime enforcement agency regional commander Zulkifli Abu Bakar.The barge was hijacked from a fishing boat in Indonesian waters Wednesday while ...

Search for missing crewcontinues At least two people were confirmed dead while two others remain missing after two ships collided on Friday off the western coast of Taiwan, officials said.The collision, between the 997-ton 'Te Hsing' and the 34,610-ton 'Taroko' Liberian-registered vessel, happened at around 3:30 a.m. local time some 22 nautical miles (40.7 kilometers) off Penghu Island, which is an archipelago located off the western coast of Taiwan.According to reports, the Te Hsing, which was carrying 13 crew members - eight Taiwanese, four Indonesian, and one Burmese - took off from Kaohsiung in southwestern Taiwan and was traveling toward the Taiwan-held island of Kinmen off China's southeastern coast.Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau chief secretary Chang Kuo-ming confirmed that a Taiwanese and one Indonesian crew member had died at the scene after the collision. In addition, the captain of the vessel, a Taiwanese national, and another Indonesian have been reported missing.Kuo-ming noted that the first 72 hours of search and rescue operations are the most crucial, adding that personnel were already working with the Ministry of National Defense and the Coast Guard Administration.Meanwhile, crew members of the Taroko vessel, which was on its way from Hong Kong to Taichung Harbor in central ...

The front part of their ship collapsed, and water started to sip in Nine crew members of a cargo vessel were rescued by members of the Philippine Coast Guard when their ship ran aground off Calapan sea in Oriental Mindoro Friday evening, coastguard official said.Lieutenant Junior Grade Christopher Domingo identified the survivors as ship captain Diony Saludes and crew Chris Moral, Vladimir Ledesma, Reymar Sagun, Jun-Jun Belmonte, Joseph Cuato, Mark Anthony Clavio, Wilberto Alegria and Henry Dela Cruz.According to report, the victims were onboard the M/V Arayat heading toward Marinduque from Bulalacao town when the front part of their ship collapsed, and water started to sip in at around 8:00 p.m.Domingo said Saludes decided to bring his vessel in a shallow part of the sea, a few nautical miles away from Dumali Point in Pola, Oriental Mindoro."Pinasayad na lang niya ang barko nila para hindi tuluyang lumubog at masagip ang laman nito," Domingo told ABS-CBN News.He said the cargo vessel contains 1,500 sacks of salt and 50 sacks of pebbles.Domingo said the crew abandoned ship and boarded their service boat that drifted near Silonay Island."Hindi sila makalapit sa isla kasi sobrang lakas ng mga alon at malalaki ang bato ng ...

They rescued a group of Pakistani fishermen after they were captured by pirates City sailors and Royal Marines have rescued a group of Pakistani fishermen after they were captured by pirates off the Somali coast.In a daring mission Royal Marines from Devonport-based HMS Somerset boarded a large fishing dhow being used by the pirates as a 'mothership' for launching armed raids on merchant shipping.The pirates had previously seized the Pakistani fishermen's trawler.HMS Somerset is in the region conducting maritime security operations.The Type 23 frigate's Captain, Commander Paul Bristowe, ordered the attack after HMS Somerset's Merlin helicopter had shadowed the suspect vessel in the Indian Ocean.A boarding party of marines brought the Pakistani crew to safety after the pirates - armed with machine guns - surrendered without firing a shot. The raiders were then transferred to a US warship in the area.The successful mission by HMS Somerset was the second in a week where British forces had intervened in a pirate raid on vulnerable vessels.Source: Plymouth Herald