Tag: search and rescue operation

A wounded crew member was successfully evacuated by the Indian Navy from the MV Ruen, a vessel flying the flag of Malta. The Bulk Carrier belonged to Navigation Maritime Bulgare, a business based in Bulgaria close to the Yemeni island of Socotra, and was taken over by unknown assailants on December 14.

Two missing crew members of the cargo ship Gia Bao 19, which sank on 17 December in the waters off Chan May Cape, Thua Thien Hue province in Vietnam, were successfully located and rescued after several hours adrift at sea.

Sixteen crew members were safely rescued by the Chinese containership crew from a chemical tanker that was in danger at sea. The Philippines Coast Guard is honoring the crew of a Chinese containership for its brave actions.

MT Ellora today saved the lives of forty-seven individuals who found themselves in distress approximately seventy nautical miles off the coast of the picturesque Greek island of Rhodes.

On 4th October, a Coast Guard boat crew rescued 12 people, after they were forced to abandon the M/V Bonnie G that was taking on water and ran aground just south of the airport in St. Thomas.

On 26th September, a group of commercial fishermen saved a crewmember who fell overboard from a tanker off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts. 

On 13th September, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued a tanker crew member from the water 10 miles offshore Galveston, Texas.

Last week, on 31st August, U.S. Coast Guard, rescued 18 people from a passenger vessel which ran aground near the Columbia Glacier. 

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has coordinated the rescue of three people on board a catamaran 835km Southeast of Cairns in the Coral Sea.

Turkey’s General Directorate of Maritime Affairs announced that a Turkish cargo ship completed a miraculous rescue of a seafarer who had been adrift in the Black Sea for up to 20 hours.