Tag: search and rescue operations

A captain was rescued 66 hours after falling off a large bulk carrier in the Java Sea, according to Turkish and Indonesian authorities.

The operator of the FPSO Trinity Spirit announced that three of the vessel's 10 crewmembers have been found alive.

Navy vessel rescued two Iranian mariners Nov. 27 from a fishing vessel after it was adrift for eight days in the Gulf of Oman. 

17 passengers are missing as a ship sank off Liberia, on the night of 17-18 July.

US Coast Guard, New York City Fire Department (FDNY), and New York City Police Department (NYPD) crews responded to a ferry that grounded with 125 people onboard in New York, on June 4.

Following the sinking incident of "Barge P305" off Mumbai, the Indian Navy informed that so far 188 of the 261 people who were on board, were rescued. https://twitter.com/indiannavy/status/1394944014915276808 To remind, Barge P305 sank on Monday 17th May, during the severe Cyclone Tauktae. Until now, as many as 26 personnel on board the barge are dead, while 49 still missing, after Navy personnel, battling extreme weather. In light of the situation, Indian Navy launched a fresh aerial search and rescue mission, deploying helicopters to scour the waters off Mumbai coast, where the accommodation barge P305 went adrift in Cyclone Tauktae fury before it sank Monday. "The Navy's Search and Rescue (SAR) operations entered the fourth day today. Naval ships and aircraft are presently undertaking SAR of the missing crew members of Accommodation Barge P-305, which sank on Monday 35 miles off Mumbai," ....a Navy spokesperson told to local media sources. Overall, ships & aircraft will continue to search for the missing crew members.

At least two people lost their lives as the Comoros-flagged freighter 'Volgo Balt 179' with 13 sailors onboard sank on March 11, in the Black Sea near the Romanian coast.

With the support of Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the IMRF has developed Pandemic Response Guidance for Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) Organisations that can be used as the basis for planning and delivering maritime SAR services in future pandemics or major health emergencies.

Rescuers saved all 31 crew members from the fishing vessel Atlantic Destiny, which was taking on water after a fire, off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia, on March 2.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority managed to save thirteen crewmembers who had been missing almost a week in the Solomon Sea.