Tag: search and rescue

The US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate is collaborating with the US Coast Guard aiming to develop a large capacity-floating device to keep survivors out of the water during mass rescue operations. 

Nine crew members of tugboat that was sinking in the Bay of Bengal, were saved by the Indian Coast Guard, on June 23.

The Finnish Border Guard will be using EMSA’s remotely piloted aircraft services over the coming weeks to provide increased situational awareness for operational tasks.

A US Naval ship provided emergency assistance to 15 crew members of a sinking general cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, on 7 June. 

UK MCA issued a Marine Guidance Note highlighting issues to be taken into consideration when assessing the impact on navigational safety and emergency response (search and rescue, salvage and towing, and counter pollution) caused by offshore renewable energy installation developments.

The 8th session of the IMO’s Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR) took place virtually on 19-23 April 2021. Among others, the meeting finalized work on the modernization of the requirements for the GMDSS.

Three crew members have died and several remain missing after a cargo ship ran aground in waters off Surigao del Norte amid a typhoon, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. 

The US Coast Guard announced on Monday it is suspending its search for the eight remaining missing Seacor Power lift boat crewmembers, 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. 

The US Coast Guard and multiple good Samaritan vessels rescued six people from a capsized commercial vessel on April 13, and are now searching for more 8 miles south of Port Fourchon.