Tag: search and rescue

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.

A total of 12 crew members onboard the Dutch general cargo ship EEMSLIFT HENDRIKA were safely evacuated, after the vessel developed a heavy list off Norway, Monday. 

The US Coast Guard has publicly released two studies completed by the USCG Research & Development Center as related to Enhanced Person in the Water (ePIW) Detection location devices and daytime distress signal devices.

Despite progress in attracting women into the maritime search and rescue (SAR) sector, more still needs to be done, according to the results of an IMRF survey unveiled on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. 

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 27-year-old man from a container ship about 46 miles west of San Luis Obispo, California, on Friday. The captain of the motor vessel Hyundai Jupiter contacted requested assistance for a crew member who reportedly suffered injuries from a 16-foot fall onboard. 

On February 17, the dredger Margrethe Fighter capsized at the Port of Trelleborg, Sweden. After the vessel capsized, one crewmember was reported as missing and is now presumed dead.

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

Two people have lost their lives, while seven others are missing, after a cargo ship with 13 crew sank on on December 30 in East China's Zhejiang province.

The US Coast Guard recently announced that a 27-year-old male crewmember fell overboard from the tanker vessel Sagami near Sabine Pass, off Gulf of Mexico.

After experiencing a boat sinking, two stranded people were rescued from water off Torres Strait by a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker.