The Dutch Coast Guard deployed helicopters and divers to search for three missing mariners in the North Sea after their ship sank following a collision with a fishing trawler early on Monday. The collision occurred around 1:30 am (locally) when the Maria, a ship deployed to guard an oil drilling platform about 24 miles
Read moreFor just a weekend 3 distinct AMVER rescues unfolded recently in the Caribbean and the result was 27 human lives saved. The cruise ship Disney Wonder and Carnival Conquest rescued a combined 21 Cuban migrants from disabled vessels while the bulk carrier Desert Hope rescued 6 people from another disabled vessel. Disney Wonder The
Read more29 crewmembers aboard the oil tanker PRATIBHA TAPI have been stranded about four nautical miles off a Mumbai port for nearly three months. The mariners’ conditions are heavily deteriorating due to lack of food, water, and fuel; many have fallen ill. The crew of the TAPI has apparently not been paid for a month,
Read moreAn HC-130 Hercules airplane crew out of Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, assisted with the rescue of 28 people from a burning 150-foot fishing vessel approximately 1,400 miles north of French Frigate Shoals, Saturday. The Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Honolulu was contacted by Rescue Coordination Center Taipei, Taiwan, stating
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