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<channel><image><url>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/rss-mca-logo.jpg</url><title>Maritme and Coastguard Agency</title><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases.htm</link></image><title>Maritme and Coastguard Agency</title><description>Maritime and Coastguard Agency - News</description><item><title><![CDATA[DRUNK MASTER OF LADEN CHEMICAL TANKER SENTENCED AT COURT]]></title><description><![CDATA[At Snaresbrook Crown Court today, Captain Gonchar Volodymyr aged 53, was sentenced to two months in jail, and will be deported upon completion of the sentence after pleading guilty to being the Master of a ship whilst being over the alcohol limit.]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=4DDB29AD9BDE2786</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[MARITIME AND COASTGUARD AGENCY DETAINS SHIP IN LIVERPOOL]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Friday 14th November the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) detained a vessel in Liverpool. ]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=6B08AAB185595B53</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[FINNISH FISHING VESSEL CALLS FOR HELP 20 MILES OFF PORTLAND BILL]]></title><description><![CDATA[At half past five this morning the Finnish registered Fishing Vessel Zeeland on passage from Holland to South America, manned by 3 Indonesians, reported that they were taking water and sinking 20 nautical miles south-east off Portland Bill. ]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=B39A13298FE61CEC</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEAD SHIPS CAN LEAD TO DEAD FISHERMEN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three fishermen recently died in an accident while living on board a fishing vessel alongside in port.  The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is extremely concerned that safety systems and precautions on board, intended for use at sea, were proved to be inadequate for use when the main electrical systems were shut down (dead ship).   ]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=3653B89F721F55EC</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAMILY AND DOGS RESCUED FROM BEING CUT OFF BY THE TIDE]]></title><description><![CDATA[At twenty minutes to four this afternoon, Humber Coastguard received a 999 call from a man reporting that himself, his partner and their 11 month old child and two dogs were cut off by the tide at Seaham.]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=0CFA1D7D3E6075D9</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[SECOND SHETLAND HELICOPTER MOVES TO SOUTH COAST AS BACK-UP ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whilst final testing is underway on the modified AgustaWestland Coastguard helicopters based at Lee on Solent, to ensure the night time equipment issues on board have been resolved, contractors Canadian Helicopter Company (CHC) are transferring the second Sikorsky S92 helicopter, normally based in Shetland to a south coast Coastguard airbase, as a back-up. ]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=3A0353ED561D16D0</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 FOREIGN SHIPS UNDER DETENTION IN THE UK DURING SEPTEMBER  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Maritime &#038; Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 11 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during September 2008 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=6CF5A27EA0B34B37</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 ANNOUNCEMENT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) surveyors from the Southampton Marine Office have today completed a full inspection of the Queen Elizabeth 2 liner after its grounding this morning near the Brambles sand bank in the Solent, and they have given the all clear for the ship to continue on its final journey.]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=3B09C334E01497CA</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[SERIOUSLY INJURED SPANISH FISHERMAN AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL IN CORNWALL]]></title><description><![CDATA[At 2330 Monday evening Falmouth Coastguard received a request from their colleagues in Madrid to coordinate the urgent evacuation of a seriously injured Spanish fisherman 147 nautical miles south west of the Isles of Scilly.]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=89C904BE5A46DE79</link></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEARCH FOR MISSING FISHING VESSEL OFF ESSEX COAST]]></title><description><![CDATA[A major search is underway off the Essex coast near Shoeburyness this afternoon for a missing fishing vessel with one man on board.  Thames Coastguard is coordinating the search involving Coastguard Rescue Teams, three RNLI lifeboats and a hovercraft and Rescue Helicopter 125 from RAF Wattisham.]]></description><link>http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/press-releases?id=F4FC4D28E745ECF8</link></item></channel></rss>