2008
December
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Man is Found a Mile Offshore After Two Hour Search
A large scale search for a man who became disorientated in fog in Merseyside whilst walking his dogs this morning has now been concluded after he was located a mile offshore and transferred to hospital. read more..
Search Off Margate Finds Windsurfers Kite But No Windsurfer
At 2:20 this afternoon Dover Coastguard received a call about a capsized yacht off Broadstairs near Ramsgate. When the Ramsgate RNLI inshore lifeboat investigated they discovered that the yacht was infact a kite surfers sail. read more..
Search Ongoing for 21 Year Old Missing Since Boxing Day
Coastguard units in Stornoway are continuing to assist in a search of the Isle of South Uist for a missing 21-year-old who has not been seen since the early hours of Boxing Day. read more..
Man Rescued From 400 Ft Cliff Face
The Beer Coastguard Rescue Team have just rescued a BASE jumper who was clinging to a cliff face, 200 feet down the 400 foot Beer Head. read more..
A Christmas Suggestion From the Mca - Make the Switch – Buy a 406!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is reminding mariners that the international Cospas-Sarsat system will cease satellite processing of 121.5/243 MHz beacons from 1 February 2009. read more..
Penny Pinching Lands Driver in Court
A driver is over £7,000 out of pocket after being successfully prosecuted for failing to declare dangerous goods at Dover. read more..
Search for Man Overboard in Dover Strait
A search is currently ongoing this morning for a crewman from a reefer ship who is missing and has not been seen since midnight last night. read more..
Coastguard Helicopter Plucks Man From Sunken Vessel in Solent
Solent Coastguard Rescue Helicopter arrived on scene above a sinking fishing boat just in time to winch the occupant out of the water after the vessel sank. The skipper, a 29 year old man from the Isle of Wight, has been transferred by helicopter to Newport on the Isle of Wight. read more..
10 December, 2008
Burmese Crewman Evacuated From Ship
At ten minutes to seven yesterday evening, Falmouth Coastguard received a satellite call from the 28,148 gross tonnes, cargo vessel Anna Rickmers requesting medical advice. read more..
Search for Rock Fisherman Off Aberdeen
At 6.15 this morning Aberdeen Coastguard were informed that a rock fisherman had fallen into the water from the Cave of Red Rocks, two miles south of Aberdeen, and was now missing. read more..
15 Foreign Flagged Ships Under Detention in the Uk During October
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 15 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during October 2008 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. read more..
Yarmouth Coastguard launched a major search operation off the East coast of England this morning after a crewman was reported missing from the ferry Pride Of Rotterdam on route from Holland to Hull. read more..
Man Lost Overboard in Lough Neagh
Belfast Coastguard received a 999 call at 21:00hrs to report a man overboard on the Western Shore of Lough Neagh. The emergency call came from an Aquador cabin cruiser approximately 150 yards offshore and a quarter of a mile southwest of Kells Point. read more..
Unidentified Walker Found on Beach At Ness, Isle of Lewis
At twenty minutes past three on Sunday afternoon, Stornoway Coastguard received a request for assistance from Stornoway Police after a member of the public reported finding the body of a male. read more..