Fishing trawler captain distracted by WhatsApp in fatal incident
The skipper of a fishing trawler which sank another boat, killing three anglers, was distracted by his WhatsApp messages,...
Search and rescue at sea
‘Craziest rescue’ involves 27 helicopter lifts
Rescuers saved all 31 crew members from the Atlantic Destiny trawler, before she sank off Nova Scotia’s coast. The...
Four cats rescued from sinking ship
A Thai navy sailor has rescued four cats stranded on a sinking ship that had caught fire, near the...
Suspected smugglers capsize tanker during drugs raid
Authorities in Spain have seized around three tonnes of cocaine from a ship that was still at sea off...
Sailor survives 14 hours in Pacific Ocean clinging to ‘sea rubbish’
A sailor who fell overboard without a lifejacket survived by clinging to a “piece of sea rubbish”, his son...
WATCH: footage from fishing vessel / bulk tanker collision
A collision between a bulk tanker and a fishing vessel gave Selsey RNLI an early start last week. Pagers...
Three castaways rescued after 33 days eating coconuts
Three people have been rescued from a deserted island in the Bahamas after they were stranded for 33 days...
WATCH: fishing boat in peril off Peterhead
Peterhead Lifeboat launched in treacherous conditions to rescue a 160 tonne fishing vessel which was seconds away from crashing...
Fishermen found floating in fridge
Three men found floating down the Amazon River in a refrigerator after their boat capsized have been rescued. The...
New helideck part of refit for Feadship Amara
The Feadship yard in Makkum, The Netherlands, has welcomed back the 57.30-metre Amara, first launched by Feadship as Cacique in 1986. Originally...
WATCH: Cargo ship ‘snaps in half’ during storm with tragic loss of life
A ship ‘snapped in half’ and sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast while en route to Bulgaria. Now a...
