Russian Ship Master in Court After Being Found Drunk in Charge of Ship

Associated British Ports Holdings (ABP) contacted the Maritime & Coastguard Agency via Solent Coastguard after concerns were raised that a vessel ‘Balu C’ was not being managed correctly on its passage into a berth at the port. The Master of the...

Cell Phone Call Saves Couple Adrift in Harsh Weather Conditions

At 02.26 this morning Yarmouth Coastguard received an emergency call on a cell phone from a 30 ft motor cruiser the LADY3. The owner of the vessel said that she had suffered engine failure at 10 00 pm Saturday evening just off the mouth of the River Humber...

180 Tons of Water Found Inside Detained Ship

Ship surveyors from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency have detained the Antigua & Barbuda flagged ‘Hanseatic Spirit’ at Portland. The 2,650 GT general cargo vessel was detained by the Agency after she called into Portland on her way from Poole...

Mauritius Tertiary Education Committee is to Set Up a Common Online Library

The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) in Mauritius is setting up a common library which will be accessible online to allow students to have access to all existing resources of libraries of higher educational institutions on one site. Official sources...