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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...
United States Government Investing $28.2m Towards the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Lesotho
The United States government has invested $28.2 million towards the fight against HIV/AIDS in Lesotho. This was revealed by the United States ambassador to Lesotho, Robert Nolan at the signing ceremony of grants worth $100,000, awarded to 13 community...
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...
UK Ship Register Accepts Its Largest Container Ship
The UK ship register has officially welcomed CMA CGM ANDROMEDA on to the UK Ship Register this weekend, when she docked at Southampton. The vessel is the largest Container ship on the UK register at 131,332 GT, 11,356 TEU. Overall she is the second largest...
Fishing Skipper Falsifies Reports of His Own Death
A fishing skipper invited for interview by the Marine and Fisheries Agency (MFA) over allegations of fishing offenses pretended he was dead – and then wrote his own obituary and had it published in a trade newspaper. But an MFA fisheries inspector...
Lighting Strike Closes Falmouth Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre
Falmouth Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) in England is currently out of action following a lightening strike late last night. Until further notice its monitoring and co-ordination functions are being undertaken by Brixham MRCC.
