Search and rescue – Professional Mariner

29 Apr

Coast Guard suspends search for crew of capsized vessel off Saipan

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsNTSB, Search and rescue, U.S. Coast Guard

(HONOLULU) — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Tuesday night for the missing crewmembers of the cargo vessel Mariana. Mariana reportedly experienced a disabled engine approximately 140 miles northwest of Saipan on April 15. The six crewmembers aboard at the time of the incident were Frederick L. Nosek Jr., Landon Delos Reyes, Jose L. Ramirez, Mohammed A. Rahaman, Chet R. Brochon, and Vincent B. Agulto. One body…

22 Apr

Mariana search update: Body recovered, five crew still missing

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty NewsSearch and rescue, U.S. Coast Guard

(HONOLULU) — The U.S. Coast Guard and partners continued to search Thursday for missing crewmembers of the cargo vessel Mariana, which capsized last week in the Pacific Ocean north of Saipan. Coast Guard air crews and the crew of fast response cutter USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) searched east of the Northern Mariana Islands. A Japan Coast Guard Gulfstream V jet crew was slated to conduct additional searches Thursday afternoon.…

20 Apr

Six missing after U.S.-flagged vessel capsizes near Saipan

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(HONOLULU) — The U.S. Coast Guard and partners continued to search Sunday for the missing crew of the cargo vessel Mariana. At about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, a Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules airplane crew sighted debris, including a partially submerged, partially inflated life raft, approximately 95 nautical miles northeast of the overturned vessel. At the time of…

09 Mar

Coast Guardsman fatally injured in rescue of distressed mariner

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(SEATTLE) — A U.S. Coast Guard aviation survival technician died Thursday as a result of injuries suffered during the rescue of a distressed mariner from a commercial ship on Feb. 27. As part of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Ore., Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Jaggers was injured while responding to a medical emergency aboard the…

26 Feb

Coast Guard guides boxship to rescue sailor off Florida

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(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The U.S. Coast Guard and a good Samaritan vessel rescued a man aboard a disabled sailboat on Sunday approximately 35 miles off Cape Canaveral. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 aircraft crew located the disabled vessel and guided the nearby containership Polar Mexico to the scene. The ship’s crew brought the man aboard with no reported…

04 Feb

Tanker crew rescues three sailors in heavy seas off Florida

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(MIAMI) — A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City (N.C.) air crew coordinated with the tanker Radiant Pride on Monday to rescue three people from a sailboat taking on water 450 miles east of Daytona Beach, Fla. The three sailors were brought aboard Radiant Pride in stable condition with no injuries reported. Coast Guard Southeast District command center watch…

23 Jan

AMVER tanker diverts, rescues solo rower in Atlantic

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(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan watch standers and the crew of the Liberian-flagged tanker Horten rescued a capsized rower in the Atlantic Ocean east of Puerto Rico on Wednesday night. Benoit Bourguet, 47, a Belgium citizen, was rescued after his single-man rowboat, City of Liverpool, was reportedly struck by two rogue waves and capsized…

22 Jul

Switlik Survival Products names Sarah Switlik as president

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(TRENTON, N.J.) — Switlik Survival Products, a global leader in survival solutions for over 100 years, has announced the promotion of Sarah Switlik to president. Formerly serving as chief operating officer for five years, Switlik will now lead a team of 170 employees and assume full responsibility for day-to-day operations, a role she has been gradually stepping into over the…

03 Jul

Cruise industry urged to act on MOBs after Disney rescue

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(EDINBURGH, Scotland) — The recent fall of a young girl from the fourth deck of the Disney Dream cruise ship has renewed pressure on the cruise industry to adopt life-saving man-overboard (MOB) detection technology that experts say is now both available and proven. The girl, who survived the June 29 incident, was spotted and quickly saved thanks to the quick…

23 Apr

AWO honors Crowley mariners for heroic rescues

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(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The American Waterways Operators (AWO) has awarded Crowley mariners serving on the Crowley-managed containership Potomac Express and the company’s LNG-powered container/roll on-roll off vessel El Coqui with the Honor & Excellence in Rescue Operations (HERO) Awards. The U.S. domestic industry mariners were recognized for their heroic efforts in ensuring the safety and security of others while at…