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The Trustees are elected for four years of office by the member organisations at the Quadrennial General Meeting, which takes place in conjunction with the World Maritime Rescue Congress. The most recent World Maritime Rescue Congress was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, in June 2023. Caroline Jupe currently serves as Chief Executive.
In July 2024, the ship was detained after rescuing 37 people. [18] Louise Michel left Spain in late June 2024, made a quick stop at the Tunisian port of Hammamet before heading to its planned rescue zone in international waters. [19] On 1 July 2024 the crew assisted 36 migrants and was ordered by the Italian coastguard to proceed to the port of ...
Since 2017 no longer a rescue ship but monitors the Aegean. [47] Blocked from operating, Oct 2021; [7] Mare Liberum (NGO) disbanded May 2023 Minden: Lifeboat Project / German Sea Rescue Society [48] Germany: 23 m Aegean Sea, March 2016 - July 2016; Libya / Lampedusa, July 2016 - September 2017. No longer operational [3] Mission Eleonore [4 ...
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 2024 Ship State Description Bugoe Portugal: The cargo ship veered off course due to ice flows and strong winds resulting in her becoming stranded in shallow waters on the edge of Väinameri Bay, Estonia. [1] Wilfred United Kingdom: Storm Henk: The Thames barge sank at Temple, London. [2]
The Aberdeen trawler Glenogil was the first vessel on the scene, and although she attempted to pull off the massive ship, it proved an impossible task, and with the hull already ruptured, Oceanic would not have stayed afloat long in open waters. [17] Other ships in the area were called in to assist in the rescue operation that was to follow.
Geo Barents is a rescue and salvage ship owned by Uksnøy & Co AS. She is currently chartered by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) for sea-rescue operations of refugees in the Mediterranean since June 2021. [2] Geo Barents is the sixth ship chartered or operated by MSF for humanitarian missions.
The USS Vicksburg’s long and costly ordeal highlights the Navy’s struggle to modernize its fleet as China seeks naval supremacy in the Pacific.
The ship was named after a sailor from Zumaia, Aita Mari [7] (1809–1866) who is particularly celebrated for the rescue of 3 sailors from the boat San Jose in 1861, and who died at sea in another attempted rescue. [8] The ship was built in 2002; it is 32 meters long with a gross tonnage of 161 tons. [9] [10]