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Video: Injured Man Flown in By Coast Guard
[Updated] The US Coast Guard transported a crew member needing medical treatment from a cargo ship about 68 nautical miles off Bermuda this morning [Dec 16]. On Tuesday [Dec 14] evening, the Turkish registered general cargo ship M/V Askabat was 350 nautical miles north east of Bermuda and reported having a 31 year old crew member that had received... Read more of this article
Fire Service On Scene – US Coast Guard Plane
A US Coast Guard C130 aircraft is presently on the tarmac of LF Wade International Airport this afternoon [Dec 15], and Bernews unofficially understands the plane may be leaking fuel. Multiple units from the Bermuda Fire Service responded, and we are understand that officials are working to stem the leak. Details of what is transpiring are unclear... Read more of this article
Video: Crew Aboard Wooden Boat Rescued
[Updated] Yesterday afternoon [Dec 7] the US Coast Guard rescued two men aboard an 88 foot wooden boat headed to Bermuda, making it the third time the Coast Guard has come to the boat’s aid following rescues in 2004 and 2006. The home built vessel was 100 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass., when it became disabled. The owner contacted the Coast... Read more of this article
Coast Guard Assisting Bermuda-Bound Boat
The U.S. Coast Guard say that they are on scene off the U.S. East Coast with a disabled sailing vessel that was heading to Bermuda with two people aboard. The ‘Raw Faith’ is an 88-foot sailing vessel that departed Salem, Mass., en route Bermuda and is presently located approximately 100 miles southeast of Nantucket. The Coast Guard say their... Read more of this article
Bermuda-Bound Sailors Rescued by Coast Guard
A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued two Bermuda-bound people today [Nov 26] after their sailboat began taking on water off the coast of North Carolina. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a radio message at approximately 6:52 a.m. today from crewmembers of the 45-foot sailboat Celedon saying that the vessel was flooding. An MH-60... Read more of this article
US Coast Guard Evacuates Crew Member
On October 24th, a crew member from a boat 250 nautical miles away from Bermuda was evacuated due to a medical emergency. A combined effort from local authorities and the United States Coast Guard saw the individual safely evacuated from the 124 foot Motor Yacht ‘Perle Bleue’ to L.F. Wade International Airport and onto King Edward Memorial Hospital... Read more of this article
Bermuda Report Retracted By US Coast Guard
When the young ocean sailor Abby Sunderland and her father, Laurence appeared on NBC’s ‘Today’ show on June 30, 2010, host Meredith Vieira asked Laurence Sunderland to comment on the extensive critical press coverage of his daughter’s recent rescue from her boat in the Indian Ocean. Mr. Sunderland said that she had been singled out saying... Read more of this article
Reports: Sailboat With Illegal Immigrants
[Updated: Boat confirmed as being in Bermuda] The Canadian press is reporting that a boat, whose last port of call was Bermuda, arrived in Canadian waters carrying ten illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe this past weekend. The 37 ft sailboat ‘Valetta’ was intercepted by the Canadian Coast Guard, with the individuals taken into custody... Read more of this article
Gulf Oil Disaster Impacts Newport Bermuda Race
[Written by By Talbot Wilson] The starting line for the Newport Bermuda Race will take on a new look this year. When the first warning sounds at 1:50PM on Friday afternoon June 18th, it won’t come from the deck of the US Coast Guard vessel Juniper, but from the deck of the 126-foot S&S Pilothouse Ketch Axia. Juniper had become a tradition for... Read more of this article
Man & Dog Rescued After Fire Destroys Boat
A sailor and his dog were rescued after a storm severely damaged their boat while heading from the Bahamas to Bermuda. On May 19th Jean Linyns and his dog left the Bahamas on his 48 foot catamaran heading towards Bermuda, when a storm hit the boat, severely damaging it, eventually resulting in a fire onboard the boat, forcing them to abandon it for... Read more of this article
Video: Evacuation Of Bermuda Cruise Passenger
Scroll down for the rescue video of a US Coast Guard Helicopter hoisting a passenger off the Veendam Cruise Ship en route to Bermuda two days ago. The Veendam had just departed New York late Sunday afternoon [May 16] en route to Bermuda, when the Coast Guard received a call at 9:15 pm that night from a crewmember aboard the cruise ship Veendam, reporting... Read more of this article
Man Overboard Days After Cruise Ship Leaves BDA
Four days after leaving Bermuda, a crew member of the Explorer of the Seas cruise ship jumped overboard and is now presumed drowned. The ship was nearing the end of a nine-night Bermuda and Caribbean cruise that departed from New Jersey on April 29, and docked in Bermuda on May 1st. It was the ship’s fourth call to Bermuda for the year, and the... Read more of this article
