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BMOC Deals With Four Incidents On Sunday
The Cup Match holiday weekend wrapped up with a raft up event at Mangrove Bay on Sunday [Aug 4] and Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre Duty Officers were kept busy handling incidents in Bermuda’s waters which included two boats with people on board capsizing, an unmanned vessel drifting in Mangrove Bay, and a disabled boat in Hamilton Harbour. A... Read more of this article
Team Rescue Visitors After Rental Boat Capsizes
A joint services marine team rescued six US tourists yesterday after their rental boat capsized in the west end. The Royal Bermuda Regiment and police team on police boat Rescue 2, deployed as part of the marine security element for the traditional Non-Mariners raft up at Mangrove Bay, swung into action after the Boston Whaler, about 13ft long, overturned... Read more of this article
Regiment Boat Troop & Police Rescue Minister
Royal Bermuda Regiment Boat Troop soldiers and marine police officers saved the day for Minister of National Security Wayne Caines after a Boston Whaler boat carrying him to meet family and friends at the traditional Mangrove Bay raft up broke down en route from Riddell’s Bay on Sunday. Minister Caines said: “It was good to see the team working... Read more of this article
Exercise Takes Place To Prepare For Oil Spill
[Updated] Boat Troop soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment [RBR] have completed a major exercise designed to cope with an oil spill in island waters. The RBR teamed up with fuel suppliers Rubis and Oil Spill Response Ltd [OSRL] for the exercise, which was based around a petroleum spill from a vessel docked at Morgan’s Point. The exercise saw Boat... Read more of this article
Premier Dunkley Visits Regiment Boat Troop
Premier and National Security Minister Michael Dunkley joined the Bermuda Regiment’s Boat Troop as they exercised their maritime role during their two weeks annual training. Mr Dunkley watched the Regiment’s sea-going soldiers chase and halt suspect vessels safely. Mr Dunkley said: “We got to watch them perform, see how they do their exercises... Read more of this article
Exercise Tests Troops Emergency Response
Bermuda Regiment soldiers practiced protecting Bermuda on land and on sea at the weekend. “While troops took on the challenge of guarding crucial island installations, the Regiment’s sea-going soldiers were working on maritime manoeuvres and search-and-rescue techniques”,a spokesperson said. “Soldiers from A Company took over the... Read more of this article
Family, Police Thank Those Involved In Search
The police and the family of Dereck Spenser have thanked all who assisted during the 4-day search for the 49-year-old, who went missing on Wednesday November 21st. Mr Spenser’s wife had been out on a boat searching for him, and found his body in the waters in Sandys yesterday morning [Nov 25]. A huge response from the community was shown over the... Read more of this article
Marine Search For Dereck Spenser Resumes
[Updated] The marine search for Dereck Spenser resumed this morning [Nov 23] after being suspended late yesterday. Mr. Spenser was last seen around 4:30pm on Wednesday [Nov 21] having left his job in the Dockyard area on his motorcycle. The news of his disappearance prompted numerous comments online, with many people expressing their concern for... Read more of this article
Marine Police Unit Searching For Dereck Spenser
[Updated - marine search suspended until tomorrow] The police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 49 year old Dereck Spenser.. A police spokesperson said: “The Bermuda Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 49 year old Mr. Dereck Spenser, who was last seen about 4:30pm Wednesday afternoon, the 21st November... Read more of this article
Three Boats, One Windsurfer Require Assistance
“During the inclement weather experienced on Sunday, June 17th 2012 there were four incidents reported to police of private marine vessels needing assistance, involving three boats and one wind surfer,” said a police spokesperson. “The Police Marine Unit including Bermuda Regiment personnel were on duty and responded, escorting at... Read more of this article
Police: High Visibility Patrols Over Cup Match
Bolstered by the Police Reserves and the Bermuda Regiment, the Bermuda Police Service will be out in full strength over the upcoming Cup Match Holiday weekend, and said they are “intent on deterring those members of the public that might seek to disrupt the holiday with acts of violence and criminality.” At a press conference held this morning... Read more of this article
Minister Congratulates Joint Maritime Operation
Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief today [May 30] congratulated the Bermuda Regiment and the Bermuda Police Service on a Joint Maritime Operation conducted over the Bermuda Day holiday. “This co-operative effort between the uniformed services demonstrates the effectiveness of cross-training and the importance of a unified approach... Read more of this article
Video: Marine Police Handover Boat to Regiment
This afternoon [Nov 18] the Bermuda Police Service formally handed a Police boat to the Bermuda Regiment. Colonel David Burch, Minister of National Security, said the Regiment Boat Troop will continue to patrol jointly with the Police Marine Unit as required, and that “Our ultimate aim is to see our borders fully protected and patrolled 24/7 jointly... Read more of this article
Video/Photos: Duchess & Regiment Boat Troop
After presenting the Regiment with new Colours yesterday [Nov 13], Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester went on a water tour starting from Hamilton Harbour with the Bermuda Regiment boat troop. The Regiment boat troop provides tactical boat lifts for Regiment personnel, and can augment the Bermuda Police Marine Unit as required. Photos by Only... Read more of this article
Police & Regiment Rescue Teen Sailor
Around 9:30pm last night (July 29), the Police Marine Unit received a report of an overturned sailboat off the North Shore in the area of Admiralty.House. Marine Unit officers as well as soldiers from the Bermuda Regiment’s Boat Troop responded in Police vessels and commenced the search for the solo sailor, a 17 year old young man. Using flares and... Read more of this article
