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8 rescued from capsized boat in Raritan Bay

SANDY HOOK — The Coast Guard says a good Samaritan rescued eight people from a boat that capsized off the Jersey Shore coast Saturday.

The vessel capsized around 10:30 a.m. in the area of the Romer Shoal Lighthouse in Sandy Hook Bay. Another boater came upon the scene and got the eight passengers onto the boat.

No injuries were reported. But officials say it’s not clear what caused the boat to capsize

Officials say a New York Fire Department vessel helped bring some of the rescued passenger back to shore.

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Hopewell mother, daughter die during York River fishing trip

JAMES CITY COUNTY, Va. -- A mother and daughter from Hopewell died fishing in the York River Tuesday afternoon. State officials identified the mother as 35-year-old Kimberly Marie Privette, of Hopewell.  Her nine-year-old daughter's name was not released due to her age.

The mother and daughter were with other family members on a 20-foot fishing boat in the York River halfway between Croaker Landing and West Point when it began to take on water over the bow, investigators said.

"The boat started to bog down and they plugged in a secondary bilge pump. It was unable pump out the incoming water. They were able to get the motor started and tried to get the boat on plane to push out the water," a Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries investigators said. "When they got on plane the water from the bow came rushing back and causing the boat to capsize ejecting three of the occupants. Two of which became trapped under the boat."

The child's father, grandfather, cousin, and a family friend were all in the boat when it capsized.

"It is believed the subjects were in the water from 12:30 until 2:38 p.m. until a passerby boat was able to rescue them and call for help," the investigator said. "The six people were pulled from the water, two of whom were unconscious and required CPR."

All six people were taken to Sentara Williamsburg Regional Hospital where Privette and her daughter were pronounced dead.

Investigators said both Privette and her daughter were wearing life jackets.

"The initial investigation indicates the two were trapped under the boat when it capsized," the investigator said. "The four other individuals who were also taken to Sentara Williamsburg Regional Hospital were released and did not accept medical assistance."

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The Canadian Press Posted: Jul 15, 2016 7:01 AM PT

Thirteen out-of-province vacationers had to be rescued in B.C.'s southern Interior Thursday evening when their pleasure boat was swamped during a thunderstorm.

Kamloops RCMP Staff Sgt. Michel Grondin says the five adults and eight youths, aged 12 to 15, were in a six-metre boat on Kamloops Lake, west of Kamloops, when the sudden storm kicked up strong winds and high waves.

Grondin says several RCMP units, the fire department and the RCMP helicopter rushed to the lake.

He says by the time crews arrived, nine of the 13 had already made it to shore. Rescuers were able to quickly pluck the remaining two adults and two children from the water and reunite the group.

Police could not provide the home towns of the vacationers, but say all 13 are unhurt.

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JULY 27, 2016 9:26 PM

Coast Guard: Problem in engine room led to flooding on boat

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 

A problem in the engine room led to flooding on board a fishing boat off Alaska's Aleutian Islands, forcing the crew to abandon ship, the Coast Guard said Wednesday.

The 46 crew members of the stricken Alaska Juris were taken to the port in Adak, Alaska, arriving late Wednesday morning, Adak city manager Layton Lockett said. The crew members did not require medical attention, he said.

Adak is about 175 miles (282 kilometers) southeast of where the Alaska Juris ran into trouble.

The Coast Guard said the crew will be flown to Anchorage. A message from The Associated Press seeking interviews with the crew Wednesday at an Adak inn where they were taken was not immediately returned.

The agency had planned to conduct a flyover Wednesday to see if the 220-foot (67-meter) Alaska Juris was still afloat and determine if any pollution has spilled from the disabled vessel. The Coast Guard later said no flyover will occur Wednesday because of the unavailability of aircraft.

The Coast Guard is asking mariners in the area to share updates on the vessel, civilian spokesman Cory Cichoracki said.

Coast Guard Lt. Joseph Schlosser said it's not unusual for vessels to run into trouble at sea, given the "gigantic" size of Alaska, which has more coastline than the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards combined.

"I wouldn't say it's uncommon for a fishing vessel like this to become distressed," he said. "But the uncommon thing is that this luckily went very well for this crew."

The ship was listing at 5 percent when the crew members were disembarking Tuesday, Schlosser said, noting that was the last observation of the vessel. The incident is under investigation.

Conditions at the time were calm seas and limited visibility because of fog.

Coast Guard officials praised the response by the good Samaritan vessels. The Spar Canis and the Vienna Express heard the Coast Guard's emergency broadcast for help and rushed to the scene. Also responding were two other merchant vessels, the Seafisher and Ocean Peace, which transported the crew to Adak. The Coast Guard initially said the other two vessels were taking the crew.

"The good Samaritans' willingness to respond ... was paramount to getting the Alaska Juris crew to safety," said Lt. Greg Isbell, Coast Guard District 17 command duty officer.

Video footage showed one of the bright orange life rafts floating some distance from the stricken vessel, while another appeared tethered to it. The Coast Guard footage shot from an aircraft also showed a merchant ship in the distance.

On Tuesday, the agency diverted a cutter and dispatched two C-130 transport planes and two helicopters to the sinking ship near Kiska Island, which is about 690 miles (1,110 kilometers) west of Dutch Harbor, one of the nation's busiest fishing ports.

The Alaska Juris is owned by Renton, Washington-based Fishing Co. of Alaska, according to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation. The company did not immediately respond to Associated Press for further information.

On Wednesday, recovery plans were underway by a salvage company, Resolve Marine Group. Project manager David Maruszak said the company is sending a 200-foot (61-meter) tug, the Resolve Pioneer, to the scene from Dutch Harbor. The tug is expected to arrive late Thursday or early Friday, he said.

It's not the first trouble the Alaska Juris has encountered in recent years.

In March 2012, a fisherman aboard the boat died after a cable snapped and struck him in the head. Days later, another fisherman was treated for a head injury after a cable snapped again and hit him.

In May 2012, the Alaska Juris requested help from the Coast Guard after three crew members were exposed to ammonia from a leak. The agency flew the trio to Cold Bay, Alaska.

Another vessel owned by the Fishing Co. of Alaska, the 189-foot Alaska Ranger, sank in March 2008 about 130 miles (209 kilometers) West of Dutch Harbor. Five of the boat's 47 crew members, including the captain, died. A Coast Guard investigation concluded in 2011 that the vessels owner failed to properly maintain its structural condition.

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Ten die in tourist boat capsize off Indonesia's Riau Islands

At least 10 people have died and five are missing after a boat sank while taking tourists from Tanjung Pinang to Penyengat Island in Indonesia's Riau Islands province.

The boat was transporting 17 passengers, including a boat operator and two children, when high waves and strong winds caused the boat to capsize in the waters off Penyengat Island, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

"Joint search and rescue team have found 12 passengers, 10 of whom 

died and two were injured. The team is still searching for the remaining five passengers who are missing," Nugroho said.

He added after the boat capsized, some passengers swam to their rescue or were fished out of the water by nearby boats, while some of them who couldn't swim were swept away by the waves and died.

The National Search and Rescue Agency has deployed 200 personnel, 20 search and rescue boats and 50 wooden passenger boats to scour the waters for the missing passengers, as well as marines who are diving to find drowned passengers.

"The main obstacle now is the strong current," Nugroho said.

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Bali ferry carrying 40 passengers including British tourists explodes killing at least one woman and injuring 14 foreigners

• Boat carrying 35 passengers from Bali to Gili Islands exploded on Thursday
• A German woman has died and up to 20 foreigners on board were injured
• The boat's fuel tank reportedly blew up as it left Padang Bai Harbour 
• Photos on social media show bleeding passengers being carried away

At least one woman is dead and up to 20 foreigners are injured after a ferry exploded while travelling from East Bali to the Gili Islands on Thursday.

The Gili Cat 2 fast boat was taking 40 passengers to popular tourist destination and holiday island Gili Trawangan when the fuel tank blew up on board.

Although one passenger, a German woman, has been confirmed dead, a police spokesperson said two of those on board had died.

Graphic photographs circulating on social media show passengers being carried to the shore by locals, bleeding heavily and with limbs hanging off from the explosion.

Dazed passengers, many covered in cuts and bruises, were taken to medical centres on the Indonesian holiday island after the blast, with television footage showing them being carried on stretchers to ambulances and lying in hospital beds.

The 20 injured passengers aboard the speedboat were from Portugal, Germany, Austria and Britain. Early reports that Australians were on board the boat have not been verified. 

The boat exploded 600ft  from the shore of Padang Bai Harbour at 9.30am, and passengers reportedly 'suffered an electrical surge and burned in the waters.' 

'The explosion happened five minutes after the boat departed,' local police chief Sugeng Sudarso told AFP. 

'One female passenger died from head injuries.' 

According to local reports, the boat exploded near a headland at Padang Bai Harbour at 9.30am. Australian, German, British, Dutch and Korean citizens were said to be on board

The boat (pictured) exploded 200 metres from the shore of Padang Bai Harbour at 9.30am

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Death toll in migrant ship wreck rises to 202

September 28, 2016

Thirty-three more bodies are retrieved from a ship wreck off the coast of Egypt bringing up the total death toll of drowned migrants to 202. (Photo captured from Reuters video)

BURG RASHID, Egypt (Reuters) — Thirty-three bodies were recovered on Tuesday (September 27) as a wreck of a boat that sank off Egypt last week with hundreds of migrants aboard was lifted from the depths, raising the confirmed death toll to 202, a local official said.

The boat capsized off the Mediterranean coast on Sept. 21. Rescue workers and fishermen said they had rescued at least 169 people, but uncertainty remains over how many might still be missing.

“This is something only God knows. There indeed are still some people who have not found their children, who may have been sitting at the back of the boat and swept away by the current. Only God knows what happened to those who haven’t been found,” said local fisherman, Hamada Zamalout, who has been assisting in the rescue operations since the accident.

Regional governor Mohamed Sultan said the number of bodies recovered was “almost final” but rescue workers were still looking for human remains at sea.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday it believed at least 450 people were aboard the vessel and that about 300 perished in all.

Egyptian security sources initially said there had been almost 600 migrants aboard.

Officials said the boat was carrying Egyptian, Sudanese, Eritrean and Somali migrants, and that they believed it was heading for Italy. Four members of the crew were arrested.

More and more migrants have been trying to cross to Italy from the African coast over the summer months, particularly from Libya, where people-traffickers operate with relative impunity. But boats have increasingly departed from Egypt of late as Libya has slipped deeper into lawlessness.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday (September 26) that there is “no justification” for these deaths and called for “more secure” borders.

Fisherman Ahmed Fawzy says Egyptian officials need to pay more attention to those in need.

“(I ask) those in power, and the president himself, to pay more attention to the poor who are neglected, and who, because of the high costs of living, the lack of money and income, are willing to throw their lives away, and throw themselves in the sea. So all we want is for them to pay more attention to us and to take better care of the poor.”

The IOM says that more than 3,200 migrants have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean this year, while more than 300,000 have reached European shores. More than 1 million Middle Eastern, African and Asian migrants entered Europe in 2015.

The IOM said the number of migrants to arrive in Europe this year likely would not reach last year’s level, though the number of fatalities was virtually certain to exceed the 2015 total.

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Authorities say all 30 on board, mostly young people, safe after coast guard divers rushed to overturned sailboat near Pier 45

A boat with 30 people on board capsized off San Francisco’s Pier 45, the city’s fire department said on Saturday, with some people becoming trapped beneath the hull.

Coast guard divers quickly reached the scene and were able to rescue the people, a spokeswoman for the agency told the Guardian.

“All 30 people are safe and accounted for,” she said, citing an estimate of passengers, many of whom were young people. She could not provide any specifics about why the boat capsized or who was on board. “There are some adults, but that’s the only information that I have at this time.”

The authorities later described the vessel as a sailboat.

Two people sustained serious injuries, officials later told the local NBC affiliate.

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Tuna boat capsizes, sinks at mouth of Merrimack Monday

The Coast Guard in Newburyport reports that two men were thrown into the water.

A tuna boat carrying two people capsized – and it’s believed sank – at the mouth of the Merrimack River Monday night.

At about 7 p.m. Monday, the Laurie Ann, a 35-foot tuna boat making its way into Newburyport, took in massive amounts of water from breaking waves and flipped over, throwing two men into water.

“They were doing their inbound transit, and a breaking wave hit,” Newburyport Coast Guard Officer Ruben Colon said. “A good Samaritan called it in and said an 8-foot breaking wave came from their stern [rear] and capsized the vessel.”

That good Samaritan, operating a fishing boat nearby, helped the two men out of the water while the Coast Guard rushed to the scene on a motor lifeboat.

The men were treated by EMTs for multiple injuries including “hypothermia and shock, and there was a gentlemen that had a laceration to the face,” Colon said. “The water was between 55 and 60 degrees.”

Afterward, the Coast Guard searched the water for the boat. They found a life 

raft Tuesday afternoon, and the boat’s emergency position-indicating radiobeacon was found in Salisbury, but there has been no sign of the boat.

“The boat has not been recovered yet, and we believe it is still in the water in the vicinity of the river mouth,” Colon said. “We’re advising mariners to be cautious in that area.”

It’s not that uncommon for boats of the Laurie Ann’s size to capsize near the mouth of the Merrimack, with its often choppy waters.

“With the right conditions weatherize, the bar does break and it is a dangerous area, especially for boats coming inbound,” Colon cautioned.

While boating accident deaths in the northeast have decreased – according to a study released by the Coast Guard this year – 30 of the 34 people who died in recreational boating accidents in 2015 drowned, and 29 of the 34 deaths were the result of capsizing or falling overboard. Thirty-two of the 34 people who died were not wearing a life jacket.

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Barge flips, sinks only weeks after tugboat runs aground near Bella Bella, B.C.

By The Canadian Press

Mon., Nov. 7, 2016

The barge was carrying gravel and sand from Seattle, Wash., to Alaska when it flipped. All four crew members were safe.

The sinking of a tug and the subsequent diesel spill on British Columbia's central coast is prompting a rethink to emergency response that could allow those closest to the disaster to take the lead, says the federal indigenous affairs minister. The tug boat Nathan E. Stewart is seen in the waters of the Seaforth Channel near Bella Bella, B.C., in an October 2016, handout photo. Now less than four weeks after the tug ran aground, a barge carrying gravel and sand has flipped and sunk. 

BELLA BELLA, B.C.—The Heiltsuk Nation in British Columbia says a barge has flipped and sunk north of the site where a tug that ran aground last month still awaits removal.

A news release from the First Nation says the barge, which was carrying gravel and sand from Seattle, Wash., to Alaska flipped Sunday evening in a channel along B.C.’s central coast.

The 37-metre tugboat that was towing the barge was still afloat Sunday night, and the four crew members were safe.

A Canadian Coast Guard spokesperson says the tug has been granted permission from Transport Canada to continue its journey north to Alaska while crews remain at the scene of the sunken 65-metre barge.

The sinking comes less than four weeks after the tugboat Nathan E. Stewart ran aground near Bella Bella, spilling diesel fuel into the water.

Sunday’s incident happened near Klemtu, which is about 55 kilometres north of Bella Bella.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to make an announcement in Vancouver on Monday about how tanker and fuel spills along the West Coast will be responded to in the future.

Heiltsuk member Jess Housty, who is part of the diesel spill response team, says with two incidents involving sinking vessels, Trudeau’s promised regulatory changes can’t come soon enough.

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Cargo ferry goes down on the Chindwin

• Friday, 11 November 2016

A cargo ferry carrying oil barrels has capsized in Sagaing Region, along the same route where a ferry accident last month claimed the lives of at least 73 people.

The Lin Lin Aung cargo ferry is seen as it sinks into the Chindwin River. Photo: Supplied / U Aww Thahta

The cargo ferry sank after a wave hit the boat during heavy rain. All five crew members survived the incident.

En route from Monywa, the Lin Lin Aung cargo vessel went down near Ngout Sar village, Homalin township, yesterday, according to the Sagaing Region Police Force.

“The boat capsized just past 9am near an intersection of the Chindwin River and U-ru Creek,” a police official told The Myanmar Times.

The boat capsized just past 9am near an intersection of the Chindwin River and U-ru Creek,” a police official told The Myanmar Times.

The Lin Lin Aung ferry carried oil barrels, rice bags, iron pipes and other goods from Monywa to Homalin. All crew members onboard were uninjured, the police official said.

The Lin Lin Aung ferry was licensed, according to police.

“We were able to salvage some goods that were onboard but some drifted down the river. So far, the sinking boat has yet to be salvaged. No fatalities have been reported. Fire fighters and police have arrived there. Residents are also providing help,” said U Aww Thahta, a local monk.

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Five dead, three unaccounted for after boat capsizes in Kaipara Harbour

Last updated 06:56, November 27 2016

Eight people on board a boat that capsized in Kaipara Harbour are dead or missing, police said on Saturday night.

A total of 11 people were on board the charter fishing boat The Francie when it overturned near Kaipara Harbour's North Head about 3.30pm.

Three people were pulled alive from the water, along with five bodies. Three people remain missing. The three survivors were taken to North Shore Hospital with moderate injuries.

The police Eagle helicopter and Coastguard were still combing the area for survivors.

Inspector Duncan Hall said on Saturday night the three survivors had been plucked from the water by the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter.

Hall said a shoreline search around South Head and Te Oneone Rangatira Beach would continue into the early hours of Sunday morning.

The air search had been called off for the night, and would resume at 7am, he said.

AUCKLAND WESTPAC RESCUE HELICOPTER

Rescue crews at the Kaipara Harbour tragedy.

"Inquiries are being made into what happened to the vessel and how people ended up in the water," said Hall.

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The manager of the Grand Hotel in Helensville, Bonnie Johnson, said that was "pretty raw at the moment" in the bar.

"We don't know what has actually gone on out there, or who exactly was involved," she said.

"But one thing's for sure - one of our boats isn't coming home.

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It is understood the vessel got into trouble on a bar at the entrance to the harbour.

"And there are kids who aren't going have their fathers there for Christmas.

"Anyone who's got any emotion and anyone who comes from a fishing community will be feeling pretty distraught right now."

She said the incident had locals' memories "flooded" with images of the last boat that went down in that area, 22 years ago.

The owner of The Francie, Bill McNatty.

Two people died in that incident and the boat sunk in two minutes, she said.

"Shivers yeah I remember it... you never forget that feeling in your stomach," she said.

"We come from a fishing community - every time one goes down, it brings all the others back."

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Two Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopters are helping in the rescue in Kaipara Harbour.

Members of the boating community in Kaipara, northwest of Auckland, said The Francie had been reported missing during the afternoon.

Few knew the perils of the Kaipara better than her crew: The Francie was involved in a dramatic maritime rescue in 2012. The Francie pulled a 12-metre ketch, Cheval de Mer, to safety, after it had been adrift for several days and came perilously close to hitting the bar.

Then three weeks ago, The Francie got in trouble when its engine failed at the harbour mouth. It had to be towed to safety, a local boatie said.

The owner of a fellow Kaipara boat charter, Sharon Kostanich, said the incident had come as "a terrible shock".

"It's a tragic thing to happen, terrible, and of course it really brings it home to us - you're out there in a boat responsible for so many people," she said.

Kostanich said that the capsized boat was owned by local man Bill McNatty.

"Bill's a friend, though, so of course we're very worried."

 

Oamaru-born McNatty, a passionate environmentalist, had been a spokesman for Kiwis Against Sand Mining. He also worked with Kaipara Forest and Bird, and earned a degree in psychology from the University of Waikato. His only daughter Kathleen-Jane Hotere, 23, is understood to be a niece of the late artist Ralph Hotere.

The Francie is licensed to carry up to 20 people, with two crew, and is available for hire at $700-$800 a day.

It promises people the chance to catch kahawai, snapper and gurnard and in season trevally, maumau, and kingfish.

"We at Francie Charters are one of only a handful of charter boat on the Kaipara Harbour, we cater for all fishing persons young and old," an online advert says.

The family of one man, Willie Uea, offered their condolences to those who had lost loved ones, but thanked God that he had chosen to skip the trip. 

"Praise the Lord my husband didn't go on this fishing boat trip today," said Maarametua Uea on Facebook. "For some reason he changed his mind ... he felt something was gonna happen."

The Francie's previous owner Rod Bridge, who operates another boat charter in the Kaipara, said that it "was way too rough to get out over the bar" on Saturday.

He had called off his own boat trips for the day, due to bad conditions.

"The only reason I'd be out in that sort of weather would be for a rescue mission - to get some other (person) who'd got stuck out there."

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission said it opened an inquiry into the "marine accident".

It said it was tracking the continuing search and rescue operation, and was sending two investigators to the scene who were expected to arrive on Sunday morning. 

"The commission's inquiry will seek to explain the circumstances and causes of the accident, with a view to helping prevent similar accidents in the future," the commission said. 

It said it was unable to confirm further details of the incident while the search and rescue operation continued.

A Maritime NZ spokeswoman said the organisation was "looking into what action it will take".

"Our rescue co-ordination centre has been assisting with determining the drift of the sea currents to help with the rescue."

A fixed winged plane was also there helping. 

'A WALL OF WHITE WATER'

Fisherman Eric Kuypers, from Manukau, was on the north end of Muriwai Beach at the same time the boat got into trouble, and said the sea was wild.

"It was so rough," he said.

"It was just a wall of white water at least 500m to 1000m out. That surf had got up from 1.4m to about 3m.

"We saw the plane going up and we saw about seven ambulances."

A number of charter fishing companies operate vessels on the harbour.

Surf Life Saving New Zealand media and communications manager Lisa Smith said lifeguards from Muriwai Volunteer Surf Lifeguard Services were assisting police with the rescue.

"Inquiries are being made into what happened to the vessel and how people ended up in the water," said Hall.

The manager of the Grand Hotel in Helensville, Bonnie Johnson, said that was "pretty raw at the moment" in the bar.

"We don't know what has actually gone on out there, or who exactly was involved," she said.

"But one thing's for sure - one of our boats isn't coming home.

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Thursday, 15 December 2016

One dead, eight missing in boat capsize

TOKYO: One crew member of a crab fishing boat has died and eight others remain missing after the vessel capsized off Japan’s western coast, coast guard officials said.

The 76-tonne fishing boat Daifukumaru capsized in the Sea of Japan just off Shimane prefecture at about 5.20am, leaving all nine crew on board missing, a Japan Coast Guard spokesman earlier said.

Coast guard rescuers on a helicopter spotted a man floating with his face down five hours after the accident and took him to hospital where he was confirmed dead, another spokesman said.

Patrol boats and aircraft are continuing to search for eight other men still missing, he added.

The nine crew members include eight Japanese and one Indonesian.

The nationality of the man discovered has yet to be confirmed, according to coastguard officials.

“They were fishing for crabs when water flowed into the boat,” an official with the local fishermen’s union that operated the vessel said on public broadcaster NHK.

“So the boat was towed by another vessel. That was when it capsized.”

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Seven rescued as cargo ship sinks off Ramsgate

Seven people have been rescued from life rafts in the sea after abandoning a sinking cargo ship near Kent.

An extensive rescue operation was carried out overnight by search teams after the boat went down about 35 nautical miles (40 miles) off Ramsgate.

Rescue helicopters, a lifeboat, and Dutch helicopter and several merchant vessels all came to the aid of the sinking 90m-long vessel.

Coastguards said the crew sent a Mayday alert before abandoning the ship.

Ian Guy, from the UK coastguard, said an emergency call came shortly before midnight.

'Crew ended up in sea'

"They were taking on water rapidly and planning to abandon the ship," he said.

"When they made the call, I understand the boat was already going under and by the time they finished the call, they didn't make it to the life rafts.

"The boat was under the water and they were themselves in the water."

He said the crew managed to get on the life rafts from where they were rescued, but added they had all been in the sea in January and were airlifted to hospital with potential hypothermia but no serious injuries.

Weather conditions were "challenging" with severe gale-force winds, he added.

Ships nearby managed to reach the stranded crew first, but a merchant ship near the scene was unable to deploy its fast rescue inflatable craft because of the conditions.

It is not yet clear whether it was the weather or another problem which caused the ship to sink, or whether any cargo was on board.

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Refugee crisis: More than 100 asylum seekers drown as boat sinks in the Mediterranean Sea

Disaster comes day after more than 550 migrants rescued between Libya and Italy

The disaster came a day after two migrants were found crushed to death in a dinghy AP

More than 100 refugees have drowned after a boat sank in rough conditions in the Mediterranean Sea as the crisis shows no sign of slowing.

The Italian Navy was searching for survivors from the vessel, which was believed to be carrying up to 110 people.

Only four survivors were pulled from the water, with at least eight bodies found so far.

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More than 500 refugees rescued in single day as crisis continues

​Flavio Di Giacomo, from the International Organisation for Migration, told The Independent around 106 people were thought to have died and described the conditions at sea as "extremely bad".

The boat went down in waters between Libya and Italy, which has become the deadliest sea crossing in the world since the start of the refugee crisis.

It claimed the vast majority of more than 5,000 lives lost in treacherous boat journeys to Europe in 2016, the deadliest year on record, with people drowning or being crushed or suffocated in overcrowded smugglers' boats.

Saturday's disaster was the worst single incident so far this year, which has already seen at least 122 deaths at sea.

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One killed, 12 missing in boat capsize in China

Press Trust of India  |  Beijing  January 21, 2017 Last Updated at 12:42 IST

One person was killed and 12 others were reported missing today when a Chinese fishing vessel capsized in East China Sea.

China's navy has rushed two frigates and a drone to conduct search operations.

The Chinese fishing boat, Liaoda Zhongyu 15126, that had 13 crew on board sank yesterday, the Chinese Navy said.

Frigates Suzhou and Ji'an arrived in the area and began their search after the Donghai Fleet received requests for assistance from the maritime rescue center in Jiangsu Province.

A military drone was also dispatched, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

One person was killed and 12 others were reported missing today when a Chinese fishing vessel capsized in East China Sea.

China's navy has rushed two frigates and a drone to conduct search operations.

The Chinese fishing boat, Liaoda Zhongyu 15126, that had 13 crew on board sank yesterday, the Chinese Navy said.

Frigates Suzhou and Ji'an arrived in the area and began their search after the Donghai Fleet received requests for assistance from the maritime rescue center in Jiangsu Province.

A military drone was also dispatched, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

http://dailynewsgazette.com/2017/01/29/boat-carrying-28-chinese-tou...

Boat carrying 28 Chinese tourists sinks off Malaysia: Xinhua | Reuters

January 29, 2017

KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia navy ships scrambled on Sunday to rescue 31 people including 28 Chinese tourists aboard a boat which sank off the coast of Borneo, maritime officials and Chinese state media reported.

Passengers were in the water awaiting help, China’s consulate general’s office in Kota Kinabalu said, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency. Malaysian officials were unable to immediately confirm the report.

The boat left Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia’s eastern Sabah state, at about 9 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Saturday bound for the popular tourist spot of Mengalum island, Malaysian officials said.

It was reported missing at about 9.50 p.m. after failing to arrive at the island and a search operation was launched soon after, Sabah and Labuan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) deputy director Rahim Ramli said.

Bad weather was hampering the search effort, which covers an area of about 400 nautical square miles.

“We are looking at strong winds and choppy waters,” he said.

The Malaysian navy, maritime police and air force were involved in the search, the MMEA said in a statement.

The Chinese consulate in Kota Kinabalu earlier on Sunday asked the state government to step up the search effort, Xinhua reported.

The China National Tourism Administration said it has initiated emergency response procedures.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/04/c_136029539.htm

http://www.malaysiandigest.com/frontpage/29-4-tile/657408-13-missin...

13 Missing After Boat Capsize Off Kampung Batu Payung

https://gcaptain.com/search-underway-crab-fishing-vessel-six-crew-o...

Six Missing After Crab Fishing Vessel Sinks in Bering Sea

February 13, 2017

The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing to search for the six missing crewmembers of the Seattle-based crab fishing vessel Destination, which is believed to have sunk in the Bering Sea off St. George, Alaska over the weekend.

The Coast Guard said Saturday that it had launched a search after picking up an electronic position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) alert from the fishing vessel approximately two miles northwest of St. George in the Bering Sea.  

The EPIRB was recovered among a debris field containing buoys, a life ring from fishing vessel Destination and an oil sheen, the Coast Guard said. 

Weather on scene on Saturday was reported to be 30-mph winds with five to eight-foot seas and snowing. Air temp was reported to be 21 degrees with a sea temperature of 3o degrees. 

The Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau arrived on scene Sunday at 10 a.m. to assist with an Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew currently deployed on the cutter. Citizens of St. George have also been patrolling the shoreline for any signs of the crew or vessel.

Coast Guard crews assisting in the search included two HC-130 Hercules airplane crews, two MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew, as well as the Morgenthau.

An active search was still underway of Monday.

“Prayers are needed for our brothers on the F/V Destination and their families,” said Capt. Casey McManus, captain of the “Deadliest Catch” fishing vessel F/V Cornelia Marie. “Their EPIRB went off this morning triggering a search by the US Coast Guard. So far, a life ring, the EPIRB and some debris is all that had been recovered. An oil slick has been report on the surface, and a Hercules -130 aircraft and two Jayhawk choppers are conducting a search pattern along with the Silver Spray and the Bering Rose. The wind has come down, but it’s only 20 degrees and the seawater is 30. Please pray. The picture below does not do the boat justice. It was a very sturdy platform that was maintained at the highest levels. So hard to believe it could happen to a boat like this, with an amazing crew.”

http://mareeg.com/all-crew-members-rescued-after-commercial-boat-si...

All crew members rescued after commercial boat sinks off coast of Somalia

15th February 2017

A crew of twelve members have been rescued after their small commercial boat sank off the coast of Somalia.

The boat had been on its way to the port of Hobyo in north-east Somalia when it was overturned by heavy winds and waves according to Abdifatah Hussein Sheikh, who is among the traders who suffered economical losses after the incident.

“Heavy storms overturned the boat and destroyed it,” Sheikh narrated.

He said all the crew members were rescued by helicopter owned by NATO counter-piracy mission.

“Efforts to rescue the crew were coordinated by the helicopter, closely monitored by the European Union Naval Force warship and it was successful one,” said Sheikh.

The commercial boat was carrying consignment for Somalia’s Galmudug traders.

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2017/02/19/62239/10-dead-in-b...

http://zeenews.india.com/world/thirteen-missing-after-boat-sinks-in...

http://howiesmarine.com/greece-150-refugees-rescued-after-boat-sink...

Greece: 150 refugees rescued after boat sinks off coast of Lesbos

March 7, 2017

150 refugees arrived to the Greek island of Lesbos, Friday, after a large boat sank due to deteriorating weather conditions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4n7DieFLIc

https://www.newsghana.com.gh/turkish-ship-sinks-off-libyas-misrata-...

Turkish ship sinks off Libya’s Misrata coast

Mar 16, 2017

A Turkish cargo vessel on Thursday sank off the coast of Misrata in western Libya due to whether conditions, with seven crew members missing, according to a Libyan coast guards official.

The boat sank two to three miles off the coast of Misrata, said the official. Six members of the all Turkish crew were rescued.

The official also said the search is on for the missing members. However, poor whether conditions hinder the search.

https://sputniknews.com/asia/201703191051737493-fishing-boat-sinks/

A fishing boat carrying eleven people sank off eastern China, local media reported Sunday.

BEIJING (Sputnik) – According to the Xinhua news agency, the incident occurred not far from the city of Zhoushan  in China’s eastern Zhejiang province.

The rescuers have saved five people, the searching operations continue, the agency reported.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/more-200-mig...

MADRID — A Spanish aid organization says it has recovered five bodies from waters off the Libyan coast and fears that at least 240 migrants could have died after two boats capsized in the Mediterranean.

Proactiva Open Arms spokeswoman Laura Lanuza said each rubber boat usually holds 120 people, but smugglers tend to fill them over capacity to maximize their benefits in each trip.

Lifeguards from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms lift the body of a migrant onto the former fishing trawler Golfo Azzurro during a search and rescue operation in central Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, March 23, 2017. Yannis Behrakis / Reuters

She said the NGO confirmed the sinking of two boats but was only able to find the bodies of five men of African origin on Thursday morning, about 13 miles north of the Libyan town of Sabratha.

The migrants were between 16 and 25 years old and appeared to have drowned, said Lanuza, as their bodies didn't show any sign of violence. The NGO's rescuers were searching for a third boat.

http://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-cargo-ship-disappears-off-uruguay-...

South Korea cargo ship disappears off Uruguay coast, leaving many missing

A South Korean ship is believed to have sunk off the coast of Uruguay after making an SOS call. An ongoing search by the Uruguayan navy and nearby merchant ships has found two survivors.

Some 22 people were missing on Saturday after a South Korean cargo ship disappeared and apparently sank in the South Atlantic Ocean.

The 24-man crew on the Stellar Daisy carrier, which is owned and operated by South Korean-based Polaris Shipping, sent out an SOS on Friday just before noon local time (1400 UTC) and sent a text message to Polaris saying they were taking on water on the port side.

The ship last made contact about 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 kilometers) off the coast of the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo.

Two survivors

An ongoing rescue search by Uruguayan navy and nearby merchant ships has so far found two survivors. Several empty lifeboats and rafts were also found in the area.

A statement from the navy said the first ships to reach the scene detected a "strong smell of fuel" and debris in the water, indicating that "the damaged ship had sunk."

The ship had departed from a port in Brazil. Its intended destination was not immediately clear.

and another:

http://worldtimes24.com/boat-carrying-55-sinks-in-sandwip-channel/

Boat carrying 55 sinks in Sandwip channel

25 still missing

At least 25 went missing after an engine-run boat capsized in Guptachara area of Sandwip yesterday evening, Agencies report.

Around 55 passengers were on board when the boat capsized there around 7:45pm, police sources said. Some 15 to 16 people managed to swim ashore while the rest of the victims remain missing.

The people were being ferried to Guptachara ghat of Sandwip after they came there from Kumiraghat of Chittagong by a sea truck.

The sea was very turbulent due to a depression prevailing over the bay, Patenga Met Office sources said.

Some 20-25 people are missing said Officer-in-Charge of Sandwip Police Station Shamsul Islam, adding that coast guard members went to the spot to rescue the missing people.

http://www.montereyherald.com/general-news/20170407/storm-capsizes-...

Storm capsizes barge in San Francisco Bay

Posted: 04/07/17, 7:03 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on the storms in California (all times local):

7 p.m

Authorities are trying to prevent an oil spill from a barge that sank in San Francisco Bay during a storm that also knocked out power to thousands and threatened homes in Oakland.

The 112-foot freight barge carried a crane. It went down shortly before 12:30 a.m. Friday south of the Bay Bridge.

Authorities say 40-mph winds from the storm capsized it.

The barge carried more than 4,000 gallons of fuel and oil. Crews have boomed off the area and the owner plans to have salvage divers raise the barge.

The storm that hit Thursday also caused a landslide in the Oakland hills, and six homes were evacuated. It knocked out power to about 40,000 customers in the Bay Area but the electricity has been restored.

http://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/4621350/boat-capsize-pa...

Three injured when boat overturns in Moreton Bay with 11 onboard

TWO crew and nine passengers aboard a charter fishing boat that overturned on the South Passage Bar have been returned safely to the mainland.

Paramedics met three passengers, one with a badly lacerated head, at Volunteer Rescue Marine headquarters at Cleveland after the men were returned from Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island.

The bedraggled men declined to talk about their early morning experience.

Senior police praised the brave actions of a police officer who dived into the water to help save those on board who could not reach life jackets, saying it was lucky everyone was accounted for.

Water police were called to the bar between North Stradbroke and Moreton islands just after 6am.

Bayside Patrol Group Acting Inspector Steve Hollands said there were potentially dire consequences when those on board were thrown into the water.

"The information that we've received is that a water police vessel was the first on scene and one of the officers entered the water to assist in extracting all of the persons on to the vessel," he said.

"My understanding was the actions of the officer was very brave.

"With any maritime situation, there's obviously a delay in getting resources out to them, which heightens the risk, so we're very grateful that all persons were able to be saved."

One person was flown to hospital and nine others have received medical treatment.

The vessel is being towed back to the mainland and investigations continue.

​A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said one man was airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with spinal precautions, while the other 10 were taken to the Dunwich Health Service Centre for further assessment.

Some passengers from 10-metre Moreton Island Fishing Charters vessel Firebird appeared to be suffering hypothermia, according to police.

Boat owner Mat Hubbard declined to comment.

Inspector Hollands said the vessel itself, the Firebird, was resting on the sand bar and would hopefully be retrieved later in the day.

IN GOOD HANDS: Passengers are loaded on to an ambulance at Cleveland.

EARLIER

Initial reports to police said nine passengers and two crew were on board when the vessel overturned between Moreton and North Stradbroke islands about 6am on Wednesday.

A police spokeswoman said all passengers and crew had been accounted for but one man had a serious back injury while another had taken in a large amount of water.

SAFE AND SOUND: VMR crewman Robert Cooper of Wellington Point leaves the rescue boat.

The Rescue 500 helicopter had been dispatched to meet water police as they headed to Dunwich, on North Stradbroke Island.

Queensland Ambulance Service acting operations supervisor Logan Smith said the charter fishing vessel capsized on the South Passage Bar.

Water police and emergency services were sent to the scene after an emergency beacon was activated.

Two people were flown to Brisbane by chopper and the other nine taken to Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island for medical assessment.

Supt Logan said one patient had a substantial scalp injury that needed treatment.

http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/two-dead-three-in-stable-co...

Two Alberta men dead after boat sinks off Vancouver Island near Tofino

The Canadian Press

Published on: May 1, 2017

http://www.manilatimes.net/cargo-ship-sinks-off-cebu/326937/

http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/05/23/pcg-comes-to-rescue-capsized-boats...

http://gcaptain.com/tug-crosby-commander-sinks-gulf-mexico-one-miss...

Tug Crosby Commander Sinks in Gulf of Mexico; One Missing, Three Rescued

May 29, 2017

One person is missing and three others have been rescued after a Crosby Tugs tugboat sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana on Monday.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching along with good Samaritan vessels for a person in the water approximately 30 nautical miles south of Marsh Island.

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at approximately 5 a.m. of the tug vessel Crosby Commander taking on water with four people aboard. Three people were able to evacuate to a life raft before the vessel sank.

One crewmember is missing.

The survivors in the life raft were rescued by the good Samaritan motor vessel Andi Nicole.

The survivors were rescued in good condition with no medical concerns.

The 85-foot Crosby Commander was built in 1978 and belongs to Crosby Tugs, LLC headquartered in Galliano, Louisiana.

The cause of the incident is under investigation

http://gulftoday.ae/portal/dcb39fd4-ce13-43af-bb1f-5e1e03c1bcfc.aspx

Ferry with 50 passengers sinks off Philippines, 7 die

June 12, 2017

MANILA: A passenger ferry with more than 50 people on board including its crew capsized and sank when it was battered by big waves and strong winds in Romblon province in the Visayas, killing seven passengers with three others missing, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

Commander Armand Balilio, the PCG spokesman, said the ill-fated vessel Alad Express 2 was bound for the capital city of Romblon in Romblon when the tragedy struck.

Citing initial reports, Balilio said the ferry with more than  50 passengers and crewmen on board left on Friday afternoon from Sibuyan island to the Romblon City port.

“While at sea, we were battered by big waves and strong winds which forced the ferry to crash into the rocks where it capsized and sank,” Balilio quoted one of the survivors as saying.

He added the PCG immediately sent a vessel to the area where it was assisted by fishermen in rescuing 45 passengers and crew as  it continued to search for the three missing people.

Also on Friday, police reported that two fishermen were missing when a cargo ship rammed into their boat off the town of Naujan in Mindoro Oriental province in Southern Luzon.

Police said the ship crewmen apparently were not aware of the ramming as it was seen proceeding towards the north.

Because of its archipelagic character of more than 7,000 islands, passenger ferries and motorbancas have become one of the most popular and cheapest forms of sea transports for people to go from one island to another.

But maritime experts warned that lax enforcement and aging vessels have been responsible for past maritime disasters until the government took the necessary steps by preventing, among others, ferries from leaving ports at the height of typhoons or storms.

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/06/14/mmea-searches-for-...

New ZetaTalk as of 6/17/2017

SOZT
It is not common for these big war ships to suffer a collision. How can they be missed? They are HUGE. Their radar is modern, and even if radio communication is faulty, fog horns and clanging bells cannot be missed. The public will never get anything but some vapid excuse, as usual, because both these collisions were caused by the Earth wobble. The cover-up over Nibiru will prevail. Both these collisions happened in an essential bay area, where water displacement did not have room to disburse easily. Look at the time of day for these collisions. 

The Fitzgerald was struck at 2:30 am on June 16, off the East Coast of Japan, when the Sun is rising over the Pacific and Nibiru’s magnetic N Pole is shoving the Earth’s magnetic N Pole as it looms up over the horizon. Japan is shoved violently northward during this Polar Push, creating a void in the bay area so  sloshing and wave action offshore along the Pacific occurred. Water seeks its level, and seeks to fill the void. Boats find themselves suddenly displaced, and thrown together.  

The Lake Champlain Ticonderoga collision occurred 12 hours later on May 9, in the afternoon when the Earth is doing a bounce back from the daily Polar Push against the Earth’s magnetic N Pole. Here S Korea was suddenly moved southward, again creating a void along its northern coastline, which results in the sloshing and wave action that can suddenly displace boats. Small boats in particular are unable to resist being carried by such wave action, which moves a LARGE amount of water en mass. 
EOZT

http://poleshift.ning.com/forum/topics/zetatalk-chat-for-june-24-20...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-navy-destroyer-collides-wit...

7 U.S. Navy sailors missing off Japan’s coast after destroyer collides with container ship

TOKYO — Seven U.S. Navy sailors are missing off the coast of Japan after an Aegis guided-missile destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald, collided with a container ship early Saturday, causing significant damage and flooding.

Three of the Fitzgerald’s crew members, including its commanding officer, Cmdr. Bryce Benson, were evacuated from the damaged vessel and are being treated at the U.S. naval hospital at Yokosuka, the home of the Navy’s Seventh Fleet.

Benson was reported to be in stable condition in the hospital, while the other two were still having their injuries assessed. The Seventh Fleet had set up an information center for families of sailors serving on the ship.

The cause of the collision was not yet clear.

“Right now we are focused on two things: the safety of the ship and the well-being of the sailors,” said Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. 

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald suffered damage when it collided with a Philippine-flagged merchant ship off Shimoda, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, on June 17, 2017. (Iori Sagisawa/AP)

The USS Dewey, another destroyer, and two naval tugboats were at the scene, about 12 miles from the Izu Peninsula and 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, searching for the missing sailors on Saturday. Two Japanese coast guard cutters with helicopters were helping. The Fitzgerald returned to Yokosuka Naval Base.

and another:

https://www.rt.com/news/387711-us-warship-collides-south-korea/

9 May, 2017. 
The USS Lake Champlain Ticonderoga-class cruiser has collided with a South Korean fishing vessel during drills in the Sea of Japan. The vessels crashed during a training mission in Japanese waters, 70 miles (112km) east of Gyeongbuk Province. No casualties have been reported so far. The cause of the accident remains unclear and is to be investigated. The boat suddenly appeared near the warship, which at the time was involved in drills along with another vessel. 

and today another:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FERRY_CRASH_THE_LATEST?SI...

Jun 17, 1:37 PM EDT The Latest: 13 injured after Massachusetts ferry crash

Latest News The Latest: 13 injured after Massachusetts ferry crash Ferry crashes into jetty, at least 6 injured HYANNISPORT, Mass. (AP) -- The Latest on a ferry crash in Massachusetts that left several people injured (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Fire officials have updated the number of people injured to 13 after a high-speed ferry struck a jetty in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, and began taking on water. The ferry Iyanough hit the jetty and grounded on the rocks at the Hyannis Harbor entrance Friday night. The vessel serves a 26-mile (42-kilometer) route between Nantucket and Hyannis. Hyannis Fire Capt. Bill Rex told The Boston Globe on Saturday that 56 passengers and crew members were removed from the boat. He said he had no reports of life-threatening injuries. A Cape Code hospital spokeswoman said the injured had been treated and released by noon Saturday. --- 4:30 a.m. The Coast Guard says at least six people were injured when a high-speed ferry struck a jetty in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, and began taking on water. The ferry Iyanough hit the jetty and grounded on the rocks at the Hyannis Harbor entrance around 10 p.m. Friday. It serves a 26-mile route between Nantucket and Hyannis. There were 48 passengers, 6 crew members and 3 food service workers on board the vessel at the time of the mishap. The Steamship Authoritiy says bad weather, strong winds and choppy seas are believed to have contributed to the grounding of the Iyanough, The Coast Guard says rescue crews worked into the night to transfer passengers and ferry crew. --- 1 a.m. The Coast Guard says at least four people were injured after a high-speed ferry struck a jetty in Hyannisport and began taking on water. The ferry Iyanough hit the jetty and grounded on the rocks at the Hyannis Harbor entrance around 10 p.m. Friday. It serves a 26-mile route between Nantucket and Hyannis. The Coast Guard says rescue crews will work into the night to safely transfer passengers and ferry crew. They also will assess the ferry's damage. The ferry is operated by the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, connecting the Massachusetts islands with the mainland. It can hold up to 400 people.

http://www.azaniapost.com/agenda/thanks-god-two-fishermen-escaped-d...

IT might look like fiction from a script of a boxoffice movie, but for two Comorians it was a matter of life and death.

The two fishermen in a bizarre incident survived for 17 days on the sea, without food and clean water, after their boat capsized while on a fishing mission.

The fishermen, who were trawling in the Indian Ocean, held onto dear life when their boat capsized at an unknown area in the sea and ended up being washed onto the shores of Malindi Beach in Zanzibar, on June 13, this year.

The two lucky men also have well-wishers to thank after they quickly informed the police when they were discovered unconscious along the beach.

The Urban West Regional Police Commander (RPC), Hassan Nassir, confirmed the incident and elaborated that the police rushed the survivors to Mnazi Mmoja Hospital in Zanzibar where they underwent special treatment for four days.

He went on to name the two Comorian fishermen as Mohamed Ali Rashid (35) and Mohamed Said Swalim (37) and revealed that they were discharged from hospital on Friday.

He said that the fishermen were thankful to hard work and brilliant services from the Mnazi Mmoja Hospital doctors and nurses, who spent sleepless nights to save their lives. According to the fishermen’s account from the hospital bed, they met the near death experience when they were fishing in the deep seas.

Their boat was hit by strong waves and despite drawing all their experience and expertise to try and save the situation; their efforts were futile as the boat succumbed to waves and capsized. The fishermen then began a long journey to uncertainty when they started to swim hoping to reach the shores.

The fishermen swam for 13 days while eating raw fish and drinking sea water. They went on to explain that when tired, they just floated on water and resume their journey when after resting. But, in a sudden turn of events that almost claimed their lives, the fishermen ran out of food something that made the last four days of the journey difficult.

They started starving and were powerless to continue swimming and it is when they decided to float on water, until the waves washed them along the shores at Malindi Beach.

Speaking with the ‘Sunday News’ a doctor at the hospital who preferred anonymity because he was not the spokesperson, said that the ‘miracle’ fishermen survivors were in critical condition when they arrived, suffering from Hypernatremia, a situation whereby one has excess sodium in the body. According to the doctor, the problem was caused by eating fresh fish and sea water in large amounts.

“They had no food and water so the only way they could survive was by eating fresh fish and drinking ‘salty’ sea water and that is why they had Hypernatremia. We managed to help them gain consciousness first and then continued with other treatments.

Hypernatremia patients feel dizziness or even lose consciousness after blood sodium levels are significantly elevated,” said the anonymous doctor.

He added; “We came to understand what really happened to them after one of our team members who speaks their language translated to us that their boat capsized and they survived on sea water all the days.”

Expounding further, he said the victims had less chances of being found alive if they had spent two to three more days without being discovered, commending doctors on duty that day saying they offered a ‘heroic’ service.

http://en.mercopress.com/2017/06/19/at-least-three-killed-as-argent...

At least three killed as Argentine fishing boat sinks off Chubut

Monday, June 19th 2017 - 10:07 UTC

The Mar del Plata-based “Repunte” had taken to sea from Puerto Madryn on June 13.

Argentine Coast Guard found Sunday the dead body of two of the nine crew members missing after Saturday's sinking of a fishing vessel off the coast of Argentina's southern province of Chubut, it was reported, while one more sailor whose body is yet to be retrieved is also feared dead and seven more are still missing.

The fishing vessel Repunte sank about 80 kilometers north of the coast of Rawson, in the Patagonian province of Chubut, it was reported. On Saturday, the Coast Guard managed to

rescue two survivors and detected the lifeless body of another sailor, shortly before stopping the search due to the weather that hit the area since the beginning of the weekend and for which the provincial government declared a state of emergency.

An airplane, a helicopter and the Coast Guard ship Prefecto Derbes are taking part in the search amidst waves of up to ten metres.

It all began Saturday morning, when the captain of the Argentine-flagged Repunte signaled the Maria Liliana, which sailed 16 nautical miles (about 32 kilometers) apart, that they were abandoning the ship in the middle of a strong storm.

The latter contacted the coastal station in Comodoro Rivadavia to request assistance, after which the search and rescue operation was launched. Once at the scene, the Coast Guard found an empty liferaft and was able to rescue one person alive. Another survivor was rescued by the helicopter's crew as well as one dead body.

The Mar del Plata-based Repunte had taken to sea from Puerto Madryn on June 13.

Federal authorites from Chubut's capital, Rawson, are in charge of investigating the incident.

Coast Guard helps 33 when rough waters capsize, swamp boats on Lake Erie

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/06/coast_guard_helps_33_bo...

Posted on June 25, 2017 at 4:58 PM

The U.S. Coast Guard helped a total of 33 boaters on Saturday when bad weather created rough water on Lake Erie, causing vessels to take on water or capsize.

The military said its crews rescued 19 people and escorted another 14 back to shore in four separate weather-related incidents.

The first incident occurred about 1:45 p.m. Saturday, June 24, about a mile off Gem Beach on Catawba Island, near Sandusky.

"Coast Guard Sector Detroit command center received notification of a pontoon boat, with 12 adults aboard, that was hit by rough seas and taking on water," the Coast Guard said in a news release.

Of the dozen, three in the water were rescued by a U.S. Customs and Boarder Patrol boat crew. The other nine still aboard the pontoon were given an escort back to Gem Beach Marine by the Coast Guard. There were no injuries.

Less than an hour later, Station Erie received a "mayday" call from someone aboard a 28-foot charter boat with seven people aboard. The operator said the boat was taking on water. The boat was sitting about three miles offshore of the Walnut Creek Access.

All those aboard were helped from the water by a Coast Guard boat crew. They were brought to shore, where paramedics waited. One person was treated for inhaling water.

At 8:20 p.m. Saturday, 911 dispatch relayed a call to Station Erie that a 22-foot boat with a dozen people on board had capsized in Presque Isle Bay. Of those, 10 were rescued by a Coast Guard boat crew, and a good Samaritan helped the other two. None were injured.

In the day's fourth rescue, Coast Guard staff from Station Erie rescued two kayakers while on patrol.

The day's weather conditions had winds whipping up 4-foot waves. A small craft advisory had been issued.

"These cases we were involved in today highlight the importance of wearing a life jacket at all times, and knowing the weather conditions before getting underway," said Petty Officer 2nd Class James Stephenson, a member of one of the rescue crews from Station Erie. "Today could have been dramatically different and could easily have ended in tragedy for any one of these people." 

http://gulfnews.com/news/africa/dozens-missing-as-cameroon-army-boa...

'Dozens' missing as Cameroon army boat sinks

Vessel carrying troops from elite Rapid Intervention Brigade capsizes off south-west coast of country

Published: 04:00 July 17, 2017

Yaoundi: A Cameroon army vessel transporting “dozens” of troops from the elite Rapid Intervention Brigade capsized on Sunday off the country’s southwestern coast, a security source told AFP.

The boat “capsized on Sunday between the city of Limbe and Bakassi. There were dozens of troops on board, including a colonel,” the source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The Rapid Intervention Brigade is in the front line of Cameroon’s fight against Boko Haram extremists in the far north.

“The army has begun searches,” the source said, while another source close to the Cameroon army said at least one body had been recovered.

As well as the troops the boat was also transporting equipment for construction work at a military base on the Bakassi peninsula, where the Brigade has helped to bring security after a previous spate of hostage-takings.

http://asiamaritime.net/7-dead-or-missing-after-vietnamese-ship-sin...

7 dead or missing after Vietnamese ship sinks in tropical storm

July 17, 2017

Rescue workers have been unable to locate where the 5,100-ton ship went down.

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201707210007.aspx

Taiwanese tourist drowns in boat capsize in Philippines

Manila, July 21 (CNA) A 63-year-old Taiwanese woman died when a boat capsized in Cebu in the central Philippines during bad weather, while a child in her group suffered pleural effusion, local police said Friday.

The woman, surnamed Chen (陳), was trapped under the boat after it capsized near a resort on Bantayin Island on July 19, according to the police.

All the other 11 Taiwanese tourists on the boat were safe, and the child with pleural effusion is in stable condition, the police said.

The boat was operating in gusting wind and heavy rainfall, the police said, adding that further investigation is needed to determine the responsibility of the boat's operator.

Chen was traveling as an independent tourist with 11 family members and friends, according to Taiwan's Tourism Bureau.

They arrived at Bantayin Island on July 17 and embarked for Virgin Island on July 19, the bureau said, but the weather deteriorated when the group was heading back, causing the boat to capsize, the bureau said.

The survivors were swept back to Virgin Island, where they were rescued. 

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A family of four and their Labrador dog were rescued last night by the volunteer Lyme Regis lifeboat crew, after their yacht was swamped by waves and sank at Charlton Bay, west of Lyme.

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The yacht was being sailed from Lyme Regis by Joe Coles, 56, from East Coker, Yeovil. Also on board were his wife Tania, sons Theo, 9, Hector, 19, and their 14-month-old Labrador Suki.

Mr Coles said: ‘We had been having a picnic and were close to the shore. Suki would not get on the boat. We got out of the boat to get the dog and two big waves hit the yacht and pretty much sank it.

‘We were all safely ashore but wet and cold, and very pleased when we saw the lifeboat. The whole thing was Suki’s fault really.’

The family had left Lyme in the 5.5m (18ft) vessel, called Llewellyn, just as the Red Devils were giving their display as part of the Lyme Regis RNLI Lifeboat Week.