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A father and son have been rescued and brought ashore after their boat broke down and their attempt to repair it went wrong.
A man had a lucky escape after being thrown into the water, dragged under a ferry but surfacing on the other side.
The UK Ship Register has become 1 of only around 20 in the world to keep the United States Coast Guard (USCG) award for excellence.
New high-tech equipment that can be deployed anywhere in the UK to clean up oil spills has been tested for the first time in Belfast.
10 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during May 2014 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
A Cardiff sailing club and its chief instructor have been sentenced after failing to take proper care of children on one of their courses.
A climber who fell down a 35 ft cliff was taken to hospital by Coastguard helicopter on Sunday 25 May.
A man whose yacht had broken down was found by the RNLI Berwick Lifeboat just after midnight on Sunday 25 May.
This is a statement from Her Majesty's Coastguard on the search operation for the Cheeki Rafiki, carried out by the US Coast Guard.
A man has had a lucky escape after being thrown from his speedboat in Teignmouth Quay.
A man has been rescued off the west Wales coast today (Friday 16 May 2014) following a major fire on his boat.
2 divers from Kent have today (Thursday 15 May 2014) pleaded guilty to not declaring valuable items from shipwrecks off the UK coast.
Progress has been made in improving UK maritime security through strong working partnerships between the maritime sector and government.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Maritime security is vital and the new UK national strategy will make us more robust and more resilient.
12 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during April 2014 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Portland Coastguard is warning boaters to check the weather before they set out and make sure they have a way to call for help if needed.
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