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As we enter a new year and a new decade we’re looking back at what’s been a busy 12 months for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency.
Imagine a total stranger saves your life by stepping in to help you at a time of emergency, but you have no way of thanking them?
Vessel owners can claim back £200 per item towards the cost of buying PFDs with integrated PLBs for their crew by applying to Seafish.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that five foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during November 2019 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection.
Explosion and fire on board the chemical tanker Stolt Groenland at the Port of Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson has been recognised as a private chart producer, following their application to the MCA
Fatal fall into the River Mersey while boarding a tug at the Tranmere Oil Terminal, Birkenhead, England.
HM Coastguard coordinated the rescue of two fishermen from the water after their fishing vessel sank off the Isle Of Man.
Two people were dramatically rescued off Cornwall on the morning of 18th November after their sailing vessel began taking on water and started to sink.
Watch the dramatic moment when a man was rescued by a HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter in a remote area of Cornwall on Sunday 10th November.
Fatal man overboard from a single-handed creel boat off Macduff, Scotland.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that six foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during October 2019 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection.
Rescue teams and the Coastguard Operations Centre in Shetland have been awarded the prestigious Department for Transport Rescue Shield.
Keel failure and capsize of a UK registered charter yacht off Punta Rasca, Tenerife.
HM Coastguard received multiple 999 calls the evening of October 26 from the public who saw a woman and her dog being washed off the breakwater and into the sea.
Testing of marine autonomous surface ships (MASS) has been given a boost after site chosen in Portland, Dorset.
HM Coastguard assisted with the precautionary evacuation of 115 personnel from the Thistle Platform, located approximately 125 miles North East of Shetland.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that five foreign flagged ships remained under detention in UK ports during September 2019 after failing port state control (PSC) inspection.
Investment in road, rail, port and digital infrastructure to improve links and drive growth.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
High tides and extra large waves are set for this weekend and the combination of tides, winds and large sea swells along Britain’s coastlines means HM Coastguard is asking people to take extra care and be ‘wind and wave safe…
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