PAITA, Peru, March 15 (Reuters) – A Peruvian fisherman who spent 95 days lost in the Pacific Ocean, eating roaches, birds and sea turtles to survive, is returning home to his family. Maximo…
https://gcaptain.com/peru-fisherman-lost-for-95-days-in-pacific-ocean-returns-home/
By Renee Maltezou ATHENS, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Greece’s Ombudsman has found that the coast guard failed to follow maritime rules in one of the Mediterranean’s worst shipwrecks in 2023, raising the…
A 17-year-old kayaker was rescued after spending nearly 10 harrowing hours adrift in the Pacific Ocean off Honolulu last week. The incident, which began as a routine high school paddling…
https://gcaptain.com/teen-kayakers-miraculous-rescue-10-hour-ordeal-off-honolulu-ends-safely/
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In a dramatic turn of events, HMNZS Manawanui, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newly upgraded hydrographic salvage and support ship, sank off the coast of…
The U.S. Coast Guard saved a man and his loyal canine companion from a perilous situation off the coast of Florida as Hurricane Helene raged on Thursday. The dramatic rescue…
PARIS, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Eight people have died trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said on Sunday, confirming earlier media reports. This latest incident follows the…
https://gcaptain.com/english-channel-migrant-deaths-france-crossing/
JOHANNESBURG, May 18 (Reuters) – Search and rescue efforts were underway in South Africa on Saturday to find 11 fishermen missing at sea after their vessel sunk off the coast of Cape…
https://gcaptain.com/rescuers-search-for-11-fishermen-missing-at-sea-in-south-africa/
by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) On June 13, a grim and preventable disaster unfolded in the Mediterranean Sea. A fishing trawler known as the Adriana, overburdened with around 750 migrants,…
https://gcaptain.com/a-closer-look-at-the-migrant-boat-disaster-off-greece/
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard rescued a cruise ship passenger Thursday evening, approximately 20 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a…
https://gcaptain.com/coast-guard-rescues-overboard-cruise-ship-passenger/
by John Konrad (gCaptian) Today at a launch event in California, Apple announced they built emergency satellite communication it’s calling “Emergency SOS” into the new iPhone 14. Carried by all…
https://gcaptain.com/apple-announces-epirb-like-satellite-sos-feature/