Sailor Who Was Missing At Sea For 2 Days Speaks Out For The First Time

The sailor who was missing at sea for two days before being rescued clinging to the bow of his boat has spoken about his ordeal for the first time, reports Dailymail. 

Stuart Bee, 62, told the coastguard he ‘thought “this is it”‘ after he was found 86 miles from shore off Port Canaveral on Florida’s east coast on Sunday morning. 

What happened?

His boat had been experiencing mechanical issues before it sank but Bee had been asleep when ‘water gushed in the back and forced him up to the front’.

The...

https://mfame.guru/sailor-who-was-missing-at-sea-for-2-days-speaks-out-for-the-first-time/

NYK Bulk Carrier Rescues Distressed Sailors

NYK group dry bulk carrier rescues Sailors off the coast of Indonesia, reports Seanews.

Distressed sailors rescued

Six sailors in distress off the east coast of Kalimantan Island, Indonesia were rescued on Oct 18 by Sagar Shakti, a dry bulk carrier operated by the NYK Group company.

What happened?

While the vessel was sailing from Shanghai, China, to Samarinda, Indonesia, six sailors in life jackets were found in the water using drums for flotation. 

The ship immediately informed MRCC Indonesia and...

https://mfame.guru/nyk-bulk-carrier-rescues-distressed-sailors/

Mayte Medina, Chief of Office of Merchant Mariner Credential, Commercial Regulations and Standards Directorate, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, the U.S. Coast Guard

Meet Mayte Medina, Chair of the IMO HTW Sub-committee, (Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping) representing the US Coast Guard at IMO.

Mayte was born and raised in Panama and dreamt of becoming a Panama Canal Pilot as a little girl. She ended up working for the Panama Administration for 7 years after she graduated from Kings Point and sailed for a couple of years. Mayte has been working in the development and implementation of domestic and international maritime safety, security and...

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