Significant Maritime Incidents

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Date: 04/11/2024

Monday 4th November, 12:30 am – RCC Bermuda received a 911 call from a concerned member of the public ashore regarding the safety of windsurfers on North Shore, Murrays Anchorage, St George. The Duty Officer was able to monitor the windsurfers from the operations room at Fort George and concluded that the windsurfers did not require any assistance.


Date: 03/11/2024

Sunday 3rd November, 2:30 am – The United States Coast Guard contacted RCC Bermuda regarding a crew member who needed to disembark from a ship due to a medical emergency. The Norwegian registered supply ship ISLAND PRIDE had contacted RCC Stavanger and received medical assistance via telephone advising them to divert to the closest port. Bermuda was found to be closest and the ship disembarked the patient to the pilot boat to meet an ambulance waiting at Ordnance Island, St George, later that evening. The ship was scheduled to call at Bermuda later in the week for a planned crew change and went alongside Penno’s Wharf the following morning.


Date: 01/11/2024

Friday 1st November, 8:45 am – RCC Bermuda received a telephone call from the shipping agent acting on behalf of the Greek registered tanker HOMERIC which was on passage from Mexico to Spain. A crew member onboard had been involved in an accident and suffered a broken arm; the ship diverted to Bermuda with an ETA of 2 pm on the same day. The crewmember disembarked to the Pilot Boat St George for onward transportation to hospital by an ambulance which was arranged to meet the patient at Ordnance Island.


Date: 26/10/2024

Saturday 26th October, 1:54 pm – The shipping agent for the passenger ship NORWEGIAN EPIC contacted RCC Bermuda to advise the ship on passage from the Azores to Port Canaveral intends to divert to Bermuda to disembark a crew member with a suspected appendicitis. The crew member, escorted by a member of the ships medical team, disembarked onto the pilot /recue boat St David to be transported to an ambulance waiting at Ordnance Island, St George. The ship continued its passage to Port Canaveral.


Date: 26/10/2024

Saturday 26th October, 8:10 pm - Bermuda Radio was advised of 30 ft Pleasure Craft with 6 people onboard aground in the vicinity of Paradise Lakes on the marked shoal between Fern and Eta Island. Two Coast Guard vessels attended and transported all onboard to Barrs Bay as the boat was hard aground. The boat was refloated at high water the following morning and returned to the Dinghy Club without further incident.


Date: 25/10/2024

Friday 25th October, 8:06 am – Bermuda Coast Guard had received an email from the family member of a single-handed sailor who departed Nova Scotia on the 17th October onboard S/V ELEUTHEROS and was now in a position 240 miles north of Bermuda. RCC Bermuda followed up with the family member, there was some concern as the vessel is only 33 ft in length, made of wood and not fitted with an engine. Direct contact was made with the single handed sailor via their Garmin device and regular position information was received. The boat sailed into St Georges Harbour around noon on Monday 28th October without incident.


Date: 22/10/2024

Tuesday 22nd October, 6:20 pm – A member of the public called Bermuda Radio advising of a vessel which had recently sunk in Jew’s Bay, the vessels Marine & Ports number was visible and the contact details up to date allowing the owner to be informed. A marine contractor was employed to salvage the vessel which was landed ashore on Friday 25th October.


Date: 21/10/2024

Monday 21st October, 9:54 am – RCC Bermuda received an EPIRB alert from a Bermuda registered passenger ship. Contact was made with the company’s fleet operations centre, they were able to advise the ship was alongside in Maderia and would call the ship to confirm the situation onboard. A short while later they advised everything was normal onboard and the alert was the result of accidental activation during testing.


Date: 14/10/2024

Monday 14th October, 8:00 pm – Bermuda Radio received a telephone call from a concerned person ashore advising that a family member had broken down on a Jet Ski and was stranded on an island off Coopers Island. Speaking to the Jet Ski operator directly revealed the Jet Ski had beached on Non-Such Island with 2 people on board. The Coast Guard were able to assist and dropped the 2 people from the ski at the Airport dock, the Jet Ski remained beached. A boat with 2 people onboard went to recover the jet Ski, unfortunately the boat also broke down and ended up disabled and at anchor off Non-Such Island, friends assisted, and the Jet Ski and boat were towed ashore the following day.