Ship In Distress

The Indian Coast Guard rescued eight people from a flooded boat after receiving a distress call almost 20 km off the coast of Kundapura in Karnataka.

The Coast Guard ship Agrim and helicopter in a joint operation rescued 5 crew members including foreigners from a distressed Switzerland flagged-yacht Poorima in the early hours of Friday.

Indian Coast Guard ships and aircraft have been deployed in the Bay of Bengal area to shepherd the fishing boats at sea to safer locations and provide assistance to vessels in distress, said an official statement released on Wednesday.

The US Fifth Fleet said on Thursday that its vessels in the Middle East have received distress calls from two tankers reportedly under attack in the Gulf of Oman.

An export ship due to carry more than 50,000 sheep to the Middle East has been blocked from leaving Australia after secret footage emerged of distressed animals dying and struggling to breathe in filthy conditions.

The Indian Coast Guard has rescued 27 personnel off a flooded barge in the Arabian Sea of Ullal near Mangaluru in Karnataka. While four of them were rescued yesterday, the rest were saved from danger around 5.30 this morning. The vessel, Dredger Ibis, was reported to be in distress on Saturday at 8pm about four kilometres south of the Mangaluru Old...

Martin Gottesfeld and his wife made a distress call Tuesday from a sailboat and were picked up by the nearby ship, federal prosecutors said.

Indian Navy today deployed a helicopter for assistance after a merchant vessel with 20 persons onboard listed off the Vasai coast in neighbouring Palghar district.

Greece is sending a navy frigate and a helicopter to locate a cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants in the northern Ionian Sea after authorities received a distress call from someone on board the ship, authorities said.

The family of one of the sailors who died while trying to abandon a ship stranded off the coast of Chennai by cyclone Nilam has filed a petition in court alleging that the vessel was not sea-worthy and had no food or fuel on board. This comes amid allegations that the Coast Guard ignored distress calls by the ship, MT Pratibha Cauvery.

INS Godavari has successfully foiled a piracy attempt on a Greek ship MV Elinakos in the Gulf of Aden. Eight Somali pirates attempted to hijack the Greek ship on July 16 Jul. INS Godavari was escorting four other ships at the time in the Gulf of Aden, when it received the distress call.

At sea, 300 miles from Mumbai, an oil tanker was being battered by huge waves. The Coast Guard received a distress message from the ship, the MV Jana, at 4 pm on Sunday.   Three crew members on board the tanker had been seriously injured after a particularly high wave crashed into the shop. One of the men had broken his legs and ribs. The...

The Indian Coast Guard rescued eight people from a flooded boat after receiving a distress call almost 20 km off the coast of Kundapura in Karnataka.

The Coast Guard ship Agrim and helicopter in a joint operation rescued 5 crew members including foreigners from a distressed Switzerland flagged-yacht Poorima in the early hours of Friday.

Indian Coast Guard ships and aircraft have been deployed in the Bay of Bengal area to shepherd the fishing boats at sea to safer locations and provide assistance to vessels in distress, said an official statement released on Wednesday.

The US Fifth Fleet said on Thursday that its vessels in the Middle East have received distress calls from two tankers reportedly under attack in the Gulf of Oman.

An export ship due to carry more than 50,000 sheep to the Middle East has been blocked from leaving Australia after secret footage emerged of distressed animals dying and struggling to breathe in filthy conditions.

The Indian Coast Guard has rescued 27 personnel off a flooded barge in the Arabian Sea of Ullal near Mangaluru in Karnataka. While four of them were rescued yesterday, the rest were saved from danger around 5.30 this morning. The vessel, Dredger Ibis, was reported to be in distress on Saturday at 8pm about four kilometres south of the Mangaluru Old...

Martin Gottesfeld and his wife made a distress call Tuesday from a sailboat and were picked up by the nearby ship, federal prosecutors said.

Indian Navy today deployed a helicopter for assistance after a merchant vessel with 20 persons onboard listed off the Vasai coast in neighbouring Palghar district.

Greece is sending a navy frigate and a helicopter to locate a cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants in the northern Ionian Sea after authorities received a distress call from someone on board the ship, authorities said.

The family of one of the sailors who died while trying to abandon a ship stranded off the coast of Chennai by cyclone Nilam has filed a petition in court alleging that the vessel was not sea-worthy and had no food or fuel on board. This comes amid allegations that the Coast Guard ignored distress calls by the ship, MT Pratibha Cauvery.

INS Godavari has successfully foiled a piracy attempt on a Greek ship MV Elinakos in the Gulf of Aden. Eight Somali pirates attempted to hijack the Greek ship on July 16 Jul. INS Godavari was escorting four other ships at the time in the Gulf of Aden, when it received the distress call.

At sea, 300 miles from Mumbai, an oil tanker was being battered by huge waves. The Coast Guard received a distress message from the ship, the MV Jana, at 4 pm on Sunday.   Three crew members on board the tanker had been seriously injured after a particularly high wave crashed into the shop. One of the men had broken his legs and ribs. The...