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At least eight people could have died in incidents at sea last year if rescue missions had not been mounted, it has been revealed. The rescues were among 405 “incidents of concern” logged by the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre and were highlighte...

Boats and wellwishers turned out yesterday to greet a new cargo ship designed to improve the shipping service to Bermuda. The MV Oleander, a custom-built container ship, arrived in Hamilton Harbour from its builders in China with her horn blowing. Ne...

A sailor on a Taiwanese-registered fishing vessel was lost overboard 320 miles north-east of the island on Sunday night. An incident report said the Chen Hsing No1 reported that a 30-year-old crew member had fallen overboard at about 11pm. Rescue Co-...

A Dutch merchant vessel has turned towards Bermuda after a crewman began to suffer respiratory issues. The MV Rolldock Sea contacted the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre minutes after 10pm last night to say it was steering towards the island becaus...

The family of a woman killed in a boat crash in Bermuda have launched legal actions in Britain over her death. Mary McKee, 62, from Christchurch, New Zealand, died on June 1, 2017 after the inflatable boat she was travelling in was struck by a speedb...

A 24-year-old man killed in a boat crash was a hard worker with a bright future, friends and former employers said yesterday. Cameron Patkos, a close friend who now lives in Toronto, said Adrian Hassell, who was from Sandys, was his oldest friend. Mr...

A man died after a boat hit rocks off the West End in the early hours of yesterday. Officers were alerted after one of the three people on board knocked on the door of seniors home Lefroy House in Sandys at about 4.40am and asked for medical help. A ...

A cruise ship’s mooring lines broke during strong winds in Dockyard in the early hours of yesterday morning. The P&O cruise ship Arcadia broke free at about 2.53am. According to a caption on a video posted by the Port Bermuda webcam, “the ship drifte...

A Canadian registered sail boat had to be towed in to Bermuda on Friday after is engine and VHF radio failed. Just after 1pm, Harbour Radio received notification of an “urgency” signal from, Misty Blue II, a 34-foot vessel, which was stranded 15 mil...

An American sailor appealed for help yesterday to reunite him with his fiancée and young son after he survived a storm ordeal at sea. John Wilbourne was forced to put into Bermuda after his boat suffered severe damage — and cannot afford to make th...

Two seniors were brought to Bermuda in separate ship medical evacuations yesterday. A 67-year-old crewman on the US-registered bulk grain carrier Liberty Grace was suffering from unexplained dizziness. The vessel was travelling from Galveston, Texas,...

A boat crash that killed a New Zealand visitor was a “wake-up call” for Bermudian mariners, the head of the island’s Water Safety Council said yesterday. Scott Simmons emphasised Bermuda had an excellent marine safety record, but that the killer cras...