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Loss of 137 containers from a container ship in the North Pacific Ocean.
Coastguard rescue teams on the Isle of Lewis were called out to ensure care workers were able to reach vulnerable and elderly people during the stormy weather.
Fatal fall on board fishing vessel Artemis in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland.
As we enter a new year and a new decade we鈥檙e looking back at what鈥檚 been a busy 12 months for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency.
Imagine a total stranger saves your life by stepping in to help you at a time of emergency, but you have no way of thanking them?
Vessel owners can claim back 拢200 per item towards the cost of buying PFDs with integrated PLBs for their crew by applying to Seafish.
Explosion and fire on board the chemical tanker Stolt Groenland at the Port of Ulsan, Republic of Korea.
Fatal fall into the River Mersey while boarding a tug at the Tranmere Oil Terminal, Birkenhead, England.
HM Coastguard coordinated the rescue of two fishermen from the water after their fishing vessel sank off the Isle Of Man.
Two people were dramatically rescued off Cornwall on the morning of 18th November after their sailing vessel began taking on water and started to sink.
Watch the dramatic moment when a man was rescued by a HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter in a remote area of Cornwall on Sunday 10th November.
Fatal man overboard from a single-handed creel boat off Macduff, Scotland.
Rescue teams and the Coastguard Operations Centre in Shetland have been awarded the prestigious Department for Transport Rescue Shield.
Keel failure and capsize of a UK registered charter yacht off Punta Rasca, Tenerife.
HM Coastguard received multiple 999 calls the evening of October 26 from the public who saw a woman and her dog being washed off the breakwater and into the sea.
Testing of marine autonomous surface ships (MASS) has been given a boost after site chosen in Portland, Dorset.
HM Coastguard assisted with the precautionary evacuation of 115 personnel from the Thistle Platform, located approximately 125 miles North East of Shetland.
Investment in road, rail, port and digital infrastructure to improve links and drive growth.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
High tides and extra large waves are set for this weekend and the combination of tides, winds and large sea swells along Britain鈥檚 coastlines means HM Coastguard is asking people to take extra care and be 鈥榳ind and wave safe鈥�
Grounding of a general cargo vessel on Pentland Skerries, Scotland.
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