(BBC) A fishing boat was saved after a major rescue operation off the coast of Fraserburgh.  Source

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• Coast Guard to carry out two days, search and rescue drills

     (Coast Guard News) Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England will conduct a two-day, search and rescue exercise Feb. 23-24. Source

• How to use Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Radios

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard Auxiliary explains Digital Selective Calling, or DSC, Radios, as well as the safety benefits of combining the new technology with the Coast Guard Rescue 21 system.  Source

• Russia agreed to ship oil to the North Sea Route

    Shipping major Sovcomflot will next year start shipping of oil along the Northern Sea Route, the company’s deputy General Director said last week. Speaking at last week’s Murmansk Economic Forum, company deputy Yevgenii Ambrosov said oil shipments will be sent along the Northern Sea Route from year 2010, MBnews.ru reports.

• Ship leaking fuel from Norway after the running of the soil

     A Chinese-owned dry-bulk vessel is leaking fuel after running aground near Langesund on the Norwegian coast during stormy conditions overnight, rescue authorities said on Friday. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said 16 sailors had been evacuated from the vessel and seven remained on the ship. The entire crew are Chinese nationals. “We

• Coast Guard accepts new Rescue 21 communications system in Northern California

     (coastguardnews.com)  The U.S.

• The improvement in the rescue – such as satellites make the seas safer

    While you wouldn’t want to go to sea envisaging having to be rescued, satellite AIS data is becoming more and more crucial in the safety of yachts at sea, as the new satellite technology is more and more used to source additional potential rescuers. In a recent report to the

• Two major emergencies weekend show crucial Lifejackets

     (powerboat-world)  Two separate marine emergencies on the weekend involved men overboard in extremely cold water and highlighted the critical need to wear lifejackets at sea.  Units of the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol, soon to become Marine Rescue NSW, were involved in searches at Port Stephens on the mid North Coast and Sussex

• Coast Guard assists in multiple-agency rescue near Wantagh, N.Y.

     (coastguardnews) The Coast Guard is assisting in a multiple-agency rescue of injured boaters after their 40-foot boat ran aground near Wantagh, N.Y., at approximately 7:30 p.m. today.  Source

• Multi-million rescue plan for major fisheries –

    A partnership has come to the rescue of an ageing quay structure that is essential to the future of the regionâ??s fishing industry. Read at Multi-million rescue plan for essential fishing quay

• IMO bravery award

    The 2009 IMO Awards for Exceptional Bravery at Sea have been presented to a professional rescue swimmer who, in Arctic conditions, single-handedly rescued eight crew members of a foundered vessel in the Bering Sea, and to two amateur sailors who rescued three people from a sunken yacht in very heavy

• Coast Guard rescues two dramatic rescue

     (coastguardnews)  The Coast Guard saved two lives and searched for a third victim in a dramatic sea rescue Sunday when several victims were swept into the water by a large wave off Acadia National Park, Maine.  Source

• Emergency spurs big ocean search

     (workboat) Coast Guard officials are asking for the public’s help in determining whether a distress call that prompted a large search and rescue mission in Penobscot Bay on Saturday was a legitimate emergency or a costly hoax.  Source

• Boston Cutter rescues sailors during the journey home

     (coastguardnews)  The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca returned to Boston today after responding to two search and rescue cases between Long Island, N.Y., and New Jersey on their way home from a three-month, $2.8 million dry dock in Norfolk, Va. Source

• LNG Carrier receives commendation for rescue organizations

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• Update: Search Go follows the report of the Newport Bridge

     (projo) A Newport Fire Department rescue boat and the U.S. Coast Guard have been searching Narragansett Bay since around 7 a.m