The recreational boat 'Baluma Primero', with two people on board, was disabled and adrift due to an engine failure on the Costa da Vela. The CCS Vigo of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Mirach', which took the boat in tow and safely pulled it to the Liceo Marítimo de Bouzas. Photos: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1824458693716611246
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DESERT PIONEER
On Aug 14, 2024, the 'Desert Pioneer' requested the medevac of a crew member about 275 nautical miles southwest of El Hierro. AHD.21 helicopter and a D.4 aircraft from Wing 46 were deployed to the ship, and the man was hoisted and taken to shore. The response was coordinated by the ARCC Canarias and Salvamentogob. Photos: https://x.com/Ala46_ea/status/1823827173209465175
CARIBBEAN PRINCESS
The 'Caribbean Princess' stopped off the coast of the Isle of Wight on Aug 13 at around 6 p,m, after a passenger suffered a medical emergency. The Sandown Lifeboat and the Coastguard helicopter from Lee-on-the-Solent were called to the incident. The patient was disembarked and taken to shore, where he was transferred to an ambulance. The ship had left Southampton at 4.30 p.m. en route to Iceland, and is due back in the city on August 29.
MSC EURIBIA
On Aug 10, 2024, the federal police arrested a Ukrainian, who was aboard the "MSC Euribia", in the port of Kiel. The 53-year-old man was arrested during entry control. The officers' routine comparison of the passenger list before entering the port resulted in the manhunt. The Hamburg public prosecutor's office had issued an arrest warrant against the man for tax evasion from a previous case. The arrest warrant had been suspended at the time in favour of deportation to Ukraine. However, it remains valid in the event of re-entry or a return to Germany. After the police measures had been completed, he must now serve the remainder of his prison sentence of 1,152 days for tax evasion. It is unclear why the man booked a cruise with a German port of call despite the entry ban. He may have assumed that there would be no border controls when traveling in the Schengen area. The arrest warrant would no longer have been valid next year, according to the federal police. He may have boarded in Copenhagen and had not taken into account that the federal police check all lists of passengers and crew members before entering a German port as part of border police measures.
SUPEREXPRESS
On the afternoon of Aug 13, 2024, the Port Authority of Tinos was informed by the Master of the 'Superexpress', which was running a scheduled route from the port of Tinos to the port of Rafina, that it was deemed unsafe to continue sailing and returned to the port of Tinos. After the ship's departure, there was a fight between 14 passengers in the ship's salon. Upon the return of the ferry to the port of Tinos, officers of the Port Authority with the assistance of officers of the Police Department of Tinos proceeded to the arrest of the passengers for violation of article 292 of the Civil Code. (Obstruction of traffic). In further investigations, two guns (replicas) were found in luggage, which were confiscated. At the request of the ship-owning company, two officers of the Port Authority of Tinos boarded the ship to continue its route to the port of Rafina, where it arrived safely. A preliminary investigation was carried out by the Port Authority of Tinos.