On the morning of July 8, 2024, a medical emergency occurred on the German sailing yacht "Josephina" northwest of Heligoland. The patrol boat 'Potsdam' of the Federal Police received a radio message from the sailing yacht at around 3:30 a.m. The sailing yacht requested medical assistance because a crew member was complaining of severe chest pain. The 'Potsdam' was within range of the "Josephina" at the time and immediately offered its help to the MRCC Bremen. The nearby 'Costa Favolosa' was also involved in the responsce. The ship attempted to ferry its doctor on board the sailing yacht. Due to the weather conditions, however, the cruise ship was unable to transfer hun onto the sailing vessel with its tender boat. The B'Potsdam' then deployed its inspection boat, took the cruise ship's doctor on board and brought him onto the sailing yacht with two paramedics of the federal police. Together they managed to stabilize the patient and transport him onto the 'Potsdam'. A helicopter with an emergency doctor on board that had landed on police vessel in the meantime took over the patient and flew him to a hospital. The inspection boat of the "Potsdam" then brought the ship's doctor back onto the cruise ship. Report with photo: https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/70260/5818473
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USKO MFU
Ukraine's security services have seized the Usko Mfu for allegedly transporting grain illegally through the closed Black Sea ports of Russian-occupied Crimea, the country's General Prosecutor’s Office said on July 11, 2024. The ship had entered and exited the Port of Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean peninsula in November 2023 and again this May, violating a Ukrainian ban and international maritime law. While in Sevastopol the cargo ship was loaded with more than 3,000 tons of grain and subsequently entered the Port of Sevastopol to unload cargo from Turkey. The investigators argued the ship’s crew knew they were violating international law, because before entering Sevastopol they switched off the AIS, making its movements harder to track. The prosecutors detained the vessel on the basis of a court order. On board they discovered documents issued by the Sevastopol trade port administration to the crew. The ship’s captain, an Azerbaijani citizen, is also suspected of illegally crossing the border of the occupied part of Ukraine. The Ukrainian court must now decide what measures to take against the ship's captain, and must turn the vessel over to a state agency that handles seized assets.
CRUISE BARCELONA
On July 13, 2024, short before 5 a.m., the SAR-helicopter Helimer 207 was mobilized by the Barcelona center of Salvamento Maritimo after the International Radiomedical Center had requested the urgent evacuation of a sick passenger on board the Cruise Barcelona. The Helimer 207 e Holsten the Patient and transporter him to the Girona airport, where He was further cared for by health professionals.
CARIBBEAN PRINCESS
Aydin Brown, a 14-year-old American boy was missing for three days after he disembarked from the 'Caribbean Princess', on which he was traveling with his grandmother, in Rostock-Warnemünde on July 4, 2024. He was found safe on July 6 at about 10 p.m. Saturday in the city of Brandenburg, which is about 120 miles south of the port. Intensive investigations and the analysis of technical data led the Rostock criminal police to track down the youth, who had been staying near Potsdam. A 19-year-old who Brown apparently had arranged to meet was with him onm the night if July 6. There was no evidence of a criminal offense Earlier that day, state and local police distributed three new photos of Brown as their search continued. Two of the photos, captured from security video, included an unknown man who appeared to be speaking with Brown. In an earlier statement, Rostock municipal police said they wanted to identify him as they searched for the missing teen. Brown hasbeen reunited with his family Brown’s grandmother left the ship on the night of July 4, amid the first hours of the search for Brown, and the company flew his mother to Germany.
PACIFIC EXPLORER
A passenger aboard the Pacific Explorer experienced a medical emergency shortly after the ship departed from Auckland on July 8, 2024. The emergecy occurred at 03:50 a.m., prompting a swift response from Hato Hone St John (charitable organization), who was assessed and transported to Auckland City Hospital in serious condition. The Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) managed the operation, determining it was necessary to turn the vessel back toward Auckland to facilitate the medevac. The passenger, identified as a young person, was safely evacuated upon the ship's return to port. The Police Maritime Unit assisted in the transfer from the ship to the hospital, ensuring the patient received prompt medical attention.