News and communications

Two fatalities following the loss of control of a powerboat near Little Thatch Island, British Virgin Islands.

• Updated: 25 April 2024

The wait is nearly over for fans of the hit Channel 5 documentary Coastguard: Search and Rescue SOS as the brand-new second series is primed to air at 8pm on Sunday 28 April. 

• Updated: 24 April 2024

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team of accident investigators at MAIB, Southampton.

• Updated: 8 April 2024

Read our latest collection of lessons learned from marine accidents.

• Updated: 2 April 2024

Fatal fall overboard from a fishing vessel approximately 150 nautical miles west of Ireland.

• Updated: 8 February 2024

Warning to owners and operators of beam and scallop trawlers following a chain failure on scallop dredger Honeybourne III resulting in loss of life.

• Updated: 7 February 2024

The Cranston Inquiry has been set up to look into the events of 24 November 2021, when at least 27 people lost their lives crossing the Channel.

• Updated: 11 January 2024

Loss of life when a high-speed passenger craft made heavy contact with a navigation buoy in Southampton Water, England.

• Updated: 14 December 2023

Loss of life when a fire-extinguishing system inadvertently activated on board a beam trawler in Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall, England.

• Updated: 7 December 2023

Grounding of a general cargo vessel on the island of Eilean Trodday in the Little Minch, off the west coast of Scotland.

• Updated: 30 November 2023

Establishment of an independent non-statutory inquiry into the November 2021 incident when at least 27 people lost their lives crossing the Channel.

• Updated: 9 November 2023

Flooding and partial sinking of an inflatable boat in the Dover Strait with at least 27 lives lost.

• Updated: 9 November 2023

Announcing an inquiry into the events of 24 November 2021, when at least 27 people lost their lives crossing the Channel.

• Updated: 9 November 2023

Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) statement in response to the MAIB report into the loss of life in the Channel on 24 November 2021.

• Updated: 9 November 2023

Lifeboat davit failure during a crew familiarisation drill on a polar research vessel on Loch Buie, Isle of Mull, Scotland.

• Updated: 2 November 2023

Read our latest collection of lessons learned from marine accidents.

• Updated: 2 October 2023

Warning issued to owners and operators of small commercial passenger vessels following a serious passenger injury during a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) ride.

• Updated: 15 September 2023

Owner sentenced after member of crew on Atlantic crossing world record bid died after being washed overboard.

• Updated: 14 September 2023

Collision between a general cargo vessel and a split hopper barge in the Bornholmsgat traffic separation scheme off Sweden, resulting in the loss of two lives.

• Updated: 8 September 2023

Warning issued for DSB liferafts certified by the service station Comfer Marin SL after a liferaft fails to inflate during the abandonment of a fishing vessel.

• Updated: 24 August 2023