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Lowered down 296ft, it must have been the longest 2 minutes and 55 seconds for one lucky climber who waited while our coastguard winchman was lowered down.
Closing the Maritime 2050 strategy event, Nusrat Ghani explains how government and industry can work together to ensure maritime sector careers are open to all.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Announcing the publication of Maritime 2050 strategy.
Maritime 2050 strategy outlines proposals to keep the maritime industry in the UK flourishing.
Coastguard has advised the public to avoid the coastal path and base of the cliff between Oxwich Church and Oxwich Point at Oxwich Beach after a rock fall.
Stornoway coastguard helicopter captured this amazing scenery after being called to rescue a fallen walker with a leg injury.
A man was seriously hurt, although alive he was in a precarious position on cliffs on St Kilda, on the Outer Hebrides, Scotland with a 200 foot drop below him.
HM Coastguard coordinated assistance to a bulk carrier grounded on the western side of the port entrance between Swanpool and Gullyngvase on 18 December.
Two people have been rescued after their personal locator beacon alerted HM Coastguard to the fact their yacht was in trouble off the Solomon Islands.
Fishermen rescued in gale force conditions in the English Channel.
A man has been rescued from a cliff face in Green Stane, near Eyemouth after he was forced to climb it to escape a large colony of aggressive seals on the beach.
Incredible scenes as coastguard rescues fisherman in rough seas.
Red Falcon ferry collides with two yatchs during heavy fog.
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) is set to increase its fees for the first time in over ten years – giving it the flexibility to invest further in the services it provides to the maritime sector.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that Five foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during September 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Green performance indicators in the ICS performance table. Paris MOU endorsement and our fleet now tops 16.5 million GT for the first time since June 2013.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that eight foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during August 2018 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.
Brian Johnson to replace Sir Alan Massey as the Maritime & Coastguard Agency’s new Chief Executive.
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