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HM Coastguard, the RNLI and RYA are working together to launch their water safety campaign aimed at recreational boaters
Loss of propulsion in heavy weather experienced by a passenger vessel while crossing the Bay of Biscay, leading to over 100 injuries and one fatality.
For 2026 to 2027, the light dues rate will increase to 46 pence per tonne to support the high-quality service on which the maritime sector relies.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Loder as chief inspector.
This funding will boost skilled jobs and coastal economies, and forms part of a £448 million commitment to clean maritime funding.
We are seeking an Investigations Data & Support Manager to join our Southampton-based office.
We are seeking a Business Support Officer to join our Southampton-based office.
Maritime and Coastguard Agency and Workboat Association urge operators to get ready for 2026 transition.
Safety, simplicity and support for new technology. Those were the goals of the new Workboat Code Edition 3 when it was launched by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in 2023.
Published at the request of industry to promote the safety issues identified during the MAIB’s investigation to those involved in ship assist towage operations.
Collision between a bulk carrier and a general cargo ship in the German Bight traffic separation scheme, resulting in the loss of five lives.
The final report has considered lessons learnt from the 24 November 2021 Channel tragedy and has provided 18 recommendations to government.
Collision between a crude oil tanker and a stern trawler in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
A single email set Alfie Allen on course for a seafaring career that has led him to win the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) Officer Trainee of the Year Award 2025.
Flooding and foundering of a stern trawler approximately 36 nautical miles east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland.
An open letter from the coastal states of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea with Iceland to the international maritime community.
A man who crashed his speedboat into a 15-year-old kayaker near Milford Haven was sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years, in the first prosecution by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) under new waterc…
Fall from a pilot ladder while attempting to board a cargo vessel in the approaches to the Humber Estuary, England, with loss of 1 life.
The MAIB Data Portal update, with additional data from 2025.
Fatal injury to a deckhand following a chain failure on the scallop dredger Honeybourne III (PD905) 16 nautical miles south of Newhaven, England.
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