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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 24 August 2019

Boats capsized - Rooi Els. Surfer assisted - Jeffreys Bay:

ROOI ELS:Alan Meiklejohn, NSRI Gordon's Bay station commander, said:At 11h55, Thursday, 22nd August, NSRI Gordons Bay and NSRI Kleinmond duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following eye-witness reports of a Crayfish Bakkie (small open boat) ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 21 August 2019

Patient evacuation off a ship:

Marc de Vos, NSRI Table Bay station commander, said:At 22h55, Tuesday, 20th August, NSRI Table Bay duty crew, accompanied by WC Government Health EMS rescue paramedics, launched the sea rescue craft Spirit of Vodacom and rendezvoused with a container ship ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 18 August 2019

Incidents - West Coast, Vaal Dam, Plettenberg Bay, Langebaan Lagoon:

WEST COAST:Marius Hayes, NSRI ASR (Airborne Sea Rescue) station commander, said:An Airborne Sea Rescue operation was carried out late Saturday afternoon, 17th August, to airlift a 41 year old male crewman suffering a medical emergency off a research ship 2 ...

Port Alfred
RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 16 August 2019

Port Alfred – 1 survivor and sadly 2 deceased in tragic boating accident:

Stephen Slade, NSRI Port Alfred deputy station commander, said:At 11h08, Friday, 16th August, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew were activated following reports of a boat believed to have been broadsided by a wave in the Kowie River Mouth while it ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 16 August 2019

Man trapped in a harness and rope after scaffolding collapses:

Pat van Eyssen, NSRI Table Bay duty coxswain, said:At 15h55, Friday, 16th August, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following reports of scaffolding collapsed at work in progress at a ship docked ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 15 August 2019

Injured patient evacuated off Robberg Nature Reserve:

Marc Rodgers, NSRI Plettenberg Bay station commander, said:At 17h19, Wednesday, 14th August, NSRI Plettenberg Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a male teenager injured at Robberg Nature Reserve.The sea rescue craft Ray Farnham Rescuer and Discovery Rescue Runner ...

Wale tail
RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 August 2019

Yacht assisted - Jeffreys Bay. Whale humanely euthanised - Jeffreys Bay:

JEFFREYS BAY:Rieghard Janse van Rensburg, NSRI Jeffreys Bay station commander, said:At 14h13, Sunday, 11th August, NSRI Jeffreys Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a yacht dismasted off-shore of Aston Bay, 1.5 nautical miles South of our sea rescue ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 11 August 2019

Patient casualty evacuated following cliff fall:

[video width='640' height='352' mp4='https://www.nsri.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhatsApp-Video-2019-08-11-at-15.52.20.mp4'][/video]Robert van Helsdingen, NSRI Wilderness station commander, said:At 13h26, Saturday, 10th August, NSRI Wilderness duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a suspected drowning in progress on the shoreline at a rocky cliff face West of ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 9 August 2019

Patient evacuated off crude oil tanker:

Andre Fletcher , NSRI Durban station commander, said:A 46 year old Romanian ships crewman has been safely patient evacuated off a crude oil tanker, 6 nautical miles off-shore of the Port of Durban, this morning, Friday, 09 August.NSRI Durban rescue ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 7 August 2019

Successful search for 2 men on a RIB

At 10h56, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) received unconfirmed reports of 2 fishermen suspected to be in difficulty adrift at sea off-shore of Macassar on a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB).CoCT Law Enforcement officers had located a boat washed ashore at ...

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