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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 3 April 2017

Patient evacuated off ship in PE

Justin Erasmus, NSRI Port Elizabeth deputy station commander, said:At 09h33, Monday, 03 April, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for a sailor suffering abdominal pains to be evacuated off ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 2 April 2017

Rubber-Duck capsizes at Clifton

Mark Thompson, NSRI Bakoven duty coxswain, said: At 09h49, Sunday, 02 April, NSRI Bakoven duty crew were activated following reports of a rubber-duck capsized off-shore of Clifton 1st Beach with 2 persons onboard.One survivor, the skipper, was reported to be ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 2 April 2017

Couple survive capsize ordeal at Cape Recife Lighthouse

At 13h22, Saturday, 01 April, While on routine exercise NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew launched the Sea Rescue craft Eikos Rescuer IV following a distress call on VHF Marine Band Radio from a private fishing boat reporting to have ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 2 April 2017

A very busy day for rescuers around the country

SIMONSTOWN:Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown station commander, said: At 13h20, Sunday, 02 April, NSRI Simon's Town duty crew and CMR (Cape Medical Response) were activated after an NSRI Simon's Town crewman, Ivan Breetzke, while walking on Seaforth Beach with family when ...

Whale disentanglement
RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 31 March 2017

Whale assisted in disentanglement operation: Granger Bay

Picture attached by NSRI/Paula Leech - shows the whale in deeper water off-shore of Granger Bay.At 12h06, Friday, 31st March, the SA Whale Disentanglement Network were activated following reports of a juvenile Humpback whale entangled in rope and floatation ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 30 March 2017

German tourist missing in surf in St Francis

Sarah Smith, NSRI St Francis Bay station commander, said:At 13h30, Thursday, 30th March, NSRI St Francis Bay duty crew were activated following reports of a drowning in progress at a beach known as Ducks Beach, near to the Cape St ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 29 March 2017

Injured patient evacuated off ship

Ian Gray, NSRI Port Elizabeth station commander, said: At 12h00, Wednesday, 29th March, NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were alerted following reports of a sailor injured aboard the container vessel M/V Thuringa, passing deep sea 60 nautical miles off-shore of ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 28 March 2017

Fishermen assisted in Yzerfontein

NSRI Yzerfontein Rotary Onwards_Picture: / Sea RescueWillem Lubbe, NSRI Yzerfontein station commander, said:At 13h38, Monday, 27th March, NSRI Yzerfontein duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for assistance from the commercial fishing ...

Table Bay call
RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 27 March 2017

Yacht assisted in Table Bay, boat assisted in Plett

TABLE BAY PORT:At 14h50 on Monday the 26th of March, NSRI Table Bay duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to assist the yacht C-Gull, with motor mechanical failure, with 3 crew on board, requiring assistance ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 26 March 2017

Crewman onboard fishing trawler Atlantic Hope suffers partial amputation

CAPE POINT:Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown station commander, said:At 21h09, Saturday, 25th March, NSRI Simons Town duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority following a request for immediate medical assistance from the fishing trawler Atlantic Hope reporting to ...

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