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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 17 August 2020

West Coast – Sunday, 16 August. Life raft recovered:

Mike Shaw, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said:Just after 08h00, Sunday, 16 August, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated to investigate reports of an inflated life-raft witnessed by a local security officer to be floating half a nautical mile off-shore of ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 17 August 2020

Port Edward – Sunday, 16 August. Elephant seal assisted:

Tokkie Livingstone, NSRI Port Edward deputy station commander, said:At 14h12, Sunday, 16 August, NSRI Port Edward duty crew were activated following eye-witness reports of a seal on Silver Beach, Port Edward.There were concerns that the seal my be injured.NSRI crew ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 17 August 2020

Port Alfred – Monday, 17 August. Boat assisted:  

Gerrit Cloete, NSRI Port Alfred duty coxswain, said:At 09h20, Monday, 17 August, NSRI Port Alfred duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local man and his friend, visiting from Johannesburg, reporting their boat, a 6 meter ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 16 August 2020

Incidents: Shelly Beach and Hout Bay

SHELLY BEACH:Jeremiah Jackson, NSRI Shelly Beach station commander, said:At 09h35, Saturday, 15 August, NSRI Shelly Beach duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from a local lady on a boat heading towards Shelly Beach from fishing at Protea ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 15 August 2020

Patient evacuation from a ship off-shore of Port Elizabeth

A patient evacuation operation took place on Friday on the East Coast in a combined joint operation coordinated by MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre).Jonathan Kellerman, NSRI Durban station commander, said:At 14h43, Friday, 14 August, the SA Air Force (SAAF) 1 ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 14 August 2020

WOMEN'S MONTH: VOLUNTEERING A WAY OF LIFE FOR THESE NSRI WOMEN, GAUTENG

Volunteers come to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) in a number of ways.And for some of the women volunteers at NSRI inland station 27 at Benoni, located in Ekurhuleni municipality in Gauteng, volunteering does not mean having lots of ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 14 August 2020

Durban – Thursday, 13 August. Patient evacuation off a ship:  

Clifford Ireland, NSRI Durban duty coxswain, said:At 14h44, Thursday, 13 August, NSRI Durban duty crew and Netcare 911 ambulance services were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for medical assistance from a crude oil tanker ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 13 August 2020

National – Langebaan, Port Elizabeth, Plettenberg Bay.

LANGEBAANMike Shaw, NSRI Mykonos station commander, said:At 07h04, Wednesday, 12 August, NSRI Mykonos duty crew were activated by the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) following a request for medical assistance for a 40 year old Namibian fisherman suffering an injury ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 11 August 2020

Patient evacuation off a crude oil tanker:

Jonathan Kellerman, NSRI Durban station commander, said:At 19h55, Monday, 10 August, NSRI Durban duty crew were activated following a request for medical assistance from a 160 meter crude oil tanker reporting 2 crewmen injured onboard the ship at anchorage off-shore ...

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RESCUE OPERATIONS  | Published: 10 August 2020

NSRI and CoCT Marine Animal Stranding Network appeal for caution - Kommetjie

The NSRI and City of Cape Town (CoCT) Marine Animal Stranding Network are appealing to surfers, paddlers and bathers on the Atlantic Seaboard, Cape Town, particularly in the Long Beach, Kommetjie and Noordhoek areas, to be cautious following a Bryde's ...

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