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A crewman has been flown from an offshore supply vessel in urgent need of medical attention. The Sumburgh-based rescue helicopter was scrambled to evacuate the 64-year-old from the vessel, which was west of Shetland at the time. He was flown to the emergency landing site in Lerwick for transfe... Read more...
A coastguard tug is attempting to refloat the grounded fishing boat Coelleria. The ship grounded at around 1.30am on Sunday 4th August at the Ve Skerries, near Papa Stour, and has remained there since. The emergency towing vessel (ETV) Ievoli Black has been patrolling the scene since 6pm on Su... Read more...
The Shetland Coastguard were called out in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fishing boat ran aground near Papa Stour. A distress call was received from the Coelleira at around 1.30am, and Shetland coastguard also picked up radio communications from the vessel reporting that it had run ag... Read more...
The Shetland Coastguard were called out in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fishing boat ran aground near Papa Stour. A distress call was received from the Coelleira at around 1.30am, and Shetland coastguard also picked up radio communications from the vessel reporting that it had run ag... Read more...
The Lerwick Coastguard attended two different call-outs on Saturday afternoon. In the first, a person described as potentially "vulnerable" went missing in the north end of Lerwick after becoming seperated from friends and family on a walk. The Coastguard assisted Lerwick police officers in lo... Read more...
An injured crewman has been airlifted from an oil platform 306 nautical miles north east of Sumburgh. The coastguard helicopter was called on to perform the medical evacuation at around noon on Sunday. The man was flown to the Clickimin landing site before being transferred to the Gilbert Bain... Read more...
Two people have been airlifted from a yacht around 90 miles east of Sumburgh. The coastguard helicopter was scrambled shortly before 5am on Thursday. The 55-foot yacht was reported to be in distress. Weather was bad and the two-man crew had struggled in the conditions. Shetland Coastguar... Read more...
The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter Rescue 900 participated in two medivacs on Saturday morning. At around 7.30am the helicopter was called to the Safe Boreas offshore platform where a crewman had taken ill. The helicopter landed at Clickimin at around 9.30am and the man was transferred t... Read more...
The Bressay ferry Leirna suffered engine failure for the second time in five days on Saturday morning. According to the coastguard the vessel lost the power in one of her engines about 7am. The Leirna headed to Lerwick where repairs were carried out and she was back in normal service fairl... Read more...
The Aith lifeboat Charles Lidbury was called out at approximately 8.22pm on Saturday to go to the aid of a cocker spaniel stuck down some cliffs. The dog, which was called Blue, was stuck down cliffs just south of the Muckle Roe lighthouse in the North Mainland. Once the volunteer crew arr... Read more...