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An injured offshore crewman was airlifted to hospital on Sunday morning. The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter was summoned after the incident happened on a platform 92 miles south east of the isles. The injured man was taken to Tingwall before being transferred to the Gilbert Bain Hospital... Read more...
An offshore crew member was airlifted from a floating production storage vessel west of the isles and tested positive for Covid-19. The worker was airlifted from the Hurricaine Energy's Aoka Mizu vessel in the Lancaseter field and taken to the mainland, where he subsequently tested positive for t... Read more...
The skipper in charge of a fishing boat which grounded on the Ve Skerries west of Shetland may have been too tired at the time of the incident. That is the ruling of a report into the grounding of the Coelleira which came to grief in the early hours of one morning in August last year. The ... Read more...
The coastguard helicopter was scrambled on Sunday morning to ferry a sick crewman from an oil platform to safety. The Sumburgh-based aircraft was called out shortly before 8am for the medical evacuation around 108 miles north east of Sumburgh. Coastguard officials no longer give the names of p... Read more...
A man is being airlifted after suffering an injury onboard an offshore platform. The Sumburgh-based rescue helicopter was called at around half past ten this morning to airlift the casualty. His injuries are not thought to be serious. The incident happened on a platform 95 miles south east ... Read more...
A woman has been rescued from cliffs in the South Mainland after getting into difficulty on Wednesday afternoon. Coastguard teams had been alerted and the rescue helicopter scrambled after the woman became stranded near Exnaboe. Shetland Coastguard said the woman was taken from the cliff by a ... Read more...
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...