This is crazy... A bizarre incident at the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday night as a high-speed police chase ended with the suspect entering the port where he climbed a giant ship-to-shore crane and stripping naked before plunging to his death. The wild scene began just after 3 p.m. when local law enforcement began chasing a 23-year-old man through Los Angeles county in an … [Read more...]
WATCH: Battered by Waves, British Coastguard Makes Daring Rescue
The UK Coastguard has released some incredible video showing the daring helicopter rescue of three people from rugged cliffs on the southwest coast of England. The rescue took place Saturday morning in Bude, England when a person climbing on the cliffs became stranded by the tide. Within minutes of receiving the alert, a Coastguard helicopter from Newquay was on scene to … [Read more...]
Amateur Drone Pilot Makes Unauthorized Landing on Deck of Britain’s Biggest Aircraft Carrier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10wYWKUq2e8&t=13s An amateur drone pilot has sparked a security review of Britain's biggest and most technologically advanced aircraft carrier after landing his handheld drone on the deck of the carrier while it was docked in Scotland. The unidentified pilot told British media that he conducted a flyover of the HMS Queen Elizabeth using … [Read more...]
Large Containership Runs Aground on Scheldt River Near Antwerp – UPDATE
Shipping traffic to and from the port of Antwerp was suspended Monday after a large containership failed to make a turn and ran aground on the Scheldt river. The 366-meter CSCL Jupiter ran aground at about 9:50 local near Bath, Netherlands shortly after departing from the port of Antwerp headed for Hamburg, Germany. The Antwerp Port Authority said the grounding resulted in … [Read more...]
Captain Has License Suspended for Failing to Avoid a Collision While Navigating Through Crowd
The captain of a Portland river cruise has had his Merchant Mariners Credential suspended for navigating his vessel through a crowd of watercraft attending an event on the Willamette River on August 1, 2015. An administrative judge with the Coast Guard ruled Tuesday that Lowell Gillespie Jr., the captain of the Portland Spirit, had violated Rule 8 of the Inland Navigation … [Read more...]
WATCH: 38,000-Tonne ‘Mariner A’ Topside Installed Off Scotland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id5mpzl_Y_c&t=263s Norwegian energy company Statoil has completed the installation of the 38,000-tonne topside of its Mariner A production, drilling and quarters (PDQ) platform in the UK sector of the North Sea. The topside consists of eight modules, including two that weigh more than 10,000 tonnes each, based on top of a steel jacket. … [Read more...]
GoPro: Hellenic Coast Guard Rescues Crew from Sinking Superyacht
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a071BduRkTc Check out this GoPro video shot by the Hellenic Coast Guard during a 2012 rescue of 8 crew members from the sinking superyacht Yogi. We actually covered this incident way back when. The yacht ended up sinking off the coast off the Greek island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea. The 60-meter yacht, previously available for … [Read more...]