On Tuesday, 6 May, just after 20h00, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre), MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre) and NSRI Richards Bay were alerted to a Chinese man who was injured onboard a bulk carrier, with the vessel heading towards Richards Bay. ...
At 10h59 on Friday, the 8th of May, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from 2 local men on a 30-foot boat on the Sundays River reporting motor failure. They had put out their anchor ...
At 01h19, Tuesday, 5 May, NSRI Table Bay duty crew and WC Government Health EMS rescue squad were activated to respond to a medical emergency on a Hong Kong-flagged chemical tanker offshore of Table Bay. ...
At 01h40 on Friday, 8 May, NSRI EOC (Emergency Operations Centre) and NSRI Oyster Bay duty crew were activated following reports of multiple people and animals trapped at Kingsway Resort on the Gamtoos River, near Jeffreys Bay, by rising water ...
NSRI St Francis Bay, in cooperation with local marine operators and Kouga Municipality, Police and the emergency services, are appealing for caution in and around the Kromme River, Estuary and Kromme River Mouth. Heavy rainfalls are affecting the Kromme River ...
Wednesday, 6 May, NSRI Gqeberha duty crew were activated following a request for assistance from the TNPA (Transnet National Ports Authority) security office reporting a security guard trapped in a building on the shoreline below the M4 Freeway at the ...
NSRI Table Bay duty crew and WC Government Health EMS rescue squad were activated to respond to a medical emergency on a Hong Kong flagged motor vessel chemical tanker offshore of Table Bay. ...
At 11h18, Sunday, 3 May, NSRI Plettenberg Bay crew were activated following an urgent request for medical assistance at a local hotel. A local female, age 78, appears to have suffered heart arrest at the hotel pool and she had ...
NSRI Richards Bay responded to multiple distress flare sightings on Wednesday evening, leading to the successful recovery of two local fishermen whose boat had capsized near the Port of Richards Bay entrance. ...
NSRI Port Edward assisted two sea-kayakers in distress offshore of the Wild Coast Sun on Sunday after they became caught in strong currents and were unable to return to shore. ...
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