A week after the violent collision between a container carrier and an oil tanker off the coast of Yorkshire, plastic pellets were discovered in the water and on the British coast. These microbeads, used in the manufacture of plastic, were identified on Sunday by the emergency services near a bay located about 70 kilometers south … Read more
It is a shipwreck that ends well. A 61 -year -old Peruvian fisherman was found alive in international waters after deriving for 94 days and left the hospital on Saturday, confirmed the Peruvian navy. An Ecuadorian ship spotted Tuesday the small artisanal fishing boat of Maximo Napa, deriving off the port of Chimbote, in northern … Read more
The toxic risks are very real. Since the collision between an oil tanker and a container ship on Monday in the North Sea, environmental associations are very worried about the impact of this accident on fauna and flora. The two ships are approximately 16 kilometers from the English coast. The NGO Greenpeace said it was … Read more
In this spring which is announced and the recovery in the Mediterranean Sea of pleasure craft activities, the fine of 5,000 euros recently inflicted by the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal to a young 21-year-old professional skipper, recalls that throwing anchor of her boat on a herbarium in Posidonia can cost dear. Dear, but above all … Read more
An oil tanker and a cargo collide on Monday in the North Sea. An emergency intervention is underway off the coast of Yorkshire (north of England), the British coast guard said. “A coast guard rescue helicopter has been mobilized, as well as rescue canoes, a plane and ships located near fire capable of fighting fires,” … Read more
Justine Mettraux is the queen of the seas. Ranking eighth, the Swiss became the fastest woman in the history of the Vendée Globe on Saturday. “I feel like I can continue to progress,” even warned the sailor, as talented as she is reserved. Aged 38, the Teamwork – Team Snef skipper arrived in Les Sables-d’Olonne … Read more
Although wintry, the weather was not particularly bad until around 5:30 this morning, when a small fishing boat was shipwreck near the coast of the island of Oléron, in Charente-Maritime. The searches launched in the area made it possible to recover the lifeless body of a young 22-year-old sailor at 12:30 p.m., putting an end … Read more
The hours pass and the gap continues to widen at the head of the 2024 Vendée Globe between leader Charlie Dalin and his eternal second Yoann Richomme. Victory no longer seems to be able to escape the skipper of Macif Santé Prévoyance. Dalin on the royal road 133 miles difference at the first checkpoint of … Read more
It is a piece of stone planted about twenty kilometers from the northern tip of Finistère. A windswept island which represents the westernmost land of mainland France. In Ushant, there are almost as many lighthouses as there are bistros. So it’s an understatement to say that the island’s approximately 800 inhabitants are keen on their … Read more
A baby born in a migrant boat in the middle of an Atlantic crossing to the Canary Islands was rescued safe and sound with his mother by Spanish authorities, the coast guard service, Salvamento Marítimo, said on Wednesday. “Christmas ends in the Canaries with the rescue of a baby born in the middle of a … Read more