Significant Maritime Incidents

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Date: 22/04/2026

Wednesday 22nd April, 11:00 am – Initial EPIRB alert received from U.S.A registered beacon. The alert position was local to Bermuda and U.S.A beacon register shows the EPIRB is registered to the visiting U.S Sailing vessel SANCTUARY, which had recently called Bermuda Radio for a radio check. SANCTUARY called RCC Bermuda by telephone and advised that the activation was false when trying to remove the beacon from is mounting bracket. The U.S. Coastguard were informed that the activation was false.


Date: 19/04/2026

Sunday 19th April, 10:50 am – RCC Norfolk contacted RCC Bermuda regarding an accident onboard the French registered LNG Tanker LNG ENTERPRIZE. The ship in a position 140 miles south of Bermuda had received telephone medical advice via MRCC Grenaiz regarding the injured ships cook. The ship decided to divert to Bermuda and safely disembarked the patient on Sunday evening to the pilot boat St George before continuing on passage to Greece.


Date: 05/04/2026

Sunday 5th April, 10:20 am – The shipping agent for the cruise ship LIBERTY OF THE SEAS planned to arrive in Dockyard, Bermuda, early on Monday 6th April advised that there was a medical emergency onboard and the ships ETA has been brought forward to 10:30 pm on Sunday evening. The ship intends to disembark the crew member to the pilot boat before waiting offshore for arrival into Dockyard the following morning. The crewmember was transferred to an ambulance at Ordnance Island at 11 pm and the ship arrived in Dockyard the following morning as planned.


Date: 03/04/2026

Friday 3rd April, 4:30 pm – RCC Bermuda was made aware that an aircraft was diverting to Bermuda after declaring an emergency. The airport was open and emergency services were made aware of the situation, the aircraft landed safely at 4:55 pm.


Date: 02/04/2026

Thursday 2nd April, 00:10 am – RCC Bermuda received an unscheduled SSAS, security alert from the Bermuda registered Gas Tanker G.H. NIGHTINGGALE. The company security officer was contacted and after communicating with the ship found the alert to be false and caused by incorrect testing of the system.


Date: 30/03/2026

Monday 30th March, 1000 am – Bermuda Police Service advised that there was a fire last night onboard a vessel at Barrs Bay. The vessel was attended by Fire & Rescue service and the fire was extinguished the cause of the fire is uncertain.