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Date: 21/11/2025
Friday 21st November 2025 4:15pm – Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre received a Satellite Telephone call from the Captain onboard the Liberian Registered 42,010grt Oil Tanker M/V ARIANE, advising they wished to divert to Bermuda, to transfer a Filipino crew member who had suffered Hand lacerations after carrying sheet metal. The Hand had been cleaned & bandaged but would require surgery at a local hospital. The vessel was on passage from Rotterdam, bound for Freeport, Bahamas. The vessel arrived offshore in Bermuda Waters on Saturday 22nd November at 00:33am, the 27-year-old Filipino Crew Member was safely transferred to Ordnance Island by the Pilot/Rescue Boat St George, and subsequently taken by ambulance to KEMH for medical treatment.


Date: 13/11/2025
Thursday, 13th November 2025, 3:40pm - The 40 foot Canadian sailing vessel SAMURAI with 2 crew reports being 135 miles Southeast of Bermuda with sail damage and rigging problems with two of the masts stay wires having parted resulting in the vessel having to motor towards Bermuda. Vessel is enroute from Nova Scotia to Grenada and has no Emergency Position Indicating (satellite distress) Radio Beacon and their liferaft was washed away early in the voyage. Crew also report that a lightning strike occurred causing damage to onboard electronics leaving them with just handheld VHF radios and a handheld satellite communications device for maintaining contact with shore. Her fuel is sufficient for only another day or two of motoring and they are having to hand steer the vessel. RCC Bermuda is monitoring progress with position reports sent every 6 hours, however Northwesterly winds are forecast which will hamper their progress towards Bermuda over the next 4-5 days and all options are being assessed with yacht's crew given that the situation could further deterioriate. UPDATE: 4:00pm Fri, Nov 14th - RCC Bermuda assessing voyage tracks of nearby merchant vessels and attempting to make contact with closest ships to SAMURAI's latest position in order to deliver fuel. Yacht is not motoring at moment in order to conserve fuel, but is drifting Northeast at approx 1 knot with prevailing winds/seas. UPDATE: 12:20 Sat, 15th Nov - After the crew became concerned about the possibilty of further rigging failure and loss of the mast and possible capsize a decision is made to abandon the SAMARUI onto the Greek registered 200 meter long bulk carrier SCARABE which RCC Bermuda has diverted to the sailboat's position in order to drop an emergency supply of fuel. The two Canadian sailors are safely transferred to the M/V SCARABE and she continues her voyage from Baltimore to Cape Verde.