Topic: Coast Guard
Police investigate second water-related death of the year
Police have identified a man who died after he he suffered difficulties resurfacing from a dive as a 60-year-old from Canada
Coast Guard takes over search for missing journalist Andrel Harris
The Cayman Islands Coast Guard has taken over operational responsibility for the search for missing journalist Andrel Harris.
Jet ski operators on Public Beach say congestion risks public safety
Vendors on Public Beach are warning that the Port Authority’s decision to relocate water-sports operators from the southern end of the beach has led...
Family of lost boater recognises dangerous work of Coast Guard
On the 14th anniversary of Astor Range and fellow boaters being lost at sea, his family thanked the Cayman Islands Coast Guard for its search efforts.
Missing teenage girl found
Police have located a 15-year-old girl, who was reported missing more than a week ago, and for whom officers had been searching with help of the police helicopter and the Coast Guard.
Cruise ship passenger medevaced by Coast Guard
A 65-year-old cruise ship passenger in need of medical attention was taken to the Cayman Islands Hospital for treatment after intervention from the Coast Guard last weekend.
Cubans adrift at sea returned to Cuba
Eight Cuban nationals who were adrift approximately 35 miles south of mainland Cuba have been returned to that country after intervention from Cayman's Coast Guard and a crude-oil tanker from the UK.
18 Cubans arrive over two-day period
A total of 18 Cubans, 11 of whom were picked up by a passing motor tanker on Saturday, are now under the care of Cayman's Customs and Border Control agency, taking the tally of Cubans in CBC custody to 335.
Broken-down Cuban vessel sparks rescue in waters off Cayman Brac
A small vessel adrift for seven days, carrying 14 Cubans, which had exhausted its supplies of drinking water was rescued last week by police, customs, the fire service and coast guard in the sea off Cayman Brac.
CBC clarifies: 7 people not quarantined, instead allowed to leave Cayman
Cayman's Customs and Border Control Service has clarified that the seven people who were found in a vessel off East End on Wednesday have been allowed to continue on their journey and were not in mandatory quarantine, as was initially stated by the agency.
Coast Guard tows adrift boat to safety
The Cayman Islands Coast Guard was called into action on Sunday evening to come to the aid of a boat that had encountered engine trouble and was adrift in the North Sound.
No Coast Guard Law in place as recruits prepare to graduate
Cayman's new Coast Guard team will have to be sworn in as special constables rather than as official coast guards because the legislation needed to formalise Cayman's newest law enforcement body has not been finalised.
Search under way for suspect who jumped overboard
Cayman's Coast Guard and Police Air Operations Unit have been combing local waters and along shorelines in search of a suspect who jumped overboard during an drug-interdiction encounter on Tuesday.
Ganja found in sea at West Bay and North Side
Police and the Coast Guard on Wednesday recovered packages of ganja that were discovered in the sea at two different locations by members of the public.
Cayman retains United States Coast Guard’s QUALSHIP 21 status
The Cayman Islands is allowed to continue in the United States Coast Guard’s Quality Shipping for the 21st century (QUALSHIP 21) Program for the ninth consecutive year.
Drugs, guns confiscated in ‘Operation Rip Tide’
Officers from Cayman’s newly formed Coast Guard helped intercept smugglers running drugs and ammunition through the region’s waters.
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Security council backs creation of Cayman coast guard service
Cayman’s National Security Council agreed on a number of measures Tuesday to boost border protection and marine patrols.
Coastal patrols ‘under-resourced’
Marine coastal patrols in the Cayman Islands are “hugely under-resourced,” Premier Alden McLaughlin acknowledged to lawmakers this week following questioning in the Legislative Assembly’s Finance Committee.
UK Coastguard commander to review police response to missing boaters
A senior officer from the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency will conduct an independent review of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service’s response in a missing persons investigation at sea that occurred in early March.
Independent review will look at police response to missing boaters
The search operation for five missing boaters, including two young children, is now covering an area of 350 square miles of ocean around the Cayman Islands.
