Man-Overboard Rescued Alive From the Waters of the UK North Sea
A really fortunate sailor was saved active from the chilly waters of the North Sea after tipping over the side of the safety and security vessel Keizersborg on Friday evening.
At regarding 1830 hrs, HM Coastguard obtained notification that a seafarer had actually dropped over the top from the Keizerborg near Shell’s Leman gas area, situated around midway in between Scotland and also Jutland in theNorth Sea The Caister volunteer lifeboat team was paged at regarding 1900 hrs and also obtained under method within 9 mins to aid in the search. RNLI’s Cromer lifeboat and also the HM Coastguard rescue helicopter 163 additionally gone to the location, in addition to a variety of do-gooder offshore vessels.
Caister RNLI lifeboat launches off the coastline to reply to the man-overboard callout (Caister RNLI)
At regarding 2015 hrs – virtually 2 hrs after the very first record – the survivor was drawn from the water active and also well by the team of an OSV, opposing the chances of hypothermia in the chilly North Sea waters. The 2 rescue watercrafts stood down and also went back to terminal, and also the rescue helicopter airlifted the sufferer to James Paget Hospital in Great Yarmouth for analysis.
Vessel driver Wagenborg Offshore verified the occurrence in a short declaration and also stated that the crewmember was recouped “alive and safely.”
Keizerborg is a previous North Sea PSV, and also she was changed in 2015 right into a standby vessel with a walk-to-work gangway. Her duty is to carry out examination and also upkeep service unmanned oil and also gas systems in the UK and also Dutch waters of the North Sea.
The ship is additionally established as an emergency situation reaction and also rescue vessel for emergency situation towing, patrol and also rescue job. Two various other Wagenborg vessels, the Kroonborg and also Kasteelborg, have actually gone through comparable conversions, leaving the jampacked PSV market for this particular niche charter chance.
