Falkland Islands / Malvinas

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 10:55:00 GMT
Argos Georgia tragedy: air and sea search for missing mariners has resumed
On Friday 26 July the Falklands Maritime Authority reported that in the afternoon of Thursday 25 July 2024, the two fishing vessels, the Falklands Robin M Lee and the Chilean Puerto Toro who were involved in the search and resc...

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 08:26:00 GMT
Argos Georgia: Spanish air force A-330 is waiting in Falklands for survivors
As anticipated a Spanish air force aircraft landed at Mount Pleasant international airport on Friday evening, close to 19:00 hours following a brief stopover in Montevideo, specially sent to return with the Spanish mariners fr...

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 08:24:00 GMT
Argos Georgia tragedy: Falklands government critical of some media coverage
The long extenuating, overexposed incident and tragedy of longliner Argos Georgia during the week has not been without controversy and as such it was pointed out by the autonomous government of the Falkland Islands, epicenter o...

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 07:11:00 GMT
Argos Georgia tragedy: Falklands looking after community's emotional wellbeing following traumatic event
Following the incident involving the Argos Georgia this week, the Falkland Islands government Emotional Wellbeing Service (EWS) would like to reach out to members of the community who may be feeling distressed about what has ha...

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:25:00 GMT
Argos Georgia tragedy: Survivors in Falklands, Spain sending aircraft, official mourning in Vigo
The tragedy of the longliner Argos Georgia plus the loss and disappearance of thirteen mariners, and the survival of fourteen, is headline news in Galicia with the city of Vigo declaring a day of mourning and the Spanish foreig...

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 08:32:00 GMT
Argos Georgia tragedy: Montevideo port fishing vessels turn sirens on to remember fallen mariners
At mid morning Thursday, fishing vessels in the port of Montevideo turned their sirens on for a few minutes to the memory of the lost mariners from longliner Argos Georgia, believed to be almost unsinkable given its sturdy comp...

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 07:23:00 GMT
Falklands new port facility, urgent meeting next August first
Following the marine-side tender for the replacement of the Falkland Islands port facility, FIPASS, Harland and Wolff were identified as the preferred bidder. Pre-contract negotiations commenced in order to ensure commercial cr...

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:27:00 GMT
Falkland Islands authorities respond to Argos Georgia incident
The Falkland Islands Maritime Authority reported an emergency situation involving the fishing vessel Argos Georgia on Monday, July 22, 2024. The vessel, with 27 crew members on board, began taking on water approximately 200 mil...

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:55:00 GMT
Argos Georgia rescue: 14 alive, eight dead and five missing
The loss of the St Helena longliner Argos Georgia, some 170 miles from the Falkland Islands, and whatever is happening with the 27 members of its crew, mostly Spaniards from Galicia, tells a different far more tragic story of w...

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:40:00 GMT
Argos Georgia rescue: Falklands Stanley hospital ready to receive survivors
The lastest update from the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority, Tuesday 23 July, 2024 approximately 15:00 hours Falklands time, said that on Monday 22 July 2024, the Maritime Authority received information that the fishing ves...

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