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Date: 18/02/2026
Wednesday 18th February 2026, 12:08pm – Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre / RCC Bermuda received a Satellite Telephone call from the captain onboard the Liberian Registered 75,579grt Container Ship M/V AL MANAMAH, advising they wished to divert to Bermuda at best speed, to transfer a Filipino crew member who had suffered a serious hand injury, causing a partially severed finger. The vessel was on passage from Norfolk, USA and was bound for Antwerp, Belgium. The vessel arrived offshore in Bermuda Waters on Thursday 19th February at 06:30am, the 26-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: 07/02/2026
Saturday 7th February 2026 – 8:00am – RCC Bermuda / Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre was contacted via e-mail by the 52-foot sailing sloop ALCYON BLUE with 1 person onboard reporting being on a voyage from Antigua to Bermuda but that the yacht was experiencing deteriorating weather conditions and had suffered a loss of electrical power due to engine and generator failures. Further communication on Sunday 8th February from the solo sailor to family members ashore using a Garmin inReach satellite communications terminal indicated worsening weather with storm force winds causing sail damage to the yacht's storm jib. In addition the male crewman was suffering from dizziness and nausea due to diesel fuel contamination in the cabin area. The Cypriot national wishes to abandon the vessel which is now located 115 miles Southeast of Bermuda and he reports activating the vessel's Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) which is detected by the Bermuda Rescue Co-ordination Centre. BMOC co-ordinates the diversion of the 132 meter long Maltese registered passenger vessel LOGOS HOPE which was scheduled to arrive in Bermuda Tuesday afternoon and berth in Hamilton. The LOGOS HOPE diverts with her 331 crew onboard from her voyage track south of Bermuda to the distress position with an ETA to the ALCYON BLUE of Tuesday afternoon. With no other closer merchant ships to the yacht's position located by BMOC or the US Coast Guard, BMOC also tasks the 100 meter long container ship BERMUDA ISLANDER who is departing Bermuda with her 9 crew to proceed to the incident position given that she can arrive at the yacht's position by approximately 1:00AM Tuesday morning. The BERMUDA ISLANDER arrives on scene in the early morning hours, but due to the high sea state the Captain elects to standby the yacht to allow the sea state to improve and for the LOGOS HOPE to also get closer. At sunrise multiple attempts by the LOGOS HOPE and the BERMUDA ISLANDER are made to come alongside the sailboat in 20 foot plus seas. Finally the BERMUDA ISLANDER is able to get the near enough to the disabled yacht to affect a safe transfer of the 1 person onboard at 9:00am Bermuda time. The container ship crew assesses the rescued yachtsman's physical condition and once he is determined to be un-injured the BERMUDA ISLANDER resumes her voyage to Salem, New Jersey while the LOGOS HOPE resumes her voyage from Trinidad to Bermuda.