BRESSAY-BANK PAIR TR

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Crew member dropped off for medical treatment

The 'Bressay Bank' berthed at the Mains Pier in Lerwick on the afternoon of April 23, 2024, where a crew member received medical attention. The Shetland Coastguard had received a call just after 11 a.m. to assist with the vessel which was berthing there. A crew member disembarked from the vessel and was awaited by Lerwick’s coastal rescue team and the ambulance service. The ship then left the port again en route to Hanstholm with an ETA as of April 25. Report with photo: https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2024/04/24/emergency-services-attend-medical-evacuation-of-french-vessel

Engine failure off Peterhead

The "Bressay Bank" issued a PAN PAN call after suffering engine failure three miles north of Peterhead on Aug 25, 2019, at 1.40 p.m. She had sailed from Peterhead on Aug 24 at 10.30 p.m. The Fraserburgh lifeboat 'Willie and May Gall' was called to assist and arrived on scene a little later with the RNLI volunteer crew member Nathan Whyte going aboard the "Bressay Bank" to aid with communications. A tow was established, and the lifeboat pulled the "Bressay Bank" into Peterhead Harbour where the local pilot boats took over. They were met by the Coastguard, and all helped with getting her tied up. Nathan joined with the rest of the crew at the debriefing session back at the station. The SAR operations were terminated at 5 p.m. On Aug 25 at 12.30 a.m. the ship sailed again and headed to Lerwick, ETA 5 p.m. Report with photo: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/fraserburgh/1826604/rnli-fraserburgh-tows-their-biggest-boat-ever/

Trawlers seized off Faroes

Faroese authorities boarded four French Trawlers, the "Haltenbank Pairtrawl", the "Cap Saint Georges", the "Andre Leduc" and the "Bressay-Bank Pair Tr" in a closed area east of the island of Fugløy. Both of the two pair teams have been escorted to Kollafjørður. The Coastguard vessel "Tjaldrið" encountered the two pair teams fishing east of the Faroe Islands on June 19, 2016, and informed the police that the four trawlers were being escorted in having been apprehended in an area that had been closed to fishing a few days earlier due to the volumes of small fish in the region. The four trawlers docked in Kollafjørður in the night. The skippers of two of the French trawlers, owned by the Boulogne company Euronor, claim that they had not been informed of the closure and have declined to accept set penalties, so the case will go to court. The company’s legal representatives in the Faroes have already secured the necessary bond. The Faroese authorities had informed their French counterparts of the area closure, but the information did not reach the four trawlers until they had already been boarded. The two pair teams had only just begun fishing and have only a small amount of fish on board. Icelandic report with photos: http://www.jn.fo/fronsku+trolararnir+eru+komnir+a+kollafjord+myndir.html