The Ship Report: Cruise ship aids injured mariner through the AMVER rescue system
About this episode
The episode discusses the AMVER system and a recent rescue of a mariner by a cruise ship.
The Ship Report, Wednesday, June 10, 2026 Today we'll talk about a wonderful worldwide network, called AMVER(Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue), originally created by the US Coast Guard. AMVER brings together ships at sea and mariners in trouble way off shore, making far-flung rescues possible that coastal response agencies worldwide would not have the resources to handle. In this case, a man on a small boat 500 miles off the coast of Oregon was rescued by a cruise ship, a participant in the AMVER system.
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