At approximately 9:20am today Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre received a report from a local fishing vessel of a cluster of drifting debris – including a cooler, buckets and bags of bait – at a position 1.7 miles East Northeast of Chub Heads Beacon.
While there have been no marine distress alerts received from vessels offshore, given the unusual sighting the Royal Bermuda Regiment Coastguard were tasked to further investigate using one of their vessels, while a Marine & Ports vessel that was in the vicinity was also diverted to the area to undertake a search for any further sightings of possible distress.
Bermuda Radio commenced an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast on marine VHF radio channels and at this time the general public ashore are also asked to contact the Bermuda Rescue Coordination Centre at telephone number 297-1010 regarding any persons known to be offshore in the western marine area who may be considered overdue or are unreachable through normal means.
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