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Montevideo, May 27th 2025 - 16:22 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Argos Georgia tragedy: air and sea search for missing mariners has resumed

    On Thursday 25 July, the BFSAI A-400 Atlas aircraft conducted a search of the disaster area and overnight the Maritime Authority received satellite data reports

    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 rescue operation of survivors from the Argos Georgia arrived into Stanley.

  • Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:26 UTC

    Argos Georgia: Spanish air force A-330 is waiting in Falklands for survivors

    The Spanish air force Airbus A 330 transport waiting to fly back with mariners, alive and deceased.

    As anticipated a Spanish air force aircraft landed at Mount Pleasant international airport on Friday evening, close to 19:30 hours following a brief stopover in Montevideo, specially sent to return with the Spanish mariners from the Argos Georgia, alive and deceased.

  • Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:24 UTC

    Argos Georgia tragedy: Falklands government critical of some media coverage

    “Throughout this episode there has been a very significant amount of inaccurate information emanating from social media and mainstream media alike”

    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 of the heart breaking situation and recovery operations.

  • Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 07:11 UTC

    Argos Georgia tragedy: Falklands looking after community's emotional wellbeing following traumatic event

    EWS reassures anyone who is feeling deeply distressed with the Argos Georgia tragedy, that this is a very natural reaction to such a disaster, especially in such a small, close-knit community.

    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 happened. We have spoken to a number of people from across our community who are feeling very high levels of distress due to the incident. We would like to reassure anyone who is feeling this way that this is a very natural reaction to such a disaster, especially in such a small, close-knit community.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 09:25 UTC

    Argos Georgia tragedy: Survivors in Falklands, Spain sending aircraft, official mourning in Vigo

    The Spanish air force flying to MPA for the Spanish mariners live and dead

    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 foreign minister announcing that an Air Force aircraft will be flying Friday to the Falkland Islands to pick up Spanish crew members.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

    Argos Georgia tragedy: Montevideo port fishing vessels turn sirens on to remember fallen mariners

    The once proud and daring state-of-the-art Argos Georgia at Montevideo port

    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 complexion and modern technology, which sunk in the middle of a dramatic storm in the deep south Atlantic.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 07:23 UTC

    Falklands new port facility, urgent meeting next August first

    The current FIPASS, which has become obsolete as a terminal

    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 criteria were met and in order to then seek ExCo approval to proceed to necessarily contract to deliver.

  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 15:27 UTC

    Falkland Islands authorities respond to Argos Georgia incident

    A coordinated rescue operation was swiftly initiated, involving the Falkland Islands Government, the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

    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 miles east of Stanley, prompting an immediate request for assistance.

  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Argos Georgia rescue: 14 alive, eight dead and five missing

    “Puerto Toro” arrived, together with the FPV Lilibet, at the incident location at 09:00 hours, July 23, some 1.220 kilomerters from Punta Arenas, having rescued fourteen crew members alive

    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 what is happening with rescue operations because of the extreme climate conditions, 35 knots wind and eight-meter tall waves.

  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Argos Georgia rescue: Falklands Stanley hospital ready to receive survivors

    The King Edward Memorial Hospital in Stanley, Falklands main health service

    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 vessel Argos Georgia, with 27 persons onboard, was taking on water and requesting assistance some 200 miles east of Stanley.