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Medevac at Hinkey Point

On April 24, 2024, at 12.28 a.m., the RNLI boats of Burton-on-Trent and the Barry Dock offshore lifeboat were tasked to support a a medical evacuation from the 'Neptune'. A man was suffering from chest pains, and the Coastguard helicopter Rescue 187 had been tasked to the incident. The lifeboat 'Doris Day and Brian' was quickly launched, andheadedy towards the Hinkley nuclear power station exclusion zone, whereit liaised with the Barry Dock lifeboat and the rescue helicopter. The lifeboats were on scene in case the helicopter was unable to land a winch man on the 'Neptune'. In that case, they would have been able to take the casualty on board, and transfer him onwards to the helicopter. The patient was air lifted to Southmead hospital and the lifeboats were stood down as not required. Report with photo: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2024/april/24/burnhamonsea-rnli-paged-at-0028-am-to-support-a-medical-evacuation

Self-propelled jack-up Neptune named at Port of Ostend

The DP2 jack-up vessel Neptune was named on 08 March at the Port of Ostend by Mrs Isabel Casteleyn, partner of Federal State Secretary for Energy and the Environment Melchior Wathelet. The self-propelled jack-up vessel was built by IHC Merwede for GeoSea NV, the offshore marine construction division of DEME Group. http://www.oilpubs.com/oso/article.asp?v1=11797