MCA Videos

In this edition: Chinese Lanterns - Delightful or Dangerous? Chinese lanterns may look beautiful as they drift away into the night sky, but for Coastguards and for Farmers they present a real nuisance - for very different reasons. The National Farmers Union have joined with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to get people to think before they launch Chinese Lanters, over the coast, or over the countryside.

Sikorsky S92 helicopters are now being used by the UK Coastguard, under contract, for search and rescue in Scotland. The Coastguard has been using S92s since 2007 and they’re proving to be fast, reliable and advanced. Crew members talk about the extreme conditions in which these helicopters can operate, about their accurate instrumentation, and about how the S92s have helped them improve operations. Watch out for more S92 search and rescue helicopters around the UK coast.

In this podcast we take a look at the UK Ship Register, part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The UK Ship Register is one of the best performing flags in the major Port State Control regimes with a reputation for maintaining the highest international standards. For the full 9 minute UKSR film, go to http://www.vnrs.co.uk/mca/video/uksr.wmv