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On April 13, 2025, the 'Able' was detained in Karasu with 16 deficiencies: 1) Living and working - Dirty, parasites Not hygienic 2) Living and working - Gas instruments Not as required 3) Living and working - Lighting (working spaces) Not as required 4) Living and working - Pipes, wires (insulation) Not as required 5) Certificate & Doc - Log books, compulsory entries Entries missing 6) Certificate & Doc - International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate Not as required 7) Certificate & Doc - International Oil Pollution Prevention Cert Missing 8)) Certificate & Doc - Oil record book Not as required 9) Life saving Appliances - Lifeboats Not properly maintained 10) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Other (Machinery) Other 11) Fire safety - Fire pump and its pipes Inoperative 12) Structural conditions - Decks - Corrosion Corroded 13) Structural conditions - Hull - Corrosion Corroded 14) Structural conditions - Ballast, fuel and other tanks Not as required 15) Structural conditions - Closing devices / Watertight doors Damaged 16) Structural conditions - Electrical installations in general Not as required The vessel was released again on April 18 and left the port en route to Sulina with an ETA as of April 21. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

On Apil 18, 2025, the "Suez Canal" was etained in Shanghai, China with four deficiencies, tow of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - UMS - Ship Not as required 2) Fire safety - Fire pumps and its pipes' Inoperative The vessel was released again on April 20 and left the port en route to Ningbo. The last detentions were only on Feb 21 in Qingdao, with 12 deficiencies for three days and on Aug 19, 2024, in Ningbo with 14 deficiencies for two days. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

More than 1,000 sailors aboard the aircraft carrier 'Charles de Gaulle' have tested positive for COVID-19, a number that could continue to surge as the crew awaits approximately 930 more test results. The outbreak onboard the French navy’s flagship forced leadership to call off the remaining two weeks of the carrier’s scheduled deployment to the North Atlantic. The ship, which carries a crew of nearly 1,800, pulled into port last week at Toulon Naval Base in southern France. In all, 1,081 crew members from the Charles de Gaulle naval group have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. That total comes almost entirely from the carrier, and includes at least two U.S. sailors who were assigned to the ship as part of the U.S. Navy’s Personnel Exchange Program. The American sailors have since been removed from the ship and were receiving excellent host nation medical care at French facilities. The declining health of one French sailor, meanwhile, necessitated a transfer to the intensive care unit. Partially complicating the early detection process onboard the 'Charles de Gaulle' was the rate of asymptomatic carriers. Of the confirmed cases, nearly half showed no symptoms. Additionally, masks were not made available until late in the ship’s deployment. T The debilitating spread of the virus onboard France’s lone carrier, has sparked concern about the nation’s ability to remain ready to fight. Unlike the U.S. Navy, which touts 10 other active carriers in addition to the coronavirus-stricken USS 'Theodore Roosevelt', losing the 'Charles de Gaulle' for an extended period could cripple France’s nuclear deterrence capabilities.

On March 31, 2020, around 9 a.m. a fire broke out aboard the new built Panama flagged cruise ship 'Mardi Gras', 183200 gt (9837444), which is currently built at the Meyer yard in Turku. The fire occurred in a cabin on the upper deck, and fire crews managed to limit the fire to one cabin. In total, 18 fire brigade units were sent from the rescue service to the shipyard, but the fire could quickly be extinguished by the shipyard's own fire department. However, the ship must be checked to make sure there were no remaining hot spots. All workers were evacuated from the ship, but no one was injured in the fire. The cause of the fire was still unclear.

On April 18, 2025, the 'Annapurna' was detained in Gemlik with 13 deficiencies, four of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Fire safety - Jacketed high pressure lines and oil leakage alarm Inoperative 2) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Unsafe 3) Water/Weathertight - Ventilators, air pipes and casings Damaged 4) Living and working - Cleanliness of engine room Insufficient The vessel was released again on April 20, destined to Izmit. The same day it anchored at the Tuzla shipyaard area in pos. 40° 53' N 029° 12' E, where it remained stationary as of April 22. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The 'Taganrogskiy Zaliv' was detained in Dalian on April 15, 2025, with 13 deficiencies, four of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention. 1) Fire safety - Jacketed high pressure lines and oil leakage alarm Inoperative 2) Fire safety - Remote Means of controll (Machinery spaces) Inoperative 3) Safety of navigation - Lights, shapes and sound-signals Not as required 4) Life saving Appliances - Means of recovery of life saving Appliances Not as required The vessel was released again on April 17 and left Dalian the same day en route to the SWA fishing grounds. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The US Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from a 600-foot tanker at anchorage approximately 15 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, on April 19, 2020. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a report of a 58-year-old man reportedly experiencing symptoms of an upper respiratory illness. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon as well as local CDC and county health partners who recommended the medevac. Watchstanders launched a Coast Guard Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew. The RB-M boat crew transferred the patient to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at Station Galveston who transported him to the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

On March 31, 2020, around 9 a.m. a fire broke out aboard the new built Panama flagged cruise ship 'Mardi Gras', 183200 gt (9837444), which is currently built at the Åbovarvet Meyer Turku. The fire occurred in a cabin on the upper deck, and fire crews managed to limit the fire to one cabin. In total, 18 fire brigade units were sent from the rescue service to the shipyard, but the fire could quickly be extinguished by the shipyard's own fire department. However, the ship must be checked to make sure there were no remaining hot spots. All workers were evacuated from the ship, but no one was injured in the fire. The cause of the fire was still unclear.

On April 15, 2025, the "Baku Wind" was detained in Mersin with 16 deficiencies, ten of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Water/Weathertight - Covers (Hatchway, portable,- tarpaulin etc) Cracked 2) Water/Weathertight - Doors Not properly maintained 3) Structural conditions - Bulkhead - corrosion Corroded 4) Structural conditions - Steering gear Not as required 5) Fire safety - Fire detection and alarm system Inoperative 6) Fire safety - Fire fighting equipment and Appliances Not as required 7) Fire safety - Other (Fire safety) Other 8)) Pollution Prevention - Ballast Water Management System Not properly maintained 9) Emergency systems - Emergency lighting, batteries and switches Not properly maintained 10) Life saving Appliances - Lifebuoys incl provision and disposition Not as required The vessel was released again om April 15 and permitted a single voyage to the shipyard area in Tuzla for permanent repairs of the shortcomings with an ETA as of April 25. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

On April 21, 2025, at around 5.50 a.m. UTC the 'Trondskjær - T 700 K', which had set off from Bulandet on April 20, got its propeller fouled by the fishing gear and requested assistance in the Holmefjord (Lat. 62.4686 Lng. 5.5291). The ship was taken in tow by the NSSR-lifeboat 'Idar Ulstein' at around 9 a.m. and safely pulled to the port of Fosnavåg at 11 a.m., where the obstruction was removed. The purse seiner left the port again at 7.10 p.m. en route to Eggesbønes, where it arrived at 8.20 p.m. and remained stationary as of April 22. Photo: http://skipsfarts-forum.net/index.php?threads/skipsulykker.47/page-115#post-40174

One crew member of the USS 'Theodore Roosevelt' which was being anchored off Guam has died of a corona virus infection on April 14, 2020. The woman had been in intensive care but died of health complications. More than 550 crew members of the 5.000 crew members were tested positive. The ship has been largely evacuated during the recent days. Commander Brett Crozier had been fired as he wrote a letter expressing his concern about the crew situation and asked for help by the Navy.

A 52-year old Cape Town truck driver was killed on March 20, 2020, when the spreader from a Transnet Port Terminal crane collapsed and crushed his truck cab inside the container terminal. The accident occurred around 11h00 on Friday morning when the truck arrived to collect a container at the TPT terminal. The reach stacker crane passed over the truck when the spreader bar was dislodged and fell onto the cab of the truck. The reason why the spreader fell was not clear but one witness claimed that the crane involved in the accident had been receiving attention from a technician shortly beforehand. Immediately following the accident the crane operator attempted to hoist the spreader off the truck but was unsuccessful. The driver of the truck was trapped in his cab and died at the scene despite the efforts of Transnet paramedics who were quickly on the scene. Following the accident the South African Police Services opened an inquest docket for further investigation. Operations remained suspended for some hours until all regulatory authorities currently onsite, concluded their assessments. The maintenance of the Kalmar equipment at the port was recently taken over by Transnet.