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On Jan 27, 2025: the 'Gerda S' was detained in Batumi with 12 deficiencies: 1) Certificate & Doc - Garbarge record book Not as required 2) Certificate & Doc - SOPEP Not as required 3) Life saving Appliances - On board training and instructions Not as required 4) Living and working - Anchoring devices Not as required 5) Living and working - Winches & Capstans Not as required 6) Living and working - Clealiness of engine room Not as required 7) Water/Weathertight - Machinery spaces openings Inoperative Water/Weatherthing - Cargo and other Hatchways Not as required 9) Safety of navigation - Meands of escape Inoperative 10) Fire safety - Jacketed high pressure lines and oil leakage alarm Not as required 11) Fire safety - Fire control Not as required 12) Safety of navigation - Nautical publications Not updated The vessel was released again on Jan 28 and left the port en route to Tsingeli with an ETA as of Feb 3. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

Among 1,894 passengers aboard the 'Coral Princess', 59 reported being ill during its current voyage, along with 12 crew members, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Their main symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea caused by norovirus- The ship haddeparted on Jan. 20, 2025, from San Francisco, California, on a 16-day cruise with scheduled stops in Mexico, Guatemala a.o.

The US Coast Guard informed that it reopened the Houston Ship Channel, on September 13, after a protest demonstration near Baytown, Texas. Namely, on September 12, 22 Greenpeace US climbers created a blockade from the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown. The closure on the ship channel started on September 12, after Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received notification that about 11 individuals were suspended from the Fred Hartman Bridge. A US Coast Guard Station Houston 29-foot Response Boat-Small boat crew, a US Coast Guard Station Galveston 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew and the crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Tiger Shark were launched to the scene.

Last week, the Dutch multimodal operator Multi Modal Rail B.V. launched a new container rail service between Rotterdam and the French town of Ottmarsheim, Port of Rotterdam said in its release. Starting with one round trip per week, the shuttle connection is expected to swiftly expand to two round trips per week. The train calls on each of Rotterdam’s major terminals. After being loaded in Rotterdam on Thursday, the shuttle departs from the sea port on Friday and arrives/departs in Ottmarsheim on Saturday. The train is back at Maasvlakte for unloading on Sunday morning. The shuttle service is offered as a complement to the two existing container rail services between Rotterdam and Strasbourg.

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The Vezhen Navigation Ltd., which owns the 'Vezhen', is now requesting that the seizure of the ship be released. The company's lawyer believes that the Swedish court is not authorized to continue to hold the ship. In the document submitted to the Stockholm District Court, the lawyer wrote that there are no legal grounds for the seizure of the ship and that there is no legal basis for the Coast Guard's action to follow it outside the port of Karlskrona. The company also says it has not received any justification for the seizure or a case number from the prosecutor.

Napier Port, the third largest port on New Zealand’s North Island, has placed an order with Damen Shipyards Group for an Azimuth Tractor Drive (ATD) Tug 2412 Twin Fin for delivery later this year. The contract was signed by Sjoerd de Bruin, sales manager Pacific for Damen and Napier Port CEO Todd Dawson at Napier Port main office. Napier Port is currently developing a sixth wharf which, at 350 metres long, will be capable of handling the larger vessels that are expected to access the port in the near future. As a key transport hub for the Hawke’s Bay region of the North Island, the port already hosts a wide range of vessels including container ships, cruise ships, cargo and timber carriers. The ATD Tug 2412 Kaweka will join two existing Voith-type tugs at the port; the Te Mata and Ahuriri. Tractor tugs work best at Napier Port due to their ability to operate effectively in a swell, to tow indirectly, and their manoeuvrability, the last particularly important due to the tight berthing arrangements in the harbour. Just 24-metres in length but with 72 tonnes of bollard pull, the ATD Tug 2412 delivers just the combination of power but compactness that the Napier Port management team is seeking.

ABP announces that it will be welcoming the Royal Navy’s HMS Grimsby, into the Port of Grimsby on Sunday 15th September. For one day only, HMS Grimsby will be lowering her gangway at ABP's port and allowing the public to come aboard to learn about the important work the Royal Navy does in protecting the UK, as well as the host of other roles it performs across the world. The vessel will open for public viewing between the hours of 12.00 – 16.00 for one day only, at The Port of Grimsby, Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby DN31 3LL.

Aboard the 'Viking Mars', 62 of 887 passengers reported being sick during a voyage that ended on Jan 24, 2025, with symptoms of norovirus, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the causative agent as unknown. Nine crew members also became ill. The ship had left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a Panama Canal cruise on Jan 10, 2025.

On Jan 29, 2025, the "Nordwind" was inspected by officers of the water police Kiel in the port of Rendsburg. It was found that the ballast water treatment system had been defective since September 2024; the ballast water had since then been pumped overboard via a bypass. Neither the flag state, the classification society, nor the loading and unloading ports were informed of this. Further investigations revealed that a total of 719 m³ was pumped into the port of Hamburg on three different days. Following a presentation of the facts to the Authority for the Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture (BUKEA) in Hamburg, a total security deposit of 44,238 euros was ordered against the Philippine Chief Engineer. In the port of Wolgast, a total of 508 m³ of ballast water was pumped into the port on two different days. After a presentation of the facts at the Wolgast Port Authority, a total security deposit of 36,000 euros was ordered against the Philippine Chief Engineer. The total security deposit was therefore 80,238 euros. Furthermore, registration deficiencies were identified, so that theFederal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) recommended a total security deposit of 528.50 euros. The Ship Safety Department was informed of the deficiencies identified. Administrative offense reports and reports to the flag state are being prepared, and further investigations will follow.

On the 9th of September 2019 the work for the contract “Dredging Het Nieuwe Diep”, commissioned by the Port of Den Helder, has started. Dutch Dredging is expected to carry out the remediation of 200,000 m3 of partially contaminated spoil until mid-December. The survey vessel “Hydrograaf” started the pre-dredge survey on the 9th of September, a so-called “baseline measurement” of the work. The work will then be carried out in 3 phases. In Phase 1, a bed leveller equipped with a so called dirt-plough will be employed. This is due to the fact that the top layer of silt contains a considerable amount of soil-foreign material. The specifically developed dirt-plough consists of long thin spikes that sink through the layer of silt and rake the dirt from the soil. The dirt will be ploughed to free locations where it can be dredged by means of a grab dredger and will be discharged into skips on the quay for removal and disposal. In the Phase 2, a bed leveller, trailing suction hopper dredger and a grab dredger will subsequently commence with the dredging works to the north and south of the Moorman bridge. They will restore the required depth. During Phase 3 the contaminated sediment will be removed. This phase is carried out by a grab dredger and several hopperbarges. The dredged material will be loaded in to the barges, which will transport the sediment to a depository for polluted sediment.

The fire in the engine room of the crude oil tanker Dubai Harmony moored at the Sture terminal in Øygarden municipality has now been extinguished, Equinor said in its release. At 1102 this morning, Equinor's alarm centre received reports of a fire in the engine room on board Dubai Harmony, which was loading at the quay at the Sture terminal. The fire has now been extinguished and the fire service is continuing to cool the area where the fire took place. The 102 people who were at the Sture terminal were evacuated from the terminal when the incident occurred as a precaution, while only personnel with emergency tasks remained at the terminal. The emergency organisation in Equinor will maintain dialogue with the public rescue service and other relevant authorities.