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The Qusayr Public Prosecutor's Office has decided to prosecute the captain and owner of the "VSG Glory," which sank in the coral reef area of ​​Qusayr, accusing them of damaging the coral reef environment and polluting the beach area by spilling fuel into the waters of the Red Sea, causing serious environmental damage. The Ministry of Environment's Environmental Compensation Committee estimated the environmental damage at $24 million, and a copy of the committee's report has been submitted to the Qusayr Public Prosecutor's Office for the conclusion of the investigation.

EOn April 15, 2025, the 'Prevelis' has been transferred to the dock next to the 'Kriti I' in Elefsina, definitively closing its life cycle in Greek coastal shipping. Officially, the ferry will now have only one and final trip to the Aliiaga scrapyard.

Global Ports Holdings (GPH) is to operate Prince George Wharf and related areas at Nassau Cruise Port in The Bahamas for the next 25 years. According to an agreement with the Government of The Bahamas, GPH has joined forces with the Bahamas Investment Fund and the Yes Foundation to create the Nassau Cruise Port Ltd. (NCP) consortium. GPH will use its global expertise and operating model to manage Nassau Cruise Port. “I am delighted that NCP has signed a port operation and lease agreement for Prince George Wharf at Nassau Cruise Port,” said Mehmet Kutman, chairman and co-founder of GPH.

Kudos Trucking Company has ordered two Konecranes Noell Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes and two Konecranes Gottwald Model 5 Mobile Harbor Cranes (MHCs) for their terminal in Davao City, the Philippines. Konecranes booked the order in June 2019.

On April 15, 2025, at around 11.45 a.m. a mobile crane toppled over and partially landed onto the foreship of the 'Rimini', which was docked at the Tinnemans Shipbuilding shipyard in Maasbracht, during works at the vessel. Two people who were operating the crane were injured. The crane broke in half and fell over, after which the crane partially crashed onto the ship. The emergency services attended in large contingents, including a trauma helicopter, several fire brigade units and the police. There was great panic at the scene of the accident shortly after the accident. The two victims were brought down by the fire brigade. Theyreceived medical attention and were taken to the hospital in Maastricht with unknown injuries. At around 12:50 p.m., the emergency services reported that the situation around the crane was stable. The crane was being towed from the site and recovered- The Labour Inspectorate will investigate the accident. Report with photos and video: https://www.bd.nl/binnenland/hijskraan-omgevallen-op-scheepswerf-in-maasbracht-twee-slachtoffers-van-hoogte-gered~a165a39b/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Lark Harbour Mayor Wade Park stated that the town is not pleased due to a lack of commitment to build a road to the 'MSC Baltic III' to allow for quicker salvage and clean up. The Coast Guard stated: “Canada follows the “polluter pay principle”. This means vessel owners are responsible for addressing all the hazards and risk of pollution posed by their vessel as well as all the associated costs. MSC has contracted T&T Salvage for removal of the heavy fuel oil and cargo on board the MSC Baltic III to mitigate the immediate hazards posed by the vessel. Eastern Canada Response Corporation has also been engaged by the vessel operator. Their role is to take actions to help prevent a spill and respond should one occur.’ CCG recognizes the impacts of weather on the timeliness of the operations and is committed to continue working in collaboration with MSC to advance contingency planning. Area residents and harvesters in particular have been growing increasingly concerned, fearful that potential pollution on board the compromised vessel, and the added activity in the area, will disrupt the fishing season. The Coast Guard said that Canada follows a “polluter pay” principle whereby the owners are responsible for addressing all the costs, hazards and the risk of pollution posed by their vessel. The Coast Guard resources remained on site in Lark, with additional pollution response equipment available and assets were in place to ensure that the owner is taking appropriate and reasonable measures to address all hazards posed by the vessel, including the remaining fuel and oil on board. Report with photos: https://vocm.com/2025/04/14/coast-guard-remains-on-scene-of-baltic-iii-salvage-efforts/

Fincantieri floated Silversea’s new ultra-luxury cruise ship, Silver Moon, out of the building dock at its yard in Ancona, Italy on 29 August. Representatives from Fincantieri and Silversea and other invited guests watched as the 596-guest ship touched water for the first time during a traditional coin ceremony. Fincantieri will now work with its partners to outfit the vessel’s interiors ahead of her sea trials and delivery in 2020. “Today, with the float out of Silver Moon, we draw ever-closer to achieving my father’s dream of a 12-ship fleet,” said Manfredi Lefebvre, Silversea’s executive chairman.

The Koper port placed 80th on this year’s list of 900 best connected container ports in the world, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). The port has been listed the highest among all Adriatic Sea container ports since the first such ranking in 2006. The first place went to the Shanghai port, while the port of Antwerp was the best in Europe, having been placed 6th in the world.

On April 15, 2025, the "Carmen Barcia" went adrift one nautical mile off the mouth of the port of Camariñas due to a possible rope haing been caught in the propeller. The vessel with six crew members on board dropped anchor to avoid drifting ashore. The CCS Fisterra of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR boat 'Salvamar Altair' (MMSI: 224013350) from the local rescue station, which took the fishing vessel in tow and safely pulled it to the port of Camariñas.

An interim Report on the alliision of the 'Solong' and the 'Stena Immaculate' has been Issued by the MAIB: Following the accident, the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch began a formal inquiry and this week issued an interim report that traces the 'Solong'’s course leading up to the collision, creates a timeline for the watchkeeping schedule aboard the ship and shows plainly that the 'Solong' was at fault. The MAIB’s ongoing investigation will focus on several critical aspects. It will encompass the navigation and watchkeeping practices on board both vessels; manning and fatigue management; the condition and maintenance of the vessels involved; the use of the offshore area as an anchorage for vessels waiting to enter the Humber Estuary; and the environmental conditions at the time. The 'Stena Immaculate' was pulled to the port of Great Yarmouth, being towed by the tugs 'Brage Viking' (IMO: 9475791) and 'Ormesby Cross' (IMO: 9206944) on the evening of April 11, and safely berthed in the foreport, assisted by the tugs 'Ormesby Cross' (IMO: 9206944), 'Sea Juliett' (IMO: 9778387), 'Camperdown' (IMO: 9974905) and 'Triton' (IMO: 9451537). .It is expected to remain there pending its final repair destination, which has yet to be determined. Reports, photos and video: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-04-11/north-sea-tanker-towed-into-port-one-month-after-collision?fbclid=IwY2xjawJrGzFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHk4G44MLVn-nasgHUsXSBzdr8gVdSfVSB1GGsmbEo1a36akWZR_qUx27Kyxb_aem_0sGC-1i5tfTt4wxE2GgVeg https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg72150xvx8o https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/3826817?navList=gallery&category=39&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7tbwxxvFSw https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/stena-immaculate-docks-great-yarmouth-10102061

Konecranes Port Services will retrofit electrification to a Model 2 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor crane in DP World’s Liège Container Terminal in Belgium, lowering the terminal’s local emissions and noise. Strategically located along the Meuse river in eastern Belgium, the Port of Liège is the third-largest river port in Europe, directly linked to both Antwerp and Rotterdam. The DP World Liège Container Terminal (DPW LCT) is the only trimodal terminal in Wallonia, operating four barges to Antwerp every week.

The world’s largest container ship MSC Gulsun arrived at container terminal DCT Gdańsk on Friday. During its stop, 11,000 containers will be reloaded, which means the largest regular container exchange in Europe. MSC Gulsun is the first ship in the world with a width of 24 rows of containers and a capacity of 23,756 TEU.