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Om March 28, 2025, the 'Sea Star 74' was detained in Tuapse with 20 deficiencies: 1) Fire safety - Fire detection and alarm systems Inoperative 2) Living and working - Other (Mooring) Other 3) Pollution Prevention - Suspected of discharge violation 4) Pollution Prevention - Pumping, piping and discharge arrangements Not as required 5) Water/Weathertight - Scuppers, inlets and discharges Not as required. 6) Safety of navigation - Nautical publications Expired 7) Safety of navigation - Navigation records Not as required 8)) Safety of navigation - Bridge operation Not as required 9) Safety of navigation - Voyage or passage plan Inoperative 10) Living and working - Cleanliness Not as required 11) Living and working - Ropes and wires Not as required 12) LIving and working - Anchoring devices Not as required 13) Fire safety - Fire pump and its pipes Not as required 14) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Not as required 15) Fire safety - Fire fighting equipment and Appliances Not as required 16) Fire safety - Other (Fire safety) Other 17) Life saving Appliances - Lifeboats Not properly maintained 18) Pollution Prevention - Retention of oil on board Not as required 19) Fire safety - Remote Means of control Inoperative 20) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on April 5 and has remained stationary in the port since. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The German authorities must await a court decision before they can potentially dispose of the seized "Eventin." The ship is believed to belong to Russia's shadow fleet.According to the Federal Ministry of Finance, legal action has been filed against the seizure. Further enforcement measures must be waived until the competent court makes its decision. The responsible authorities, meanwhile examined and confirmed the ship's seaworthiness. Maritime safety and the threat situation remained subject to ongoing review. The ship, which is moored off Sassnitz on the island of Rügen, is to be relocated promptly to a so-called dangerous goods anchorage, approximately three nautical miles from its current mooring.

ENCHANTED PRINCESS, the fifth in a line of six Royal Class ships built for Princess Cruises, was floated out on 6 August at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Monfalcone.

On August 1, ABP announced new customers for the Port of Immingham this week: The port welcomed the first vessel in a new contract with customers Top Blue and The Fuel Trading Company. The new deal is expected to bring an extra 30,000 tonnes per year through the Port of Immingham – the largest Port by tonnage in the UK. The cargo being delivered is Prilled Urea which is a key part of the mixture for the AdBlue market.

On April 9, 2025, the 'Ayana Sea' was detained in Kocaeli with 18 deficiencies, five of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Certificate & Doc - Certificate for Master and officers Not as required 2) Living and working - Cleanliness of engine room Insufficient 3) Water/Weathertight - Doors Not properly maintained 4) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary machinery Not as required 5) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Propulsion main engine Not as required The vessel was released again on April 11 and left the port en route to Sulina, where it arrived on April 15. The last detention was on Feb 21, 2024, also in Kocaeli, with 25 deficiencies for five days. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The upper part of the wheelhouse of the 'Niels' collapsed due to a broken support cable on April 14, 2025, on the Juliana Canal near Urmond. The skipper was hit by the ceiling of the cabin on his head and suffered back injuries. He was no longer able to get out himself. The emergency services responded to the accident aboard the pusher tug at the Paalweg, where the ship was moored. A trauma helicopter was also called in, although it did not ultimately have to take action. With the help of the fire brigade, the injured man was carefully lifted out of the cabin and off the ship. He was taken to hospital by ambulance. The labor inspectorate indicated that it has completed its investigation into the incident. Reports with photos and video: https://www.limburger.nl/regio/stein/urmond/stuurhut-duwboot-zakt-vanwege-gebroken-steunkabel-in-op-julianakanaal-bij-urmond-schipper-gewond/56698925.html https://www.hbvl.be/nieuws/schipper-gewond-nadat-stuurhut-duwboot-zakt-vanwege-gebroken-steunkabel-op-julianakanaal-in-urmond-vlak-bij-belgische-grens/56789930.html

Expansion works on the Takoradi Port have started with the construction of a multipurpose on-dock Atlantic Container Terminal. The project will see the port basin being dredged to create a 16-metre depth and land reclamation for the building of five new berths to hold bigger capacity vessels. A visit to the Takoradi Port in the Western Region revealed that the contractors were casting the foundation stones for the quay wall to herald the expansion project at the port. The project, being developed by Ibistek Ghana Limited at a cost of $475 million, marks the first time a wholly owned Ghanaian firm has been engaged in port development in the country. The Atlantic terminal, which will be the major development in the history of the Takoradi port when completed, will have a cargo holding space of one million twenty-footer equivalent units (TEUs), an upscale from the average container traffic of about 55,000 TEUs a year.

Terminal operator APM Terminals (APMT) has released a video of the final three ship-to-shore (STS) cranes arriving at the Vado Gateway terminal, which it hopes will be the next major logistics hub for the Mediterranean and Europe. The Vado Gateway terminal is scheduled to open on December 12, 2019, and will be built with a 700-meter deep-sea berth specifically to handle the latest Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS), as well as an automated gate and stacking area. APMT announced the inauguration date in July 2019 – a story PTI reported on at the time. Located in the Vado Ligure Port Complex in the northwest of the country, it will be the first semi-automated port in Italy and be integrated with an already existing reefer terminal.

On April 7, 2025, the 'Jordania' was detained again in Kocaeli with 14 deficiencies ,two of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Alarms - Steering gear alarm Malfunctioning 2) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Propulsion main engine Not as required The vessel was released again on April 8 and left the port en route to Novorossyisk with an ETA as of April 10, where it had been detained the last time only on March 6 with 11 deficiencies for three days. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

On March 14, 2025, the 'Francisco Javier Uno' suffered an engine failure and was disabled and adrift one nautical mile north of Punta Langosteira and requested towing assistance. The CCS A Coruña of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR boat 'Salvamar Beteigeue' (MMSI: 225986508), which took the fishing vessel in tow and safely pulled it to the Oza dock in A Coruña.

Icebreaker assistance and ice restrictions for ships entering the basin of Section No.1 at the Port of Sabetta, Yamal and access channel are canceled as of 00:00 Moscow time, August 6. The corresponding order was signed by the Port Harbourmaster Nikolay Nesterov. The order says that there is a possibility of separately floating ice floes, therefore masters of ships sailing in this water area of the Port of Sabetta and on approaches to the port are advised to exercise caution. Arctic Port of Sabetta is built on the western shore of the Gulf of Ob (Kara Sea) for transshipment of hydrocarbons from the South-Tambey gas condensate field on the Yamal peninsula to the Western Europe, South America and APR countries under Yamal LNG project. The project envisages the construction of an LNG plant capable of producing 16.5 million metric tonnes of LNG and 1.35 million tonnes of gas condensate annually

The Government of Maharashtra, India, India has named the Virgin Hyperloop One – DP World Consortium as Original Project Proponent (OPP) for the Pune-Mumbai Hyperloop Project, making it the first hyperloop project in the world. In a statement, Virgin Hyperloop One described it as a “landmark announcement” for the building of the Mumbai-Pune hyperloop transportation system.