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The 'Northern Endurance'' was partially beached about three miles from downtown Unalaska, near Little Priest Rock in Iliuliuk Bay on Jan 23, 2025. The ship was pulled free by the emergency response and salvage company Resolve Marine on Jan 24 at around 9 a.m. and was docked at Resolve Marine near Unalaska’s spit. Ualaska's U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit was investigating the fishing vessel as a routine process. Initially the City of Unalaska Fire Department had responded to the incident on the afternoon of Jan 24, before handing operations over to the local Coast Guard team. The captain confirmed there were no injuries to crew members aboard, as well as no additional hazardous conditions. Report with photo: https://www.kucb.org/industry/2025-01-24/fishing-vessel-pulled-free-from-rocks-coast-guard-begins-investigation

The 'Carnival Freedom' remained at Port Canaveral in Florida instead of heading out to sea on Jan 24 at 3.30 p.m., after being delayed due to an environmental issue. It finally set sail several hours later. An oil sheen around the ship was observed, but a survey showed no discharge from the ship. A few hours it eventually departed. On Jan 25, authorities at Carnival shared an updated statement: "Carnival Freedom’s team promptly investigated and cleaned an oily sheen around the ship after notifying Port Canaveral and Coast Guard officials (on) Thursday. Internal systems and a thorough survey of the ship’s exterior conducted by a dive team showed no discharge from the ship. All regulatory requirements were followed, and the USCG cleared the ship for departure on Thursday night. Carnival Freedom is sailing a Bahamas cruise."

APM Terminals has become the first Peruvian port to introduce a customer platform that logs, streamlines and coordinate General Cargo operations in the port of Callao. During the pilot phase, the platform, which was developed together with maritime and customs agents, enabled users to complete transactions 67% faster and operations were completed 12% faster. APM Terminals Callao invested nearly USD 1 million in the implementation of MOST, a new state-of-the-art platform that can be used by maritime agents, customs agencies and carriers, among others. MOST can be used to register cargo and view real-time information, make online payments and generate authorizations for the loading and unloading of all types of General Cargo, from anywhere, anytime. The platform is a clear milestone in the efficient management of port logistics using world-class technology.

Australia’s biggest port operator DP World is telling dock workers that 200 jobs will be made redundant in Sydney and Melbourne as the company grapples with stalled union negotiations and growing commercial pressures. DP World Australia’s chief operating officer Andrew Adam told The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald that the company had no choice but to shed 200 staff – 100 in Melbourne (on top of 50 stevedores who will leave the business this week) and 100 in Sydney. About 1800 stevedores work at the company. “It’s a decision not taken lightly, but we’ve lost volume and market share since last year,” Mr Adam said.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has deployed a team of investigators after the collision pf the 'Haisla Northwind', towing a barge and with three people on board, with a workboat near Squamish, B.C., in the Howe Sound on Dec. 18, 2024. The workboat sank after the accident. The sole crew member aboard was rescued and treated for hypothermia. investigators were on site on Jan 23, 2025, to wait for the workboat to be retrieved from the water by the owners and the insurance company. The tug owner Woodfibre LNG said in a statement on Jan 24 it appreciated the Transportation Safety Board's role in investigating such incidents and continued to co-operate with the board throughout the investigation process.

On Jan 27, 2025, a fire was reported on the 'Vitesse', which was berthed at the Waalhaven Z.z. in Rotterdam, with smoke coming from the engine room, just after 6 a.m. The fire brigade mobilized, among other things, four fire engines and one aerial platform. Upon arrival, there appeared to be no real fire; but the starter motor had been stuck, resulting in considerable smoke development.

Two and a half years after taking over the operations of the Multi-Purpose and the New Cruise Terminals at the Limassol port, DP World Limassol on Wednesday presented the upgrades and investments in infrastructure and equipment. The company said that it had acquired brand-new equipment in January 2019 as part of an ongoing upgrade of the Limassol port infrastructure. The new machinery was put into operation in March 2019, following intensive training of staff and has contributed to speeding up operations at the Multi-purpose port terminal. More specifically, the new equipment includes: A new, high-tech LHM 420 mobile harbour crane, with maximum lifting capacity of 144 tons and radius of 54 metres enhancing the efficient handling and transportation of bulk cargo, general cargo, containers, oil and gas.

Nippon Express France, S.A.S. (hereinafter, “NEF”), a subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd., has opened a Tanger Med Logistics Center in the Moroccan port of Tanger Med, and this Center began operations on Wednesday, June 26, as NEF’s second location in Morocco.

The Scottish subsea specialist Sulmara has supported the fuel recovery operation from the 'Yu Zhou Qi Hang'. At the request of the Taiwanese government, Sulmara mobilized a WAM-V 16 uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) and a team of survey specialists to assist in the operation to recover almost 300 tons of fuel oil, the vessel had on board, when it lost power off the coast of Taiwan on Oc 29 asTyphoon Kong-rey struck. The Taiwanese marine contractor Dong Fang Offshore was called upon to deploy the 'Orient Constructor', a vessel capable of lifting salvage equipment and pumps onto the wreck. However, the operation presented high risks because maneuvering the 'Orient Constructor' close to the grounded vessel in adverse weather and shallow waters was further complicated by limited information on the potential subsea hazards below the keel. To mitigate the risk of damage to the 'Orient Constructor' and ensure safe navigation in the shallow waters, Dong Fang Offshore worked alongside Sulmara to conduct a complex seabed survey. Sulmara equipped a WAM-V 16 USV with a multibeam echosounder (MBES), a sensor used to map the seabed. The data collected was used to independently verify and cross check existing seabed data, instilling confidence to proceed.There was a risk that objects from the vessel could drop into the sea as well as other debris and hazards. Therefore, a USV was chosen because of the benefits it could bring. A safe operation which included connecting a towing line to the USV as back up in case anything happened. Within just two days, the WAM-V 16 was demobilized after safely completing its mission. The rapid response also enabled Dong Fang Offshore to complete the salvage operations within a week of arriving on site. Report with photo: https://www.marinelink.com/news/sulmara-assists-fuel-recovery-op-521513

The icebeaking tug CG 'Bristol Bay' (MMSI: 366999978) has failed to open a fairway for the 'Manitoulin' to enable the ship the further transit to the winter lay up in Saarnia, Ontaria. The 'Neah-Bay' (MMSI: 366999981) of the USCG and the buoy layer CCG „Samuel Risley“ (IMO: 8322442) were now deployed to get the ship freed. This finally succeeded on Jan 26, and the ship anchored in pos. 41° 53' N 082° 55' W. Report and video: https://www.yahoo.com/news/coast-guard-works-free-663-171230386.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14aJkuc82Pc&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fshipwrecklog.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE

The Alcantara container terminal in Lisbon announced this week plans to invest 122 million euros (137.4 million U.S. dollars) by 2038 to modernize and streamline the operational activity of its port infrastructure.

July 16: A fire at Iraq’s southern Basra offshore oil export terminal briefly halted crude loading operations on Tuesday but was put out and loading resumed, Iraqi oil officials said. The fire occurred in a residential section of the terminal accommodating workers and did not directly damage oil infrastructure, a port official and sources in the Basra Oil Company said. “Fire erupted at around 5 am (0200 GMT) and it was put out in two hours. We had to halt crude loading operations for three hours for safety issues,” said a port official who was speaking from the Basra port. Basra port has restored full operations with no stoppage at the oil exports jetties, said a statement from the state-run Basra Oil Company. Four workers suffered minor injuries, it added.