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On the morningof March 12, 2025, a worker died in an accident on board the "Island Ocean", which was docked in Hareid at the Ulmatec Handling Solution. Health personnel were quickly on site, but that the man's life could not be saved. The deceased was not an employee of the shipping company, but of a company that performed work on the vessel. The police have been on board for investigations and confirmed at 2:30 p.m. that the man died. The next of kin have been notified. The company's management has been present to support the crew, and that they received assistance from the Norwegian Seamen's Church.

The probabilioty that the 'Guang Rong' will be declared a 'wreck' by the shipowner is becoming increasingly concrete. The costs of removal would amount to over 1,5 million euros. A recovery would not be economically viable. The Municipality would then be forced to dialogue no longer with the owners, but with the insurance company, called upon to resolve the problem of disposing of the ship. On the morning of March 7, rumors took this decision by the shipowner for granted, but the mayor of Massa, Francesco Persiani, could not yet confirm this information. The emptying of the starboard side tank inside the sludge room was completed on the evening of March 6. The operations to empty the diesel and oil tanks of the wheel loader and the crane, also inside the sludge room, have also been completed. The latter will was sucked up on the morning of March 8. On March 7, a pontoon was positioned on the starboard side of the ship and after having secured the area, the operations to remove the oil drums located between the cargo and the coaming will begin. The operations to unload the material in drums onto the barge moored to the starboard side of the 'Guang Rong' have also started. The lateral cranes of the lifeboats and free fall have been cleaned, the recovered oils will be conveyed to the sludge room and sucked up by Canal jet. Reports with photos and video: https://www.lanazione.it/massa-carrara/cronaca/guang-rong-relitto-vhzu2vmn https://www.iltirreno.it/massa/cronaca/2025/03/08/news/marina-di-massa-la-guang-rong-rischia-di-diventare-un-relitto-1.100672988 https://www.noitv.it/2025/03/guang-rong-il-giallo-del-relitto-e-i-timori-per-lestate-651578/

After the 'Dreamland' was safely berthed in Mariehamn,, personnel ofthe Åland Coast Guard Station carried out a ship inspection in cooperation with the customs. How long the 'Dreamland' will remain in the port is unclear. The technical problems were now being investigated. In the meantime, the Åland Coast Guard Station was monitoring the port area with environmental protection in mind. If necessary, they are prepared to act with oil booms. Report with photos: https://alandsradio.ax/nyheter/sjobevakningen-overvakar-dreamland-i-hamnen

The 'Daniel Tarr' and the Coast Guard Station South Padre Island boat crews, in coordination with Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi Command Center watch standers and Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi aircrews, detected and interdicted a total of 16 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line (MBL) in the Gulf of Mexico on the night of March 12, 2025. After interdicting four lanchas, the Coast Guard crews took the fishermen into custody, brought them ashore, and transferred them to U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for processing. Coast Guard personnel also seized an approximate total of 2,500 pounds of red snapper, along with fishing gear and equipment found on board the vessels. Two of the lanchas were also seized, while two were marked and left adrift due to flooding and instability. Report with video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4117490/coast-guard-detains-16-mexican-fishermen-seizes-2500-pounds-of-illegally-poache/

The 'De Gallant, sank off the coast of the Bahamas on May 21, 2024. after it was caught in a stormy supercell. The BEAmer investigation citesdunpredictable weather and the lack of modern maneuvering systems as factors leading to the loss of the vessel and two crew members. According to the BEAmer report published on March 11, 2025, the 'De Gallant' was impacted by strong winds of up to 70 knots while traveling at low speed, loaded with 22 tons of cargo. The crew consisted of four professional sailors and four passengers. Due to thunderstorms on the leeward side, the captain was supposed to prepare the halyard and the clinfoc halyard to be able to perform a quick jib maneuver in an emergency. The formation of the thunderstorm supercell had not been accurately predicted by the weather models. At 3:15 a.m., the first drops of rain fell, and five minutes later, a violent gust tilted the sailing ship 90 degrees, causing water to enter the engine room. The second, even stronger gust completely filled the engine room and condemned the ship to sink stern-first in less than ten minutes. The captain reacted immediately, gave the order to abandon ship, and activated the emergency radio beacons. The rafts were inflated using the hydrostatic buoyancy required by the Merchant Navy. Without this equipment, the crew's chances of survival would have been very slim. Six people managed to reach the rafts, one of which was upside down, but two crew members, likely entangled in the ropes or sails, failed to surface. The six shipwrecked survivors were rescued by helicopter by the U.S. Coast Guard several hours after the sinking. The parallel search efforts failed to locate the two missing sailors. The report, which was not approved by the ship's owner, highlighted how difficult it is to maneuver an old cargo sailing ship without modern tools. Unlike other modernized traditional ships, the 'De Gallant' had neither winches nor furling systems, making maneuvers lengthy and arduous, especially with a small crew. Furthermore, the deck drainage devices were undersized, further increasing the sailboat's instability in gusts. BEAmer recommended modernizing commercial schooners with the installation of remote control systems and improved safety precautions. It also emphasized that cargo sailing ships must be equipped with a sufficient and experienced crew to withstand extreme weather events.