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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."

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.

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 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