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Attach by Chittagong High Court: 19.06.2025

The "Belenos" was surprised by the surfacing of a Russian submarine off the coast of Brittany on June 28, 2025.T he Breton fishing vessel had left Roscoff in Finistère the same morning and was sailing off the coast of Côtes-d'Armor. The incident occurred not far from the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. The submarine had been tracked for some time by the Atlantic Maritime Prefecture. The French frigate 'Normandie' escorted it during its southbound transit. The escort was then entrusted to the British Navy. Report with photo: https://lemarin.ouest-france.fr/defense/au-large-de-la-bretagne-le-chalutier-belenos-surpris-par-la-remontee-dun-sous-marin-russe-24faa928-5590-11f0-8d7d-49e18ac65051

The 'Lord of the Isles', serving on the route Kennacraig-Islay, will be removed from the route from July 9-11 for essential repairs of the cylinder heads. As a result, an amended timetable will be operated during this time with the ferries 'Isle of Arran' and 'Finlaggan'. The 6 p.m. sailing from Kennacraig on July 8 will divert to Port Askaig and not Port Ellen as timetabled. The 'Lord of the Isles' will then reposition to Kennacraig at 8:30 p.m. There will be no traffic carried on this sailing. On July 12 the 'Lord of the Isles' will operate an amended timetable, while the sailings of the 'Finlaggan' will operate as scheduled.

The 'Independence of the Seas' had to skip the call at Alesund on July 1, 2025, during the current Norway voyage from June 29 to July 6, due to ongoing maintenance work, making the ship currently unable to reach the necessary cruising speed to dock in the western Norwegian coastal town on time at 4 p.m. The ship required a second day at sea en route from Southampton to Norway. The first Norwegian port of call will therefore be Molde, which will be reached on July 2. Calls in Olden and Haugesund are then planned, before returning to Southampton for a third day at sea on the North Sea. Already in recent weeks, there have been slight itinerary changes due to maintenance work on the 'Independence of the Seas'. Royal Caribbean International is was working hard to complete the maintenance so that the ship can return to full cruising speed and operate its upcoming cruises as scheduled. Original itinerary for the Independence of the Seas from June 29 to July 6, 2025: Southampton – Sea Day – Sea Day & Ålesund – Molde – Olden – Haugesund – Sea Day – Southampton Adjusted itinerary for the Independence of the Seas from June 29 to July 6, 2025: Southampton – Sea Day – Sea Day – Molde – Olden – Haugesund – Sea Day – Southampton

The commissioning of the LNG terminal in Stade continues to be delayed with the "Energos Force" chartered by the German government, having set course on June 24, 2025, en route to Gibraltar with an ETA as of July 1. Over the past few months, it has been waiting off Skagen, waiting to enter Stade. Nevertheless, there were initial signs that the two parties to the conflict are slowly moving closer together. The differences between the federally owned Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) GmbH and the project developer Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH (HEH) are about the construction of the superstructure. This jetty ensures that the cryogenic liquefied natural gas regasified from the ship can be transferred to land and distributed to the gas grids there. The superstructure could go into operation by the start of the heating season, as iit had previously been confirmed by the responsible approval authorities. First signs of rapprochement The DET has not yet considered the facilities to be operational. HEH has apparently also determined that the technical work on the superstructure facilities and the documentation to be handed over for the safe operation of the superstructure facilities in compliance with German and international safety standards are still outstanding. The plant could be put into operation once the outstanding issues named by Uniper have been resolved. The DET was currently "intensively examining a sub-charter of the 'Energos Force'. The ship would generate considerable costs even without active use, and subchartering would reduce the costs for the federal government. The sub-chartering must not impair the possibilities for a timely commissioning of the site, which are also currently being examined.