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Beached at Alang 25.07.25

arrived Alang anchorage 26.07.25

arrived Alang Anchorage 25.07.25

Orcas have rammed the ''Azurea', with two French crew members on board, off the northern coast of Spain on July 21, 2025, at around 2 p.m.. The yacht issued a mayday call after the attack left its steering disabled just north of the town of Deba in the Spanish Basque Country. The two sailors, one of whom was aged 60, were rescued by the Spanish Coastguard, and taken with their boat under tow to the port of Getaria. Sailors were urged to be cautious in the Bay of Biscay.

On July 24, 2025, the 'Torm Splendid' has been detained in Fos-sur-Mèr following a port state control by the Ship Safety Center of the Mediterranean Interregional Directorate for Maritime Affairs (Dirm Med). The tanker had sailed from Bizerte on July 21 and arrived in Fos harbor on July 23.

The salvage pf the 'Infinitiy IV' in La Louvière by the company Antwerp Underwater Solutions is due to start on July 28, affter preparatory work on the barge has been carried out. The ship is still stuck under the collapsed bridge over the Canal du Centre in La Louvière, which is currently being demolished. The motorway was temporarily closed near the work site for a nighttime operation from July 9 to July 10t. Traffic across the canal has been flowing in both directions over the remaining bridge. The section affected is the section between the E42/A15 interchange with the A501 and the E42/A15 interchange with the E19/A7. When on March 6, a bridge over the E42 motorway collapsed, one person had died and three were injured. A crane landed on the barge during the accident, trapping two other people on board. They were freed by emergency services.

The 'Kalolimnos' was boarded by 6-7 armed perpetrators on July 10, 2025, at 2.20 a.m., en route from Jubail to Chittagong Shipbreakers, while moored at the Chittagong ‘C’ Anchorage in pos. N 19''8' N 91°43.8' E off the coast of Bangladesh. The crew members were not injured and nothing was reported stolen in the incident. The Bangladesh Coast Guard later arrested the perpetrators and handed them over to the local police.

Beached at Alang 25.07.25 as Gama II

Beached at Alang 26.07.25

Today at around 2 p.m., the Dregger Hein rammed and destroyed the shiploader I in Brake. The ship is aground, and parts of the loader are on deck https://cdn.vesseltracker.com/hires/2180316.jpg

A crew member of the 'Icon of the Seas' has died after going overboard. A man overboard call went off aboard the ship on July 25, 2025, at around 7:00 p.m., a few hundred miles off the coast of the Bahamas. Crews deployed rescue efforts. The crew member was located and pulled onto a dinghy; however, he passed away.

The 'El Venizelos' is expected to permanently join the Algérie Ferries fleet under a lease-purchase agreement. A lease agreement with a purchase option has been signed between the two parties, providing for a transfer of ownership after a five-year period. The 'El Venizelos' is one of the oldest vessels in the fleet of the Greek maritime group Attica. Since June 2025, the ferry has been operating between Algeria, France, and Spain under the Algérie Ferries banner. Its acquisition would bring the Algerian company's fleet to five, which currently includes the 'Badji Mokhtar III', the 'Tassili II', the 'Djazaïr II' and the 'Tariq Ibn Ziad'. The latter, which has been under repair for two years, is expected to return to service in Aug 2025.

On July 22, the 46.80-meter-long and 9.36-meter-wide,lock gate, which was damaged by the 'Madicken' on Jan 2, has been removed and brought to Kiel by the tugs 'Kiel' and 'Holtenau'. The 1500-tons- gate was to be repaired in Kiel. The impact had caused the gate to be dented about two meters deep over a width of about eight to ten meters. For the crossing to Kiel, technicians had stabilized the gate with two floating pontoons. The gate was to be drydocked in Dock 8a at the German Naval Yards shipyard in Kiel at the earliest opportunity. A replacement lock gate will be installed in Brunsbüttel at the start of August. It has just been towed from Kiel after repairs. Divers are currently using the time to replace worn rail plates on the floor of the lock chamber. Report with photo: https://www.kn-online.de/lokales/kiel/schleusentor-nach-schiffshavarie-zur-reparatur-nach-kiel-geschleppt-KS3A46TF2VFB5FSFXO53HK2ATA.html

The master of the KM 'Barcelona V' has been named as a suspect by the North Sulawesi police in connection with the fire that burned through the vessel. He was under investigation because of passenger manifest irregularities and possible non-compliance with emergency procedures during the fire and evacuation. The possible involvement of other crew members was investigated too. Evidence collection was ongoing to ensure this case is completed and submitted to the courts as soon as possible. Passengers had engaged in apparent self-directed evacuation into the water, without use of the vessel's liferafts. There were not enough lifejackets on board the vessel, and passengers panicked. Two people remained missing, and a search was still under way off the coast of the island of Talisei. The questions about the vessel's manifest stem from differing passenger counts. Only 280 personnel, including 16 crew members, were listed on the official manifest. The SAR agency Basarnas recorded the rescue of 575 people from the water, plus three fatalities and two missing The Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi has asked the police to investigate the details of the the 'Barcelona V's manifest. 13 agencies were involved in the post-accident inquiry.

Beached at Alang 25.07.25

Beached at Aliaga 25.07.25

The 'Caledonian Isles' has left the James Watt Dock of the Dales Marine in Greenock on the evening July 25, as the ferry operator tries to find a solution to technical problems that have kept the ship out of service for more than a year and a half. The ferry was bound for dry dock in Leith, for repairs which could take between eight weeks and four months. Thge mechanisms that control the pitch of the propellers will have to be removed for further investigation. If that doesn't work, the retrofitting of a new system to improve the accuracy of the pitch control will be tried. This would take four more months. The 'Caledonian Isles' went out of service for its annual overhaul in January 2024. A hull deformity was discovered after repairs at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Merseyside, which has had a knock-on effect on the ferry’s return to service and prompted CalMac to seek to recover some of the almost £11 million in costs from the Birkenhead yard. CalMac intended to publish winter timetables soon and aim to give communities and customers certainty about service levels and vessel deployment during that period.

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ordered on July 24, that the Singaporean shipping company X Press Feeders has to pay $1 billion in interim damages for the sinking of the "X-Press Pearl". The Sri Lankan authorities have requested $40 million in compensation the day after the accident, now up to $1 billion, which could increase further depending on the calculation of other compensation, according to the judgment. The accident caused an unprecedented ecological disaster, preventing all fishing activity for several months and causing significant deposits of chemicals and plastic pellets along 80 kilometres of coastline. Despite obtaining an order from a London maritime court in July 2023, limiting their liability to a maximum of $25 million, the Singaporean owners are facing an appeal of this decision by Sri Lanka and are now awaiting a decision from the London court. The owners have already had to pay $7.85 million for cleanup and compensation to the fishermen. Sri Lankan authorities believe the fire was caused by a nitric acid leak, which the crew appeared to have been aware of nine days before the fire began. Ports in Qatar and India had refused to unload the leaking nitric acid.

Within a few days, it will become clear whether two Rotterdam buyers will be allowed to sell 260 brand-new BMWs or whether the vehicles must be destroyed. They were stored in the hold of the 'Fremantle Highway', when a fire broke out on board on July 25, 2023, approximately 27 kilometers off the coast of Ameland. while the ship was en route from Bremerhaven to Singapore with nearly 4,000 new cars, but ultimately had to be towed to Eemshaven. The entrepreneurs bought the seemingly flawless BMWs in Eemshaven for over five million euros. They intended to resell them. According to them, the BMWs are in excellent condition, but the German car manufacturer itself claims the cars were damaged in the fire. BMW seized the vehicles and, in legal proceedings, demanded that all 260 be destroyed. BMW is against the sale, partly because cars intended for the Asian market are not allowed to be sold in Europe. Furthermore, BMW can no longer guarantee the safety of the cars, the car manufacturer's lawyer argued in February 2024. BMW's position is that the cars have been damaged by the heat and soot, and by the ship itself, that the quality has deteriorated, and that any future claims will cause BMW problems. The judge will rule on the case no later than the first week of August. All 260 hybrid cars are still parked in an industrial estate in Moerdijk. If the judge in the main proceedings does decide that the cars must be destroyed, Bakker and his colleague buyer will face enormous expenses. Not only the demolition is expensive- The storage also costs money, and while the cars are getting older every day, their value decreases.

Following the recent attack by the Houthi terrorists on the bulk carrier 'Eternity C' of the Cosmo Shipmanagement in Athens, the 'Giant' was mobilized to the Red Sea from Pieraeus on July 23, 2025, by the Hellenic Association of Towboat Owners, in cooperation with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs in Athens to assist in the event of attacks and accidents. It is intended to protect human life and the environment and support global shipping. The tug is manned by a qualified crew of 14 Greek sailors. It has four 16,000 hp engines and is capable of operating in the most adverse weather conditions. The vessel is equipped with an IACS navigator. Its main tasks are providing assistance to ships in distress, combating marine pollution, and protecting human life. The 'Giant' also has firefighting capabilities (Level 2, i.e., 7,200 cubic meters of water per hour at a distance of 200 meters) with a self-protection system throughout the ship. There are rescue zones and accommodations for 40 people, with the ability to accommodate a rescue team and rescued persons. There is also a hospital on board and the ability to supply electricity to damaged vessels. It can support salvage operations and offers space for helicopter operations (with winch only) as well as storage of rescue equipment. The ship will support, protect, and assist Greek-owned vessels and Greek seafarers, according to the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Vassilis Kikilias. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy supports the efforts and the cooperation between the public and private sectors.