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A cabin cruiser caught fire on the Sør Fjord on March 15, 2012, at 9.20 p.m. The was one person aboard, which was saved by the crew of the "Ole Bull" at 9.45 p.m. Fire rescue and air ambulance were alerted too. The man was taken to shore and checked by medical personnel.

An anchor belonging to the 'Eagle S,' has been located on a water deph of 80 meters and soon retrieved from the seabed, by the Swedish Armed Forces' multipurpose vessel HMS 'Belos', which is assisting with the investigation, on 'Jan 7. Finnish authorities have taken possession of the anchor, and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will begin analyzing it. The NBI suspects that the anchor was used in severing the EstLink 2 power cable between Finland and Estonia and damaging four telecommunication cables on December 25. The authorities previously said they found marks showing the anchor was dragged for almost 100 km along the sea floor. The 'Eagle S' had also sailed above a telecommunications cable in the North Sea above the Wadden Islands for several hours a year earlier, an examination of the AIS signals showed. The 'Eagle S' sailed in a northeasterly direction on the North Sea on Nov 24, 2023, and suddenly changed course. The ship sailed southeast until it arrived at a location about 50 kilometres above Terschelling in the evening, where the transatlantic data cable Atlantic Crossing 1 is located, which connects the USA with the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. That evening, the 'Eagle S' sailed back and forth above the sea cable for about two hours at low speed for unknown reasons. The tanker may remain in Porvoo the whole winter as it lacks ice classification and will soon be unable to leave the area without assistance. 24 deficiencies were previously discovered during inspections on board, including fire alarms and sanitation, and the vessel may be classified as unseaworthy by Traficom until the deficiencies are addressed at a shipyard, where it will at least get a new anchor. There are many investigations and measures to be completed and the Finnish authorities are doing so according to the manual, which could take several months. The cargo consists of 35,000 tonnes of unleaded petrol and is worth around 20 million euros. It is not owned by the shipping company and has probably already been sold, but at the moment the cargo is not allowed to be moved due to EU sanctions. The vessel is under seizure by the Central Criminal Police Office due to the criminal suspicions and Fingrid and Elisa also want to keep the vessel in order to get the cable repairs paid for. Eight people on the crew are suspected of crimes and are subject to travel bans. The missing anchor may remain somewhere along the tens of kilometers long tow track discovered in the Gulf of Finland. Underwater images had showed damages to the ship's hull that may be caused by the anchor chain. The location where the 'Eagle S' is anchored may be strategically well chosen because there is daily ship traffic there. This means that the ice does not become particularly thick. And if it does, a tug can drive around the 'Eagle S' and keep the ice away from around it. Reports with photos: https://yle.fi/a/7-10070011 https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/finland-bergt-anker-van-schip-dat-betrokken-zou-zijn-bij-sabotage-stroomkabels-in-oostzee~ada8b3b6/ https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/ankaret-fran-eagle-s-har-hittats-och-bargats

The 'Wiljaco-F1' that sank on the Maas near Maastricht close to the Sluisdijk on the morning of Jan 7, has been salvaged. The work ship 'Prins 6' (MMSI: 244090404) had removed the 1400 tons of the cargo of limestone and used pumps to refloat the barge later the day. The ship traffic on the waterway, which was blocked from Ternaaien to Limmel has been released. The barge was transferred to the port of Stein. Rijkswaterstaat has been working for several hours to remove the barge. Report with photo: https://www.l1nieuws.nl/nieuws/2821504/gezonken-duwbak-vlotgetrokken-scheepvaart-hervat

On Jan 7 after 10:00 p.m. LT, the 'Salvamar Adhara' docked in La Restinga with 84 sub-Saharan people on board, among them 13 women and four minors. The migrants had been rescued from a cayuco which was located by the SAR helicopter Helimer 204 about 74 nautical miles south of La Restinga. On Jan 7 at 3:30 a.m. LT, the 'Salvamar Acrux' accompanied the 61 occupants, among them four women, of a cayuco, which had been spotted 11 naitical miles southsoutheast of La Restinga. In both SAR operations, coordinated by CCS Tenerife, the LS Mike 02 of the Red Cross was mobilized too. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1876902856088854729

On Jan 7, 2025, the 'Theodorus' was called from Rotterdam to recover three hatch covers, measuring 8x6 metres each, which were blown overboard from the self propelled barge 'Ancora Imparo' (MMSI: 244660292) near Bohmte on the Mittelland Canal in a strong storm on Jan 6, while the ship was en route from Minden to Amsterdam. The canal between Bohmte and Kalkriese in the Osnabrück district was closed until the evening of Jan 7. Divers were able to recover the parts and reattach them to the cargo holds. The incident caused considerable waiting times for ship traffic. Ships coming from the direction of Minden were backed up in the harbour near Bohmte. https://www.nwm-tv.de/news/news-anzeigen/?news_id=21339 https://www.noz.de/lokales/bohmte/artikel/sturm-im-wittlager-land-feuerwehren-mehrfach-im-einsatz-48196736 https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/niedersachsen/ndr-frachter-verliert-lukendeckel-im-sturm-mittellandkanal-wieder-frei-100.html

On Jan 7, 2025, at noon the 'Lingeborg', while sailing in the Lower Warnow fairway, suffered an engine failure with subsequent blackout. The ship was unable to maneuver and was drifting north towards the Baltic Sea due to the strong southwesterly winds on the river. The captain immediately carried out an emergency anchor maneuver. As a result, the freighter allided with two fairway buoys. The freighter's transverse position amid the Warnow fairway impaired the safety and ease of shipping. The Traffic Control Center of the Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSA Baltic Sea) immediately deployed the port tugs "Fairplay 55" and "Fairplay 64" to tow the freighter out of the fairway. At the same time, the patrol boat "Warnow" of the water police Rostock was deployed to secure the convoy. The freighter was brought back to the overseas port. where It had sailed shortly before. After about 60 minutes, the Warnow fairway was free again. Minor damage was caused to the fairway buoys. The water police inspection Rostock filed a ship accident report. A detention order was issued by the Professional Association for Transport, Postal Logistics and Telecommunications until the ship's class has been confirmed by the monitoring classification society. On Jan 6, officers of the Rostock water police had already subjected the ship, which was loaded with fertilizers, to a port state control. No defiencies were recorded.

Several rescue operations for migrant boats in the Canary Islands were carried out on the night of Jan 6 and the morning of Jan 7. The responses were coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo. The 'Salvamar Adhara' accompanied a cayuco 20 nautical miles south of La Restinga with 143 sub-Saharan people on board. On the morning of Jan 7, the 'Guardamar Calíope' assisted two rubber boats with 73 people and 68 people respective. They arrived in Arrecife at 8.23 a.m. ​​LT. The same morning, the ' Salvamar Acrux' located a cayuco seven nautical miles south of La Restinga with 75 sub-Saharan people on board. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1876576796029640936

On Jan 7, 2025, the "Ole Bull", serving between Breistein in Åsane and Valestrand near Bergen, suffered techical problems and docked at Valestrand at 1.15 p.m. The sailings for the day had to be cancelled as a consequence, while the ship was waiting for spare parts needed for the repair of the damage. The crossings were resumed on Jan 8.

While the 'Regina K' is actually transiting the Mittelland Canal, the two prepared gate wings are still in the construction yard of the Mosel-Saar-Lahn Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSA) in Trier. They are the replacement for the gate at the Müden lock, which was completely destroyed by the ship a month ago. Ship traffic on the Moselle can only resume once the 12-meter-high gate wings, each weighing 40 tons, have been transported to the lock by ship and successfully installed. There was only a pure steel body thatwere in reserve. 16 employees worked a total of 1,600 hours to finish the two gate wings. The new gate wings were first moved into a hall and a tent, aligned and fitted with rail systems. Then hydraulic pipes, bolts and sealing systems were added. When a lock gate is normally replaced, the preparation takes around half a year. The new lock gate costs around 1.3 million Euros, The lock gate, which is 14 metres wide in total, is to be loaded onto a deck barge in Trier on Jan 13. Then a pusher tug will come for the transport to Müden, which will probably take two days. The installation is planned for Jan 24 or 25. The repair work on the concrete in the lock chamber should then also be completed. Lifting the gates in with the crane is a matter of half a day. Then they have to be adjusted and aligned. The Müden lock is then to go back into regular operation on Feb 1. Report with photos: https://www.merkur.de/deutschland/rheinland-pfalz/auf-dieses-neue-schleusentor-wartet-die-mosel-schifffahrt-zr-93502927.html

The 'Hebrides', serving on the route Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy, suffered a technical issue on the morning of Jan 8, 2025. After the issue has been resolved at the quay in Tarbert, the ferry departed the port at 07:53 a.m., 23 minutes late, with an ETA in Uig as of 09:33. The delay was expected tol have a knock on effect throughout the day. Passengers, however, were asked to check in as normal.

On the night of Jan 7, 2025, the 'Nil' suffered an engine failure during a fuel operation off the coast of Yenikapıur, Istanbul. A pilot along with the tugs 'Kurtarma 6' (IMO: 9463176) and 'Mehmetçik' ((IMO: 9816268)) as well as the life boat 'Kegm 3' were deployed to the incident site by Coastal Safety and took the ship in tow. It was safely docked at Zeytinburnu at 8.40 p.m. UTC. No injuries nor spills were reported. Reports with photos: https://x.com/kiyiemniyet/status/1876716722889150709 https://x.com/kiyiemniyet/status/1876734400278286404

On Jan 7, 2025, the 'Yabusa' was taking on bunkers in Singapore’s eastern anchorage ahead of its voyage to the Greek Saronic Ferries, after spending the past 24 years sailing across the Tsugaru Strait, between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido. Due to Houthi terrorist attacks on Red Sea shipping, the vessel will take a longer route from Singapore to Piraeus via the Cape of Good Hope, a voyage lasting nearly two months. The ferry operated as 'Habayusa No. 3' for the Japanese company Seikan Ferry until it was sold to Greek interests in mid-2024. The 'Yabusa's owner is the Sunquest Oceanic, a Marshall Islands-registered entity, and the ship has been registered under the Panamanian flag for its delivery voyage. The ship will be operating on routes from Piraeus to the islands of the Saronic Gulf in the future.

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Several rescue operations for migrant boats in the Canary Islands were carried out on the night of Jan 6 and the morning of Jan 7. The responses were coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo. The 'Salvamar Adhara' accompanied a cayuco 20 nautical miles south of La Restinga with 143 sub-Saharan people on board. On the morning of Jan 7, the 'Guardamar Calíope' assisted two rubber boats with 73 people and 68 people respective. They arrived in Arrecife at 8.23 a.m. ​​LT. The same morning, the ' Salvamar Acrux' located a cayuco seven nautical miles south of La Restinga with 75 sub-Saharan people on board. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1876576796029640936

The Finnish authorities have completed the technical inspection of the 'Eagle S' the same day the lost anchor was recovered. According to the transport agency Traficom, the ship is in poor condition. The nspection revealed 32 defiencies. The deficiencies concerned fire safety, navigation equipment and ventilation of pump rooms. Several of the deficiencies were due to the safety management system not being observed to a sufficient extent. The same things have also been noted during previous port state controls. In addition, there are deficiencies in, among other things, how the crew members lives on board and the safety of the electrical system .Three of the defects are so serious that the ship must first undergo repairs which will take some time, partly because external assistance is needed. Traficom has investigated whether the ship itself meets international agreement requirements, while the Central Criminal Police is investigating the cable break, which is suspected of being a serious act of sabotage. The ship, which is suspected of having intentionally severed the Estlink 2 power cable, remained anchored in Sköldvik near Porvoo. Reports with photos: https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/finland-bergt-anker-van-schip-dat-betrokken-zou-zijn-bij-sabotage-stroomkabels-in-oostzee~ada8b3b6/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F https://yle.fi/a/7-10070227 https://www.sjofartstidningen.se/overvakningen-skarps-i-ostersjon/

On Jan 7, 2025, the work ship 'Theodorus' recovered three sliding hatch covers, measuring 8x6 metres each, which were blown overboard from the 'Ancora Imparo' near Bohmte on the Mittelland Canal in a strong storm on Jan 6, while the ship was en route from Minden to Amsterdam (Lat. 52.4033 Lng.8.1516). The canal between Bohmte and Kalkriese in the Osnabrück district was closed until the evening of Jan 7. Divers were able to recover the parts and reattach them to the cargo holds. The incident caused considerable waiting times for ship traffic. Ships coming from the direction of Minden were backed up in the harbour near Bohmte. The 'Ancora Imparo' left the incident site on Jan 7 at 3.45 p.m. https://www.nwm-tv.de/news/news-anzeigen/?news_id=21339 https://www.noz.de/lokales/bohmte/artikel/sturm-im-wittlager-land-feuerwehren-mehrfach-im-einsatz-48196736 https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/niedersachsen/ndr-frachter-verliert-lukendeckel-im-sturm-mittellandkanal-wieder-frei-100.html

On Jan 7 after 10:00 p.m. LT, the 'Salvamar Adhara' docked in La Restinga with 84 sub-Saharan people on board, among them 13 women and four minors. The migrants had been rescued from a cayuco which was located by the SAR helicopter Helimer 204 about 74 nautical miles south of La Restinga. On Jan 7 at 3:30 a.m. LT, the 'Salvamar Acrux' accompanied the 61 occupants, among them four women, of a cayuco, which had been spotted 11 naitical miles southsoutheast of La Restinga. In both SAR operations, coordinated by CCS Tenerife, the LS Mike 02 of the Red Cross was mobilized too. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1876902856088854729

The 63-year-old Romanian skipper of the 'Danimex 3' was fined 1,500 Euros in a court in Middelburg. He did not speak the main language Dutch or English when he was sailing on the Western Scheldt. As a result, he followed instructions in the frame of international agreements for public waterways incorrectly, which apply to the Western Scheldt, the Lower Scheldt and the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal, among others. This concerns the main language that must be spoken. The main language is Dutch or English. The Romanian skipper made three mistakes, starting on Feb 16, 2023, when he sailed on the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal. He was given instructions to ensure a safe passage. He was only able to communicate in very poor German, which is therefore not permitted. On April 21, 2023, the skipper made another mistake. On the Western Scheldt, near Terneuzen, communication was made with the Romanian via the radio. Again, he was unable to speak fluent and understandable Dutch or English. On April 25, he sailed on the Western Scheldt, near Hansweert. Here too, the man was unable to follow the instructions properly, which could have endangered the passage. Again, this happened because he did not or barely spoke the language of the ship. The skipper was not present in court. The officer demanded 360 Euros each for the three incidents. Because the skipper has not paid anything so far, the judge imposed a fine of 500 Euros each on the skipper for the three incidents. A total of 1,500 euros, to be replaced by ten days in prison.

The 'Nijmegen Max' ran aground on a breakwater on the Maas near Roermond on the night of Jan 6, 2025, while the ship tried to leave the port of Roermond. The bow of the vessel remainedl stuck while the stern was still in the navigation channel. As a result, ship traffic between Linne and Roermondwas disrupted. Rijkswaterstaat was monitoring the situation. The master finally succeeded in refloating the ship in the run of Jan 7, and it returned to Roermond. However, part of the Maas remained closed for shipping due to high water levels. The grounding was the second accident of the 'Nijmegen Max' within a few months. On Sep 11, 2024, the ship had allided with the Willems Bridge on the New Maas. Reports with photos: https://www.l1nieuws.nl/nieuws/2821319/ook-problemen-op-maas-bij-roermond-vrachtschip-vast-op-strekdam https://www.vmlnieuws.nl/roermond/vrachtschip-vast-op-strekdam-bij-roermond-scheepvaartverkeer-gestremd/

Several rescue operations for migrant boats in the Canary Islands were carried out on the night of Jan 6 and the morning of Jan 7. The responses were coordinated by the CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo. The 'Salvamar Adhara' accompanied a cayuco 20 nautical miles south of La Restinga with 143 sub-Saharan people on board. On the morning of Jan 7, the 'Guardamar Calíope' assisted two rubber boats with 73 people and 68 people respective. They arrived in Arrecife at 8.23 a.m. ​​LT. The same morning, the ' Salvamar Acrux' located a cayuco seven nautical miles south of La Restinga with 75 sub-Saharan people on board. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1876576796029640936