STEN PONTOS

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Tanker assisted migrants off Cabo de Gata

On the morning of Aug 24, 2025, the 'Sten Pontos', en route from Santa Panagia to Gibraltar, located a migrant boat 28 nautical miles from Cabo de Gata, off the coast of Almería. At around 4:30 a.m., the tanker notified the CCS of Salvamento Marítimo of its position and remained alongside the boat to escort it until the SAR boat 'Salvamar Spica' arrived and proceeded to rescue the occupants. The 'Salvamar Spica' took on board the seven migrants at around 6:45 a.m and took them to the port of Almería at around 9:00 a.m.

Fender damaged during mooring manoever

On Jan 10, 2020, at 4.50 p.m. the 'Bro Nakskov', enroute from Hamburg to Kaliningrad, severely damaged a wooden fender in the large northern lock of the Kiel Canal in Brunsbüttel during the mooring manoever. The forespring got stuck under the fender which was fixed at the wall of the lock. When it was straightened, the fender broke in two. An investigation was launched into the accident. The ship was allowed to continue the voyage to Kaliningrad without restrictions and arrived in port on Jan 12 at 5 p.m.