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The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska started investigating the near-allision between the 'Celebrity Edge' and the cruise ship 'Costa Luninosa' during the thunderstorm on June 16, with heavy rain, hail, and winds in the Port of Juneau, causing it to break free of its mooring lines at the privately operated AJ Dock.It stopped just short of the allision when the ship could be stabilized and dropped an anchor. Nobody was injured, and there didn’t appear to be any significant damage. The Coast Guard officials have received some video footage from ship guests and residents, who experienced an unusual weather event for the season, suddenly turning from blue skies to dark clouds and low visibility. The 'Celebrity Edge' left the port the same day en route to Ketchikan, where it arrived on June 20. Report with video: https://cruiseradio.net/coast-guard-investigates-near-collision-close-call-after-ship-breaks-mooring/

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The Port of Salalah, Oman’s major regional gateway port and transshipment hub on the Arabian Sea, set another record in productivity with a delivering 412.97 Port Moves per Hour (PMPH) on vessel Cap San Tainaro handling 3,820 moves in a port stay of 9.25 hours. This is the highest productivity delivered by any port in the region till date.

The Croatian government said it would help a troubled shipyard owned by Uljanik, the country’s largest shipbuilder, resume production. The government, which owns a 25% stake in Uljanik, said in March that it would not back a proposed restructuring plan for the group due to the financial burden it would place on the state. However, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Thursday that the government was willing to support 3.Maj, which is located in the northern Adriatic port of Rijeka and is one of the group’s two shipyards, because it did not have as big a debt burden. “Unlike Uljanik, the 3.Maj is not an overly indebted company and there is an interest in the construction of new ships,” Plenkovic told a televised press conference after a government meeting. He said the government expected 3.Maj to draft a plan for its future operations.

Following the sinking of the 'Verde Öuna' on June 16, 2025, in the waters of the Colombian Pacific and the discovery of the lifeless body, the General Maritime Directorate (Dimar) announced that, in accordance with its jurisdictional powers, it will conduct the respective investigation into the accident to establish the circumstances of the time, manner, and place in which the events occurred and determine possible responsibilities. The 'Verde Luna' had departed from Buenaventura ,with seven people on board: six crew members and one observer. for fishing on June 7, and sank between Pizarro and Purricha in the department of Chocó. One of the crew members was evacuated days earlier due to medical conditions, The Buenaventura Coast Guard Station reported the shipwreck of the vessel off Pizarro, Chocó. The Buenaventura Port Authority's Maritime Traffic Control and Surveillance Station immediately contacted the vessel's owner, who confirmed the accident and reported that two of the occupants were hospitalized, while the other four remained missing. During the SAR operation, communication was established with a citizen in Pizarro, who reported that five people had been found by the local community on the municipality's beach. Among them was the observer, who suffered a serious injury to one of his lower extremities. The vessel's captain was found dead. He was taken along with two of the injured to a medical center in Buenaventura. Report with photos: https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2025/06/19/naufragio-en-el-pacifico-colombiano-deja-un-muerto-y-cinco-sobrevivientes/

A work accident on board the 'Ronny O' in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam at the industrial estate at Pier 6 and 7 in pos. 51° 53' N 004° 26' E has claimed two lives on June 19, 2025, at 7.45 a.m.. Two more people were seriously injured. The accident happened in the cargo hold. The skipper of another inland vessel in the port, the 'Dei Voluntas' (MMSI: 244670411), provided first aid after the accident and assisted the rescue forces of the emergency services. The workers of the port company C. Steinweg Group ended up under steel plates during unloading operations. The emergency services tried to resuscitate one or more victims. A crane from the port authority was used to bring emergency services to the ship and remove the seriously injured victims from the hold on stretchers. Initially, the crane was no longer allowed to be used because of the police investigation, but permission was later granted. Without that crane, the injured people could not have been taken off the ship. A trauma helicopter was deployed, and also the ire brigade attended. The fatalities were still on board, while a neat and respectful way was being sought to remove the bodies from the vessel. It was still unclear what exactly happened. The Dutch Labour Inspectorate has started investigating. The police have created a crime scene of the area to determine the cause of the accident. The Waalhaven 6 has been closed until further notice. Reports with photos and video: https://www.schuttevaer.nl/nieuws/actueel/2025/06/19/twee-doden-en-twee-zwaargewonden-bij-ongeval-aan-boord-schip-rotterdamse-waalhaven/ https://mediatv.nl/nieuws/nieuws/28468/twee-doden-en-twee-gewonden-bij-ongeval-op-schip-zaltbommelstraat-rotterdam https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6359652/twee-doden-en-twee-zwaargewonden-na-bedrijfsongeval-in-rotterdamse-waalhaven.html?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

This is the 22nd marine port in Yilport Holding’s portfolio, and its first terminal in Italy. The company, ranked 12th among international container terminal operators by Drewry, targets to be ranked among the top 10 by 2025. Chairman Robert Yuksel Yildirim made the following remarks at the signing ceremony: “We have a strong presence in the Mediterranean. We are in Malta and operate seven ports between Spain and Portugal. Being able to enter Italy and work here in Taranto is like filling in the missing piece of a puzzle that we are building globally. The infrastructure was there but there was no one to take care of it. Our intention is to create another success story in Taranto. From today until the end of this year, we will be fixing cranes to ramp up business, visiting potential customers, and promote the container terminal. The project also aims to cooperate with local operators to improve cargo and ro-ro traffic.”

Palma de Mallorca, Marseille, Barcelona are a few of the European ports that the President of the North Adriatic Sea Port Authority, Pino Musolino, has sent a letter to in recent days, inviting his colleagues to meet in Venice to discuss the economic and environmental impact of the cruise industry and to draw up guidelines for a new sustainable approach to maritime tourism. The ports mentioned above have already accepted and other replies are expected in the coming days. A date will soon be set for a seminar on the issues, to be held in the Venice area.

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On June 18, at around 5:00 a.m., the 'Ridens' reported a migrant boat in distress to the CROSS Gris-Nez off the coast of Malo-les-Bains, and it was closely monitoring the vessel. The overloaded dinghy broke up in the open sea, amidst the sandbanks off Dunkirk. The CROSS Gris-Nez immediately deployed the resources of the 'Ridens' and the SNSM, including the RHIB 'SNS 035 Reuze' and the lifeboat SNS 087 Jean-Bart II' to assist. The 'Ridens' quickly rescued 23 people, the 'SNS 035' six people, and the'Jean Bart II' 49 people. A doctor, a volunteer SNSM member aboard the lifeboat, provided first aid to three victims. A total of 78 people were rescued. Around 10:00 a.m., all migrants were disembarked at the port of Dunkirk at 10 a.m., to be treated by shore based rescue services. The three injured people were taken to hospital: two with severe hypothermia and one suffering from a hemorrhaging leg. At the same time, the CROSS Gris-Nez deployed a Dauphin helicopter of the French Navy, based in Le Touquet, to conduct search operations, in support of the nautical resources on site, including the French Navy's hydrographic vessel, the 'Lapérouse'. Following the search, which was coordinated by the CROSS Gris-Nez, with no other shipwrecked people reported, the Maritime Prefect of the Channel and North Sea ended the SAR operation.

PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) has completed the acquisition of Halterm Container Terminal (“Halterm”) in the Port of Halifax, Canada, from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners,a fund managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, following formal approval by the relevant regulatory authorities. Halterm is the only container terminal in Eastern Canada that can serve mega container vessels.

There is currently limited supply of marine gasoil at the Turkish port of Istanbul, sources said Friday, August 2, owing to limited cargo deliveries in the region.