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The cranes at several container terminals in Rotterdam were in mourning mode on June 20 after the death of two workers on the 'Ronny O' on the site of C.Steinweg Handelsveem in the Waalhaven, near Heijplaat.. The gantries of the cranes were raised out of respect and nothing was unloaded for a while. When it became known in the port that two employees had died, all container terminals decided to halt operations. Both victims were in the cargo hold of the 'Ronny O', when the accident happened, while they were unloading steel plates. The cause is still being investigated. The Labour Inspectorate is leading the investigation. The company was now focusing on the relatives and could not yet say anything about what happened. Report with photos: https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/2029155/containerkranen-in-rouwstand-als-eerbetoon-aan-omgekomen-collegas

Only weeks ahead of the entry into force of the Hong Kong Convention (HKC) for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships, an accident during the recycling of the 'Rem', ex 'SK Supreme', has claimed the life of the 20-year-old worker Satur Bhai from Gujarat on May 20, 2025, who was employed as a helper, a typically untrained, underpaid and unprotected position, He fell to his death while dismantling the vessel at plot No. 50. He was reportedly tasked with removing furniture from deck 7 without a safety harness. The tanker was renamed 'Rem' and re-registered to fly the St. Kitts and Nevis flag before being dumped in Alang. The vessek’s beneficial owner is the South Korean SK Shipping, which according to the NGO Shipbreaking Platform,‘intentionally sidestepped’ international safety and environmental norms in order to “obtain the highest profit for the end-of-life asset. In the past five years, at least 10 workers have lost their lives in Alang As of April 2025, it is estimated that, since 2020, at least 94 ships owned by South Korean companies were dismantled on the beaches of Bangladesh and India. In the last two years alone, three serious accidents, which led to deaths and injuries, also allegedly took place on a South Korean vessel.

The French port of Marseille Fos plans to spend over US$22 million to reduce air emissions by extending its shoreside electrical connections to every ferry, cruise ship and repair quay in the eastern harbour. The port has also introduced speed restrictions to reduce industrial air pollution. Already available on the Corsica ferry quays, the shore power network will be expanded in two phases to cover North Africa ferry quays and the ship repair hub by 2022 and the cruise terminal between 2022 and 2025. The zero-emissions investment, which is supported by national and regional government, recognises the need to maintain the port’s economic value while improving the city’s waterside air quality.

Phase one of the new Jurong Port Tank Terminals (JPTT) was officially opened on Monday (July 29), with Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Chee Hong Tat saying it will allow Singapore to strengthen its position as one of the world’s top bunkering ports for low-sulphur fuels. The $200 million, 16ha petrochemical terminal is a joint venture between port operator Jurong Port and German firm Oiltanking with 252,000 cubic m of clean petroleum storage capacity. From January next year, the International Maritime Organisation will prohibit ships from using fuels containing more than 0.5 per cent sulphur.

The "Suat Karabekir" was detained on June 14, 2025, in Karadeniz Eregli with 19 deficiencies, 15 of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Certificate & Doc - Log-books/compulsory entries Entries missing 2) Certificate & Doc - Cargo Ship Safety equipment Not as required 3) Certificate & Doc - Other (Certificates) Other 4) Fire safety - Other (Fire safety) Other 5) Living and working - Lighting (working spaces) Not as required 6) Living and working - Ventilation (Accommodation) Not as required 7) Living and working - Sanitary facilities Not as required 8)) Living and working - Electrical Unsafe 9) Living and working - Other (Machinery) Other 10) Living and working - Other (Working space ILO) Other 11) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Machinery Not as required 12) Radio communications - Operation of GMDSS equipment Not as required 13) Safety og navigation - Nautical publications Not updated 14) Life saving Appliances - Rescue boats Not properly maintained 15) Life saving Appliances - Other (Life saving) Other The vessel was released again on June 18 and left the port enroute to Constanta, whiere it arrived on June 19. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has issued a report regarding the grounding of the 'Chokyo Maru No. 68' on May 16, 2024, at 3-.40 a.m. due to the route not being properly appraised, planned, documented, or resourced before departure. The longliner was inbound to the Auckland pilot boarding area when it grounded on rocks near The Noises island group at the northern end of Motuhoropapa Island. There were 27 crew members on board; nobody was injured and there was no pollution. The vessel suffered a small hole at the bow, heavy scraping of the hull paint and minor damage to the propeller. It was refloated later the same day two Thomson tugs and towed to an Auckland port facility. The vessel’s route from Yaizu, Japan to Auckland, New Zealand was not appraised, planned, documented or resourced before departure as required by industry rules and guidelines and standard seafaring practice. The crew responsible for navigation did not use all available means to determine the vessel’s position in relation to navigable and unnavigable waters. Furthermore, the vessel was not carrying the appropriate nautical publications and large-scale charts that identified local navigational hazards such as The Noises and its outlying rocks. The master was not aware of rocks and islands between the vessel and the pilot boarding area and set a straight-line course that encountered these navigational hazards. Reports with photos: https://safety4sea.com/taic-investigation-fishing-vessel-grounds-due-to-navigational-errors/ https://www.taic.org.nz/inquiry/mo-2024-203 https://www.thedcn.com.au/news/rock-attracted-longliner-refloated-in-nz/

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and the City of Dubrovnik have partnered to introduce sustainable tourism management practices that will preserve the Croatian city’s cultural heritage. CLIA president and CEO Kelly Craighead and Dubrovnik’s Mayor Mato Franković signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which outlines plans to make Dubrovnik a model of sustainable tourism for the Adriatic region. All plans focus on investment, collaboration and best practices that will benefit both Dubrovnik’s residents and visitors. “Today’s agreement validates the work we have already done with Mayor Franković and formalises the cruise industry’s continued commitment to the City of Dubrovnik and its people,” said Craighead.

Congestion at Cambodia’s top port is creating supply chain disruptions. In a note to clients German containerline Hapag-Lloyd noted that terminal productivity at Sihanoukville port has deteriorated due to port and yard congestion. Feeder services and turnaround times are affected and feeder space is tight. In an effort for medium term improvement of this situation, the port is building an extended yard for additional storage space. “Before the new container yard is completed, port congestion may persist,” Hapag-Lloyd warned.

On Juen 19, the German-flagged sailing yacht 'Faule Haut' went adrift and requested assistance west of Dragonera. The CCS Palma of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Libertas', which took the boat in tow and safeöy pulled it to Puerto de Andratx.

The shipbuilder and shiprepairer CMI Weihai has completed the first of two conversion projects for Stena RoRo to increase vessel capacity and add shore power systems. The ship left the Weihai New Shipbuilding on June 5, 2025. The upgrading project of the 'Stena Foreteller', which operates on Stena Line’s Immingham to Rotterdam freight service, was completed in only two months. The conversion work comprised the addition of a fourth ro-ro cargo deck to boost the vessel’s lane metre capacity by 30% from 3,000 lm to 4,000 lm. A cold ironing system has also been installed to permit shore power when in port, while the vessel’s bow thrusters have been upgraded to increase their power.The same works will be undertaken on a sister vessel of Stena Foreteller, the 'Stena Forerunner' (IMO: 9227259), with the vessel due to sail to China on the return of Stena Foreteller to Europe during mid-July. Both ships were built by the Dalian Shipyard as part of Stena’s ‘4-Runner’ series of six ro-ro cargoships, which were constructed for the charter market in China and Italy between 1998 and 2003. Both ferries are bareboat chartered to the Stena Group ferry operating subsidiary Stena Line. Another conversion project by Stena RoRo is being planned to convert two of its large ro-pax ferries from conventional fuel to methanol dual-fuel specification. The project will involve the 'Stena Superfast VII' (IMO: 9198941) and the 'Stena Superfast VIII' (IMO: 9198953) in a partnership with main engine designer Wärtsilä and Lloyd’s Register. The Stena Group was the first shipowner to undertake a methanol fuel conversion. The part-EU funded conversion of the ropax 'Stena Germanica' (IMO: 9145176) was completed in Poland in 2015. Report with photo: https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1153902/Chinese-shipyard-completes-first-Stena-ro-ro-jumboisation-project

The Tanger Med port has emerged as the biggest port in Africa in terms of container capacity, surpassing Africa’s bigger ports like Durban (South Africa) and Mombasa (Kenya). The Tanger Med port now connects Morocco to 77 countries and 186 ports around the world. The Tanger Med II has two new container terminals – TC3 and TC4 – with an additional 6 million container capacity. The TC3, which is operated by Morocco’s main port operator Marsa Maroc, has a capacity of 1 million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units). The TC4, which is operated by the Netherlands-based APM Terminals, has a capacity of 5 million TEUs. According to the Tanger Med Port Authority, with its new terminals, Tanger Med port will have a capacity of processing 9 million containers, 7 million passengers, 1 million vehicles and 700,000 trucks. Thanks to its extensions, Tanger Med port has now become the largest port in the Mediterranean region, surpassing some of the region’s top ports like Algeciras (Spain), Valencia (Spain) and Gioia (Italy). The port is located 40 kilometers east of the Moroccan town of Tangier, which is a gateway to both Europe and Africa. “Our aim is to develop an effective port platform integrated with transshipment activities, imports and exports,” Tanger Med Port Authority said on its website. The Tanger Med port has become vital for Morocco’s economy as it handled 317 billion Moroccan dirhams (US$33.14 billion) worth of exports and imports in 2018. It processed an overall tonnage of 52.24 tonnes last year.

French oil and gas giant Total SA has taken a 50 per cent stake in Dhamra LNG Terminal Pvt Ltd (DLTPL), a unit of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), which is constructing a 12 million tonne per annum (mtpa) LNG regasification terminal at its port located at Dhamra in Odisha’s Bhadrak district.