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A civil lawsuit began in Braunschweig on July 2 against the car manufacturer VW for damages resulting from the sinking of the 'felicityy Ace'. The ship's owner, the shipping company, and the marine hull insurers are demanding damages in the hundreds of millions before the Braunschweig Regional Court. They were blaming lithium-ion batteries in electric cars for the fire that led to the sinking of the "Felicity Ace' on March 1, 2022 approximately 170 kilometers off the coast of the Azores island of Faial. At the time of the accident, it was transporting almost 4,000 cars of various Volkswagen brands, including electric vehicles. The cause of the fire is disputed: According to the court, the plaintiffs claim that a self-igniting lithium-ion battery caused the fire. The defendants rejected this claim and also claimed that prudent action could have prevented the sinking of the ship. The parties also disagreed on the exact amount of damages.

The Police judge L. Louwerse has acquitted a 52-year-old Belgian pilot of a bow wave incident on the Western Scheldt. On Aug 30, 2022, the Belgian was a pilot on board the container ship 'MSC Geneva' (IMO: 9320427), now sailing as 'Jolly Bianco', which was underway towards the North Sea. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the pilot was sailing at too high a speed, causing a dangerous bow wave. As a result, the 'Ludovica' was damaged when it was struck. The Public Prosecutor M. Nieuwenhuis found the pilot guilty of the incident, not taking sufficient account of the situation and not taking measures to adjust the speed, despite a warning from the Hansweert traffic post and a report from a skipper. The officer determined that the pilot had not acted adequately. ‘The speed was already too high in the bend at Hansweert, causing damage to the 'Ludovica' due to the bow wave, which was not good seamanship.’ The officer demanded a fine of 500 euros. This amount was the settlement proposal. The pilot had objected to this, so the case came before the court. During the hearing, the police judge wondered whether the suspect should have reduced speed as a precaution. The experienced pilot said he had seen no reason to do so. ‘He did not slow down, because there was no shipping in the area. Other ships had already passed. The 'Ludovica' was already next to the waterway, but was not immediately visible. The radar on board was different. The warning from Hansweert did not mention the name of the ship. Counsel M. van der Bent came to the conclusion that there was no concrete reason to reduce speed. The ship was not sailing too fast. The 'Ludovica' was loaded with steel and was apparently sensitive to waves. When it came into view, the container ship slowed down. The lawyer also questioned the condition of the inland vessel. Van der Bent wanted to demonstrate the vulnerability of the 'Ludovica'' by stating that the ship was very deeply loaded, causing the gangway to be flooded. He pleaded for acquittal and pointed out the excellent service record of his client, who has been a river pilot for 15 years. The 'Ludovica' had suffered water damage to the cargo and to a printer. The injured skipper did not file a claim for damages. In his final statement, the pilot indicated that the qualification of ‘bad seamanship’ had been hanging over his head like a dark cloud all this time. The police judge agreed with the defense counsel’s defense that no information was known about the inland vessel, such as its draft. That made him doubt. ‘Other ships did not suffer any damage in that bend. The acquittal was a relief for the pilot, who was supported by colleagues in court. The Russian captain of the 'MSC Geneva' settled by paying a fine of 500 euros.

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Ukraine's military intelligence directorate, the GUR, has claimed responsibility for a serious fire aboard the Russian corvette 'Serpukhov' at the port of Kaliningrad, a Buyan-M class vessel. GUR provided what appeared to be a schematic of the vessel's internal spaces, and a brief video of an incendiary device going off. The agency said that the 'Serpukhov' sustained substantial damage from the fire, with its means of communication and automation were completely destroyed. The Buyan class is designed for coastal operations and are heavily armed for their size, carrying up to eight Kalibr or Oniks antiship missiles and up to eight surface-to-air missiles. This was a deep strike behind the Russian lines. The agency's drones have hit Russian oil refineries up to 750 miles away from Ukraine's borders, and have taken approximately 14 percent of Russia's refining capacity offline. The latest strike - a claimed attack on a product pipeline - allegedly disabled all product tanker loadings at the occupied port of Azov. The GUR has also mounted a successful campaign against the Russian Black Sea Fleet, damaging or destroying a claimed one-third of its force and confining the rest to the relative safety of Novorossiysk. The sister ship 'Velykyi' Ustyug was likely damaged by a Ukrainian drone early in the Russian invasion. In June 2022 the 'Ustyug' was photographed in tow to a shipyard, showing signs of fragmentation damage along her port side. Report with video: https://maritime-executive.com/article/ukrainian-spy-agency-claims-it-lit-a-fire-on-a-russian-corvette

On July 2, 2025, the "Albatros" ran aground off Travemünde on the Trave river, en route to Wismar, at the entrance to the Pötenitzer Wiek. just a few meters from the ferry turning point, with 25 people on board. The danger to passing ships was considerable, as the disabled vessel was stuck directly next to the fairway- At approximately 1:45 a.m., a distress call was received by the MRCC Bremen, which mobilized the lifeboat 'Felix Sand' from the Grömitz DGzRS station and the lifeboat 'Hans Ingwersen' from the Travemünde station. When the rescuers arrived on scene, two volunteers climbed onto the stranded schooner and assessed the situation. Despite the proximity to a stone groyne, no water ingress was observed. A towing connection was established , and with combined forces, the "Albatros" was safely towed back into deeper water. The ship was then able to continue its journey unassisted and moored safely at the Ostpreußen Quay in Travemünde. The operation took place in calm seas and a moderate easterly wind of up to force 3 Beaufort Report with photo: https://travemuende-aktuell.de/artikel/27041-Seenotretter-befreien-Traditionssegler-aus-Notlage-vor-Travemuende.html

The Police judge L. Louwerse has acquitted a 52-year-old Belgian pilot of a bow wave incident on the Western Scheldt. On Aug 30, 2022, the Belgian was a pilot on board the 'MSC Geneva', now sailing as 'Jolly Bianco', which was underway towards the North Sea. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the pilot was sailing at too high a speed, causing a dangerous bow wave. As a result, the inland vessel 'Ludovica' (MMSI: 244690902) was damaged when it was struck. Public Prosecutor M. Nieuwenhuis found the pilot guilty of the incident, not taking sufficient account of the situation and not taking measures to adjust the speed, despite a warning from the Hansweert traffic post and a report from a skipper. The officer determined that the pilot had not acted adequately. ‘The speed was already too high in the bend at Hansweert, causing damage to the 'Ludovica' due to the bow wave, which was not good seamanship.’ The officer demanded a fine of 500 euros. This amount was the settlement proposal. The pilot had objected to this, so the case came before the court. During the hearing, the police judge wondered whether the suspect should have reduced speed as a precaution. The experienced pilot said he had seen no reason to do so. ‘He did not slow down, because there was no shipping in the area. Other ships had already passed. The 'Ludovica' was already next to the waterway, but was not immediately visible. The radar on board was different. The warning from Hansweert did not mention the name of the ship. Counsel M. van der Bent came to the conclusion that there was no concrete reason to reduce speed. The ship was not sailing too fast. The 'Ludovica' was loaded with steel and was apparently sensitive to waves. When it came into view, the container ship slowed down. The lawyer also questioned the condition of the inland vessel. Van der Bent wanted to demonstrate the vulnerability of the 'Ludovica'' by stating that the ship was very deeply loaded, causing the gangway to be flooded. He pleaded for acquittal and pointed out the excellent service record of his client, who has been a river pilot for 15 years. The 'Ludovica' had suffered water damage to the cargo and to a printer. The injured skipper did not file a claim for damages. In his final statement, the pilot indicated that the qualification of ‘bad seamanship’ had been hanging over his head like a dark cloud all this time. The police judge agreed with the defense counsel’s defense that no information was known about the inland vessel, such as its draft. That made him doubt. ‘Other ships did not suffer any damage in that bend. The acquittal was a relief for the pilot, who was supported by colleagues in court. The Russian captain of the 'MSC Geneva' settled by paying a fine of 500 euros.

An accident occurred with a ship loader at the sugar terminal in the port of Recife on April 19, 2024. The loader collapsed. and a part of the machine fell into the cargo hold of a ship that was docked at the port to load raw sugar. No one was injured. Experts were assessing the situation. and there was no timeline yet for repairs. The collapsed ship loader was the only one at the terminal, run by Sindacucar. There were currently three vessels waiting to load 71,000 metric tons of raw sugar at the port. The buyers of the sugar were Louis Dreyfus, Tate & Lyle and ASR, destined for the United States and Portugal. The port was evaluating ways to complete loading of the currently docked vessel, as well as alternatives to loading any other vessels.

At the Alang ship recycling yard on the Bhavnagar coast, Gujarat, the Shree Ram Vessel Scrap Pvt Ltd. (SRVSPL), filed a police complaint alleging a loss of Rs 45 lakh worth of equipment stolen from the 'DV Erica', which had been brought in from Abu Dhabi for dismantling. According to the complaint filed with Alang Marine police station, the theft was believed to have occurred on March 23, 2024, at around 5 a.m. The ship was anchored in the designated waiting area at the outer anchorage after having been towed from Abu Dhabi. When workers boarded the ship for inspection on the morning, they discovered signs of a break-in. Two ropes were found dangling from the stern of the ship, suggesting the thieves used them to climb aboard.

A judge in Svendborg gave a reduction in sentence in a case about a master's incorrect reporting of two berthing incidents of the 'Ærøxpressen ' in 2022, at the quays in Marstal and Rudkøbing on June 18 and 30, 2022. The master immediately reported the berthing incidents at the berths in Marstal and Rudkøbing to the shipping company - which, however, reported to the Danish Maritime Authority instead of the Joint Defence Command (VFK), as required by law. The 59-year-old man has been found guilty of two violations of the Danish Nature Agency's executive order no. 874 because she did not immediately report berthing incidents to the Joint Defence Command. According to the court records, the master reported the incidents to the ferry's management a few minutes after each allision, as prescribed by the company's internal procedures. The ferry company then reported the incidents further, but to the Danish Maritime Authority instead of the Defence Command, as required by the rules. In determining the fine, the Court in Svendborg took into account the long case processing time and imposed a significantly lower fine than the prosecution had demanded. The master was fined a total of DKK 2,500. as well as legal costs, where the prosecutor had demanded DKK 20,000.

On July 1, 2025, the 'Admarine 12' of Egypt’s Offshore Shukheir Oil Company (Osoco) has capsized in the Gulf of Suez, about 130 nautical miles from the southern entrance of the Suez Canal, with 31 people on board, including 18 ADES personnel. . There were multiple deaths and dozens feared missing. The jack up rigf, which is also listed as 'Zahraa', overturned in the Jabal Zeyt area while being towed by three offshore tugs to a new worksite near the Ashrafi platform. The Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company received a distress call, after which rescue services were deployed from Gabal El-Zeit. The incident took the lives of fourworkers, three of them employed by ADES and one among personnel contracted by third parties. So far, 23 crew members have been rescued. The survivors suffered various injuries, including fractures, abrasions and bruises- Three workers remained missing. SAR operations were ongoing with ships from the Egyptian navy joining the effort to locate them. The survivors were taken to hospitals for treatment. The platform was operating in a concession owned by offshore drilling service provider ADES, in which it was drilling several wells. It assigned Osoco for drilling operations. Report with video: https://splash247.com/jackup-barge-sinks-in-gulf-of-suez-four-dead/

On April 4, 2024, the containerm/v 'Magalie' ((IMO: 7413892)) was hijacked by members of the 5 Seconds gang in the Varreux terminal neighborhood at Port-au-Prince. The gang members took all crew members hostage and stole one-sixth of the cargo, which included rice, Haiti's main staple food. On April 8, Haiti's National Police stormed the ship and engaged in a five-hour gunfight. The operation resulted in the injury of two officers and an unspecified number of gang members being killed. The vessel was retrieved safely, and Haiti's Port Authority assisted in transporting the onboard personnel. The status of the crew members was unknown. The ship was pulled away from the shore by a tug. Gangs have frequently attacked Port-au-Prince's waterfront operations, causing disruptions to the supply and relief flow. Last month, vandals destroyed the Varreux Power Plant and briefly took over and looted the Caribbean Port Services (CPS), the biggest container terminal in the country. The UN's Famine Early Warning System Network states that the terminal's waterside activities may remain closed for several weeks.

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