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The fires caused by the huge explosion in the commercial port of Bandar Abbas on the morning of April 26 were still spreading two days later. Heat and fire detected by the NASA FIRMS system on the morning of April 29 still showed no signs of any retreat, with the area affected now having spread from the container park to the quays of the port itself. The firefighting services have been overwhelmed, even though reinforcements have been brought in from as far away as Tehran; two days after the initial explosion, some areas of the fire were not being tackled at all, and in other areas confused port workers who should have been evacuated were still wandering around or sheltering in empty containers in what was clearly still a dangerous area.

On April 30, 2925, the Russian Embassy in Yemen issued a statement confirming that the 'Seven Pearls' was at the Ras Isa anchorage during the US attacks ion the Port on April 17/18. The vessel suffered minor damage during the bombing. The Embassy said that one crew member was taken to a hospital and required complex eye surgery, while two other Russian citizens were slightly injured, but in stable condition. 19 Russian crew members remained aboard the ship. The ship’s owner was working to evacuate the injured seafarers and remove the ship from Yemen.

The 'Maersk Nomazwe', which had departed Algeciras on April 22, 2025, diverted to assist the 'Naersk Sana', after it was struck by an engine room explosionon April 28. One crew member from the 'Maersk Sana' received First Aid onboard the ship while the others were first moved to the 'Maersk Nomazwe', and on April 30 were evacuated to Bermuda. One was them was treated and discharged while the other crew member remained in the hospital. The 'Maersk Nomazwe' has resumed its voyage to Newark, where it is due to arrive on May 3.

On the evening of May 1, 2025, the lifeboat of the Hirtshals Rescue Station assisted during the towing of the Silver Bird S 449', which earlier in the day had got its fishing gear stuck in the propeller and therefore needed assistance to get into port. Since the lifeboat 'Margrethe Gaardbo' is currently in the shipyard, the colleagues from Skagen Rescue Station stepped in. With the lifeboat 'Lars Kruse' they took over the towing, after having left Skagen already at 11 a.m. When the 'Lars Kruse' and the 'Silver Bird'approached Hirtshals Harbour, the 'FRB 14' got a line over the stern of the trawler and assisted in towing the last stretch safely to the quay.

Maersk has confirmed there was an incident aboard the 'Maersk Sana' in the Atlantic on April 28, that injured three crew members and has left the ship drifting while teams worked to identify operational contingencies. One crew member was in critical but stable condition in a hospital in Bermuda, while two others were treated for their injuries. The 'Maersk Sana' had departed Newark, New Jersey on April 26, bound for Singapore, and machinery related issues in the main engine room, leaving it adrift approximately 354 nautical miles east of Bermuda. Maersk reported that another of its vessels, the 'Maersk Nomazwe', which had departed Algeciras on April 22, diverted to assist the ship. One crew member from the 'Maersk Sana' received First Aid onboard the ship while the others were first moved to the 'Maersk Nomazwe', and on April 30 were evacuated to Bermuda. One was them was treated and discharged while the other crew member remained in the hospital. The 'Maersk Nomazwe' has resumed its voyage to Newark, where it is due to arrive on May 3.