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On the morning of June 21, 2025, the Port Authority of Argosaronic Gulf was informed by the Captain of the'Poseidonas', that before its departure on the scheduled route from Piraeus to Aegina and Agistri with 743 passengers, 54 vehicles, two buses and 32 two-wheeled vehicles on board, an.electrical problem occurred, causing an inability to raise the anchors. The Argosaronic Gulf Port Guard prohibited the ship from sailing until the damage was repaired and a certificate of class maintenance was presented by the monitoring classification society. The passengers and vehicles were forwarded to their destination with the company's care.

The 'Avanza' belonging to the German solo sailor Rüdiger Schwarz capsized on the late afternoon of June 22, 2025, in the German-Danish border region northeast of the island of Rügen. The EPIRB signal of the Seacat 30 alerted the sea rescuers via satellite. The (MRCC in Bremen of the DGzRS, coordinated the SAR efforts closely with their Danish and Swedish counterparts, who had also received the automatic distress call. The MRCC Bremen requested the "Deneb", which was sailing near the accident site, to divert to the position indicated by the distress beacon. The "Deneb" located the capsized 'Avanza', and rescued the skipper from the upturned bottom with a dinghy. A Danish SAR helicopter then hoisted him aboard and flew him to Roskilde for medical treatment. The solo sailor, along with more than 70 other boats, was sailing from the Bay of Wismar to northern Sweden as part of the "MidsummerSail" regatta, when the trimaran capsized about halfway between the northern tip of Rügen and Bornholm. The rescue team informed the traffic control center of the capsized trimaran's position 54° 56' N 014° 01' E.

On the morning of June 20ß, 2025, the 'AS Sara', en route from Venice to Port Said, rescued 223 migrants from a fishing boat 50 nautical miles south of Kala Limeni, near Crete. 51 people were taken aboard the patrol boats. The Port Authorities of Agia Galini, Kala Limeni, Kokkinos Pyrgos and Paleochora were informed by the SAR Coordination Center of the Greek Coastguard Headquarters about a vessel in difficulties and deployed two patrol ships and a FRONTEX vessel to the position of the wooden fishing boat with the 274 people on board, among them 229 men and 45 minors, which was located by the unmanned aircraft "Heron2". The castaways were transferred to the anchorage of Kala Limeni and with the assistance of the launch 'Eleni' safely disembarked ashore. They were then taken to a temporary accommodation area in the port of Heraklion. During the preliminary investigatio, which was conducted by the Central Port Authority of Heraklion, three Egyptian nationals. aged 21, 34 and 46, were identified as human traffickers andarrested for violating article 83 of Law 3386/2005 "Illegal entry into the country", article 25 of Law 5038/2023 "Facilitation", article 45 of the Criminal Code "Aid" and article 306 of the Criminal Code "Exposure". According to a statement by the survivors, they set off in the early hours of 19.06.2025 from the coast of Tobruk, Libya, paying for their transport to Greece amounts of 170,000 - 200,000 Libyan dinars and 3,000 US dollars. Report with photo: https://www.hcg.gr/el/epikairothta/entopismos-kai-diaswsh-274-allodapwn-sth-8alassia-perioxh-50-nm-notia-twn-kalwn-limenwn-n-krhths-kai-syllhpsh-twn-triwn-diakinhtwn-toys-synexeia-enhmerwshs-anaforika-me-ton-entopismo-kai-diaswsh-73-allodapwn-sth-8alassia-perioxh-19-nm-notia-ths-gayd/

The 'Sunnanvik' ran aground on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland on June 20, 2025, at 12:43 a.m. LT. The vessel, which was carrying 3500 tons of cement powder, got stuck between the east and west banks of the river in the narrow mouth, and allided with the boardwalk near the back patios of popular bars, "I Hate Cowboys", Welcome to the Farm and Forward. ck 25 feet away from the building and blocking the mouth of the river. thus causing temporarily disrupting river traffic. The incident prompted a coordinated response involving the Great Lakes Towing Company and the U.S. Coast Guard. By 6:00 a.m., the vessel was refloated with the combined efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard an dFolls from New York and Wisconsin. it sailed a few hundred yards to the concrete dock where it was headed to unlooad its cargo. Following the salvage operation, river traffic was promptly resumed, and Sunnanvik continued its journey to Loyalist Cove, Canada. The cause of the grounding was under investigation. The captain told the investigators that it was only his second time on the Cuyahoga River and that as he attempted to back the freighter into a section of what's called "Old River," he encountered stronger currents than he expected, running the ship aground and sending it into the boardwalk. Report with photos and video: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/freighter-stuck-at-mouth-of-cuyahoga-river-in-east-bank-of-the-flats

On June 21, a temporary repair has been carried out at the bow visor of the 'Hebrides', serving on the route Uig-Tarbert-Lochmaddy. Until July 2, contractors were to attend the ferry to conduct further inspections, starting on July1 and 2. An amended timetable will continue to operate up to and including July 2.