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The Spanish flagged 15-m-fishing vessel “Daniela Y Sara-3AM-1-4-05”, 7,6 gt (CS: EA8499), with five crew members on board, requested towing assistance following a power loss about 6.9 nautical miles south of Punta Genoveses on Jan 27, 2025. The CCS Almería of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Spica', which took the ship in tow and safely pulled it to Carboneras due to the poor state of the sea. Video: https://x.com/i/status/1883940367172788328

A migrant boat that capsized in Malta's Search and Rescue zone claimed the lives of two children, while 17 others were rescued by the 'Sea Punk 1' on Jan 26, 2025, including a pregnant woman and a critically injured man. The ship's medical team performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on two other children, successfully saving one. Two persons were still believed to be missing at sea. The rescue occurred on the early morning within Malta's Search and Rescue (SAR) zone. A Maltese SAR helicopter airlifted the pregnant woman and the severely injured man, while an Italian Coastguard vessel took on board the remaining 15 survivors and recovered the bodies of the two children. Survivors recounted that the boat originally carried 21 people from Cameroon and Nigeria. The bodies of the deceased were taken to the mortuary chamber in Cala Pisana. The parents of the two toddlers were among the survivors.

The 'Burak', ballasting from Messina to Tuzla, suffered an engine failure in front of Kepez during the transit of the Dardanelles Strait on Jan 22, 2025, at around 9 p.m. UTC. The Çanakkale VTS Center deployed the tugs 'Türkeli' (IMO: 9816256) and 'Kurtarma 18' (IMO: 9974890) to taken the ship in tow to Karanlık Liman. The ship was safely moored in pos. 40° 02' N 026° 18' E close to Erisköy under the coordination of a pilot shortly past 10 p.m. It raised anchor again on Jan 23 at around 9 p.m. UTC and proceeded to the Tuzla shipyard area for permanent repairs, where it arrived on Jan 24 at noon and remained stationary as of Jan 28. Report with photo: https://x.com/kiyiemniyet/status/1882317882790703302

On Jan 27, 2025, the 'Floating Bridge 6' had to halt crossings on the s the River Medina between Cowes and East Cowes for 48 hours due to a battery fault. The chain ferry was taken out of operation after Marine Electricians identified the issue. It needed four new batteries. It was hoped it would be returning to full service in the next 48 hours. A launch service for pedestrians and cyclists was in operation during this time.

A violent fire broke out on Jan 26, 2025, at 1.25 a.m. in the engine room of the 'Kriti Captain' with more than 30,000m³ of diesel on board at the anchorage of Port-la-Nouvelle in pos. 43° 01' N 003° 05'. E. 51 firefighters from the barracks of Narbonne, Salles-d’Aude, Port-la-Nouvelle, Leucate, Sigean and Salles-d’Aude were mobilized to the scene. Shortly after 2 a.m., a first team managed to board this vessel. They could be stood down only on Jan 26 at 12:30 p.m. after. more than 11 consecutive hours of intervention. A long inspection of the vessel took place in the middle of the day, and it was found out that it was no longer able to navigate independently. It needed to be towed to the port of Marseille. For this purpose, the tug 'Abeille Méditerranée' (IMO: 9417749) arrived at around 1 p.m. Both ships remained stationary as of Jan 28. Report with photo: https://actu.fr/occitanie/port-la-nouvelle_11266/aude-un-violent-incendie-se-declare-dans-un-cargo-petrolier-11-heures-d-intervention-pour-les-pompiers_62169919.html