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The authorities in Sicily have approved an amended salvage plan by the salvors of Hebo and Smit Salvage and coordinator TMC Marine to raise the 'Bayesian'. This plan involves the 'Hebo Lift 10', one of the largest sheerlegs in Europe, which will be lifting the stern of the yacht, so that the salvors can pass the slings under the hull. The clayey bottom requires this approach. Previous attempts were made to pull the cables under the hull while it was lying on the seabed. A total of eight slings are needed to lift the wreck, which is scheduled for the end of June. Over the past week, salvage teams have been searching the seabed around the 'Bayesian' for materials from the yacht, using remotely controlled underwater equipment. 17 objects were found, including deck furniture and the shell of a life raft.

The 'Tavrida', located in the Black Sea near Snake Island, was reported to have again come under an attack on June 9, 2025. Purported Russian social media accounts announced what they called a successful attack using Russian Kh-22 cruise missiles, which were fired from bombers at the platform. The 'Tavrida', built in 1995 by Ukraine's JSC Kherson shipyard, was positioned as part of the Ukrainian field in the Black Sea, but has not operated in a decade. Russia took control of the platform during the temporary annexation of Crimea in 2014 along with other energy assets in the Black Sea. Ukraine had targeted the platform in a series of attacks in 2022. In 2023 theyreclaimed the platform. Zhe Russians were accused of having converted the jack up rig with electronic listening devices and other equipment. Russia in turn accused Ukraine of doing the same with the platform, making it a base of operations to be used against Crimea. Russia alleged that the Ukraine was using the 'Tavrida' as a command post for its drones and other electronic warfare. They also claimed it was being used as a refueling and staging point for drones and unmanned vessels attacking ports and other sites in Russian occupied Crimea. Video: https://twitter.com/i/status/1932442628962005296

Two bodies were found in the fishing vessel 'Seahorse' on June 11. The 30-foot ship was found sunk in 25 feet of water near Billingsgate Shoal, west of Wellfleet, in Cape Cod Bay, on the afternoon,. The 'William Sparling' was deployed and arrived on scene within 30 minutes. Divers from the Massachusetts environmental police, and Massachusetts state police identified the vessel. Both crew members were found onboard. Divers recovered the bodies, and authorities have contacted their families. The Coast Guard sent investigating officers to explore the reasons why the vessel sank and when it sank. Salvage operations will follow to potentially get the vessel out of the water. The 'Seahorse' had left Rock Harbor at Orleans on June 8 at 8 a.m. Capt. Shawn Arsenault was at its helm, accompanied by his girlfriend. At 10:30 a.m. other fishermen saw him throwing debris off the vessel. Harbormaster Nate Sears was notified by witnesses and tried to contact him to tell him that wasn't allowed. He tried twice to contact him but wasn't successful. At about 2 p.m. a witness who was fishing in Cape Cod Bay saw Arsenault dragging for quahogs. He didn't see anyone else on the 'Seahorse'. When Arsenault didn't return on the high tide on that day, Sears assumed he'd gone to another harbor to land his shellfish and planned to fish the next high tide out of that port. On June 9, Sears contacted Arsenault's brother, Paul, a commercial fisherman who was on a contact list for Shawn and told him he wasn't going to return until he got his limit. On the night of June 9, Arsenault was still not back at Rock Harbor. Sears began making calls to other harbors to see if Arsenault was docked there. Onn the morning of, June 10, Sears received the last of the confirmations that harbour masters in Dennis, Provincetown and Orleans had not seen Arsenault. At that point he reached out to the Coast Guard to say he was concerned about the wellbeing of Arsenault and his girlfriend. The Coast Guard initiated a search for the vessel and put a broadcast out on VHF. The Coast Guard located the cell phone ping at around 10:30 p.m. two miles east of Chatham. It would have taken the Seahorse six to eight hours to reach that spot. On June 11, the Coast Guard was doing grid pattern searches, using sonar to search the ocean floor, and planes were out looking for debris in the water. Neighbouring natural resources personnel and harbour masters were scanning the shoreline by boat and walking the shoreline looking for any type of debris. An extensive multi-agency search for the overdue fishing vessel was led by Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England. They issued an UMIB on the morning of Juen 10 to notify the public of the emergency and launched Stations Chatham, Cape Cod Canal, and Provincetown to search the fishing area within Cape Cod Bay and the location of the last known cell phone ping. Report with video: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/missing-cape-cod-fishing-boat-seahorse-found-underwater/ Partners from the Cape Cod Mutual Response System consisting of Massachusetts Environmental and State Police, National Park Service, and local fire and police departments from Hyannis, Eastham, Wellfleet, Orleans, and Fishing Partnership along with members of the fishing community searched shorelines, marinas, and fishing piers for the vessel. Crews from the Fast Response Cutter William Sparling conducted an overnight search operation on Tuesday night, according to the press release.

On the aarly imorning of , June 11, 2025, the CROSS Gris-Nez was notified that a migrant boat was in difficulty off the coast of Sangatte. The 'Abeille Normandie' was deployed by CROSS to locate the boat. Once on site, the crew of the emergency tug discovered that the boat had suffered an engine failure, and rescued 50 people on board, followed shortly after by the remaining four. The 54 migrants were then dropped off at the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they were taken into care by the shore-based rescue services.

Efforts were ongoing to refloat the 'Hein' on June 11. There was no threat of oil contamination in Chaguaramas from the ship, which was partially submerged on the southern side of Monos Island. The incident initially had raised concerns about a potential environmental threat, but authorities and maritime professionals confirmed that the vessel was not currently leaking hydrocarbons into the sea. There was a minor spillage from the bilge on June 10. After the ship had started listing to starboard side, the captain had steered the ship into the Turtle Bay, where it was intentionally gronded. Since the grounding, several agencies, including the Ministry of Environment, the Maritime Services Institute of Marine Affairs and the T&T Coast Guard, have been on scene. The barge 'Navajo' from Port of Spain, which is equipped with a crane, assisted in offloading the cargo in an effort to refloat the vessel. On June 11, the vessel’s owner, Abbas Farouk, was present, co-ordinating the operations. Sling bags were being used to offload cargo to reduce the vessel's weight. Farouk engaged the services of Capital Signal, which dispatched the tug 'C Prowler' (IMO: 8899574) along with the barge to aid in the operation. Offloading the necessary tonnage to refloat the vessel would take time. Most of the cargo will likely be removed from the port side to help bring the ship closer to a stable position. If 50 to 100 tonnes are removed, the vessel might be able to refloat. Currently no signs of hydrocarbons leaking into the water. Reports with photos and video: https://guardian.co.tt/news/efforts-ongoing-to-refloat-partially-submerged-vessel-6.2.2330468.fdf0143f0b https://newsday.co.tt/2025/06/12/efforts-continue-to-stabilise-sinking-guyana-ship/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbJIX6RlCqE