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The 'Regatta' had to leave the port of Kailua-Kona in Hawaii early due to a tsunami warning on July 29, 2025. Despite the cruise line's extensive efforts to warn passengers of the impending tsunami threat, a group of ten guests was unable to return to the ship before its departure. The ship's departure followed maritime protocols designed to protect the ship and its passengers from the threat of the tsunami. Teams of Oceania Cruises weare in contact with the stranded passengers and local authorities to facilitate their return to the ship. The safety of all guests, crew, and the surrounding communities remained its top priority. Despite the inconvenience, the company assured guests that it was actively working to return passengers to the ship as quickly as possible.

On the evening of July 30, 2025, the Port Authority of Patmos was informed that upon the arrival of the "Superstar II" at the port of Patmos en route from Mykonos, a Greek crew member felt unwell and needed to be medevace. The assistant was transported by an ambulance to the Patmos Health Center, for the provision of first aid, while the ship continued its scheduled route for Leros, Kalymnos and Kos.

Tsunami waves generated by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia on July 29, 2025, caused cruise ships, among them the 'Pride of America', to leave the port of Hilo, leaving passengers behind on Hawaii. The ship notified all guests via SMS and advised them "to seek higher ground and follow instructions from local authorities if they were unable to return to the ship in time for its departure. Affected passengers on excursions frantically called the Norwegian customer service line and asked for the ship to be held until they got back. Originally, NCL said it would hold the ship for them. But at 3:38 p.m., the company said the ship was leaving after a request from the state’s Department of Transportation in response to local emergency procedures and to prioritizing the safety of the guests and crew. The ship left at 4 p.m., two hours earlier than its scheduled 6 p.m. departure. After the ship departed, the excursion guests boarded their bus again and drove uphill, before eventually being taken to the Waiakea High School, where they slept on the gym floor or in tour buses, while the 'Pride of America' remained at sea, waiting for permission to re-enter the port and collect its passengers. On the morning of July 30, the authorities in Hawaii canceled the tsunami advisory and issued an all-clear. Report with photos: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/travel/tsunami-hawaii-cruise-ships-passengers.html

On July 22, 2025, the 'Oste' left the Naval Base in Eckernförde to observe the Russian manoever "July Storm", a surprise event, during which over 150 Russian Navy units were forced to depart. The press service of the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the "July Storm" exercise was intended to "test the readiness of the fleet and flotilla forces to solve non-standard operational tasks, the comprehensive use of long-range precision weapons, unmanned systems, advanced and modern weapons, and military equipment." Images of a new type of underwater drone attacking a target ship off Kaliningrad with an explosive charge and missile launches from ships in the Baltic Sea were also shown. The "Oste" also appearedin the Russian television report.The destroyer "Vice-Admiral Kulakov" also had to leave Baltiysk for the Skagerrak. The ship transited the Great Belt and the Fehmarn Belt on July 29 for the fifth time since May. One reason could be the canceled naval show on July 27 in St. Petersburg, which was terminated at short notice due to fears of Ukrainian drones. Instead, tthere was only a short film clip from an anonymous barracks yard in St. Petersburg, where Putin welcomed a delegation of marines. The reason for the voyage of the destroyer may be a new strategy of the Russian Navy. At the end of May, the Russian Navy brought the ship from the Northern Fleet to the Baltic Sea. After the last destroyer of the Baltic Fleet was out of action with an engine failure, the Russian Naval Command sent the "Vice-Admiral Kulakov" from its base in the Kolafjord to the Baltic Sea, whiere it has been regularly patrolling the Danish and German coasts since in order to demonstrate that, despite the problems within the country, the Navy is capable of conducting such patrols, according to Sebastian Bruns, an expert in Maritime Strategy and Security at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University. Report with photo: https://www.kn-online.de/schleswig-holstein/russland-schickt-zerstoerer-der-nordflotte-regelmaessig-nach-fehmarn-AZOJXZR465AYHP4YSSYTAGKBGQ.html

A Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crew from the Air Station Astoria, Oregon, medevaced a woman experiencing a health emergency from the 'Carnival Legend' nearly 120 miles west of Grays Harbor, Washington, on the night of July 29, 2025. The cruise ship was transiting from Prince Rupert, British Columbia, to San Francisco, California. At 6:00 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Northwest District Command Center received the medevac request from the ''Carnival Legend' for the 71-year-old woman experiencing a cardiac event. The Coast Guard helicopter crew arrived on scene at 8:39 p.m. and safely hoisted the woman onboard the aircraft. She was transported to the Air Station Astoria at 10:12 p.m. Upon arrival she was transferred by emergency medical services. Report with video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4260358/coast-guard-medevacs-woman-from-cruise-ship-120-miles-off-washington-coast/