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The 'Isle of Lewis', serving on the route Oban - Castlebay, had a medical emergency onboard on the morning of April 9. As a conseuquence, the 06:55 a.m. sailing had to return to Castlebay. In the follow-up,the vessel did not call into Craignure on the passage to the port of Castlebay. An update regarding the previously amended 1:10 p.m. service from Oban will be provided at approx. 10:00 a.m.

On the morning of April 5, ,2025, the Heraklion Port Authority was informed that two passengers of the'Celestial Infinity', a 77-y'ear-old Greek national and an 85-year-old British national, required immediate hospital treatment. The 77-year-old patient was medevaced and transferred to the University General Hospital of Heraklion for further medical treatment, while the 85-year-old was transferred to a private clinic in Crete for further medical examination. The ship continued its route to the port of Piraeus.

On the early morning of April 9, a medical evacuation of a crew member was requested from the ''AIDAcosma', en route from Cadiz to Alicante. The SAR helicopter Helimer 220 was mobilized by the CCS Tarifa of Salvamento Marítimo. The patient was hoisted off Algeciras and transported to the Jerez Airport, from where he was taken to a hospital for medical treatment on a higher level.

The 'Agios Gerasimos', 'King Philippos' and 'Nissos Antimilos' are going on detours of thousands of miles to deliver crude from Russia’s Baltic Sea to customers in Asia., all sailing around Africa, likely en route for India.. A fourth, the 'Amades' may be following in their wake. The reasons for unusually long voyages are not known but many shipowners, including European ones, have avoided the Red Sea because of the threat of Houthi attacks on merchant vessels.

On April 7, 2025, the CCS of Salvamento Marítimo in Las Palmas coordinated the medical evacuation of a crew member from the 'Pacifist', en route from Port Carttier to Singapore, which was moored on the southern anchorage of Las Palmas. The Helimer 201 SAR helicopter was deployed and hoisted the patient, who was transported to the Doctor Negrín Hospital in Las Palmas for medical treatment.