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The "Hav Sand" was detained in Fiskaa on Aug 25, 2025, with seven deficiencies, one of which being regarded as serious and a ground for a detention: 1) Pollution Prevention - Oil filtering equipment Inoperative The vessel was released again on Aug 27 and left the port en route to Moss, where it arrived on Aug 29. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The owners of the 'Tinos I' said in a court filing that Vitol was ‘seeking to take advantage’ of the sanctions designations ‘to force the sale of the vessel and then buy it at auction’ The Court’s orders for arrest and attachment of the vessel should be vacated as these were prohibited without explicit authorisation from Ofac, the lawyers argued. The attachment was ordered by a judge earlier in August, arguing they were not permissible absent an authorisation from Ofac. They have also accused plaintiffs Vitol of seeking a forced sale of the vessel. The tanker has been stranded off Houston since arriving in Houston on its maiden voyage in June 2024. The tanker was sanctioned on April 22, 2025, as part of an Ofac action against the Iranian businessman Seyed Assadolah Emamjomeh and his network of companies in Iran, the UK and the United Arab Emirates. Emajome’s son, Meisam, was also designated. Th actionwas taken pursuant to the administration’s maximum pressure campaign and Executive Order (E.O.) 13902, which targets those operating in certain sectors of the Iranian economy. This action was in furtherance of Treasury’s implementation of National Security Presidential Memorandum 2 (NSPM-2), instituting a campaign of maximum economic pressure on Iran. The tanker was going to be sold under a license issued on May 20, by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. OFAC’s license provided for a number of transactions related to the vessel, including the sale of the ship, provided the net proceeds of the sale be placed into a blocked interest-bearing account at a U.S. financial institution. It was limiting the sale to the U.S. and the vessel’s entry into any new contracts with blocked persons. As an alternative, OFAC was also making it possible for the safe docking and anchoring of the vessel, emergency repairs, and environmental mitigation or protection activities. They are also permitting actions for the health and safety of the crew and the provisioning of the vessel, bunkering, pilotage, towing, and similar services.

On Aug 23, 2025, the 'Star Energy' berthed at the Novatek's terminal in port of Ust-Luga. The company's fuel-producing complex was damaged by a fire. caused by a Ukrainian drone, early on Aug 24, Operations at the complex and fuel loadings were fully halted on that day. The Ust-Luga complex, with a capacity of nine million tonnes a year, refines stable gas condensate mainly into light and heavy naphtha. It also produces jet fuel, ship fuel component (fuel oil) and gasoil.L The tanker left the terminal early on Aug 28 and was moving towards the Suez Canal. It could have taken on board about 120,000 tonnes of naphtha produced at Novatek's Ust-Luga complex before the fire. From Aug 1 until Aug 23, three tankers loaded a total of nearly 350,000 tonnes of naphtha at the terminal with Singapore as destination. Novatek could decrease naphtha exports from Ust- Luga in Sep by about 300,000 tonnes because of the fire at the gas condensate refining complex.

The Italian Coast Guard has detainedthe 'Hansa Horneburg' n Genoa, en route from Miami via Vado Ligure, for not being fully compliant with the requirements for limiting nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions, after its arrival in port on Aug 21, 2025, following a safety inspection carried out on board the vessel by personnel from the Port State Control Inspection Unit. Despite possessing valid certifications issued by the flag state confirming compliance with international MARPOL conventions, the ship was found to be non-compliant with regulations limiting nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. It was found that several components of the onboard electric generators lacked the identification elements of conformity required by legislation and the NOx Technical Code for the prevention of air pollution. As a result, it could not be ensured that the ship was operating within the parameters needed to keep NOx emissions within regulatory limits. The inspection covered all operational areas of the vessel and also included an emergency drill to assess crew preparedness. The ship would only be permitted to depart once all deficiencies have been rectified under the supervision of the flag administration and classification society and after passing a final inspection by the Port State Control team. The 'Hansa Horneburg' remained stationary as of Aug 28.

A group of protesters tried to prevent the 'Ventura' from docking in Rotterdam on Aug 24. 15 Extinction Rebellion activists attempted to stop the vessel, using boats and canoes to block a berth near Hotel New York. The protest was eventually dismissed by the police, who arrested two of the activists. The blockage delayed the docking manoever by approximately half an hour. After sailing from Southampton on Aug 23, the 'VenturaÄ sailed to Rotterdam as part of a short cruise to the Netherlands.In addition to an overnight stay at the port, the itinerary of the 3,100-guest ship also included a day cruising in the North Sea and the English Channel.