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The 'Iris I' was banned from operating and leaving the port of Halmstad following a port state control of the Swedish Transport Agency after its arrival from Falekenberg on Jan 10, 2025. Around 15 deficiencies were discovered, including working conditions and fire protection, and some of them being regarded as serious, so that the ship had to remain at the quay in the port of Halmstad. while these were addressed. The Swedish Transport Agency carried out a re-inspection of the ship on the afternoon of Jan 29. The deficiencies that were previously discovered were found to have been remedied, so the ship was free to leave the port of Halmstad. The departure is currently scheduled for Feb 4. The 'Iris I' currently has no cargo and does not plan to load anything before departure.

On Jan 27, 2025: the 'Gerda S' was detained in Batumi with 12 deficiencies: 1) Certificate & Doc - Garbarge record book Not as required 2) Certificate & Doc - SOPEP Not as required 3) Life saving Appliances - On board training and instructions Not as required 4) Living and working - Anchoring devices Not as required 5) Living and working - Winches & Capstans Not as required 6) Living and working - Clealiness of engine room Not as required 7) Water/Weathertight - Machinery spaces openings Inoperative Water/Weatherthing - Cargo and other Hatchways Not as required 9) Safety of navigation - Meands of escape Inoperative 10) Fire safety - Jacketed high pressure lines and oil leakage alarm Not as required 11) Fire safety - Fire control Not as required 12) Safety of navigation - Nautical publications Not updated The vessel was released again on Jan 28 and left the port en route to Tsingeli with an ETA as of Feb 3. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The Greek shipping company Eurobulk Ltd. has pleaded guilty to having violated the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and having falsified records to hide the facts, after the 'Good Heart' was found to have discharged oily bilge water on at least two occasions directly into the sea, when it was inspected by US Coast Guard officials on April 29, 2023, in the port of Corpus Christi. The chief engineer of the vessel had also directed the crew to flush the oil-water separator with fresh water, effectively deceiving the meter on the OWS so that it showed that the oil content was within the limits. In addition, the Oil Record Book (ORB) was not updated with the discharges, which is a legal requirement for all ships under the APPS and MARPOL regulations. Eurobulk has been ordered to pay a criminal fine of $1.125 million and to serve a four-year probation, where the company will have to adhere to an environmental compliance plan. The chief engineer of the bulk carrier also pleaded guilty and was sentenced for failing to record the in ORB. He has been ordered to pay a $2000 fine.

Aboard the 'Viking Mars', 62 of 887 passengers reported being sick during a voyage that ended on Jan 24, 2025, with symptoms of norovirus, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed the causative agent as unknown. Nine crew members also became ill. The ship had left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a Panama Canal cruise on Jan 10, 2025.

On Jan 28, 2025, the 'Gal' was detained in Antalya with 15 deficiencies, three of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Structural conditions - Wheelhouse, door-window Cracked 2) Emergency systems - Emergency lighting, batteries and switces Inoperative 3) Emergency systems - Public adress system Inoperative The vessel was released again Jan 29 and left the port enroute to Rhodes with an ETA as of Jan 31. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591