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Due to a major power outage which hit Nynäshamn on June 4, 2025, passengers who were supposed to travel between Nynäshamn and Visby had to wait for almost an hour in Helagotland before the 'Gotland' could leave the port. The power outage i meant that the gangway for pedestrian passengers could not be unloaded. The ship therefore did not leave Nynäshamn on time. The ferry, which was supposed to arrive in Visby at 3:00 p.m., arrived at the port with a delay.

On the morning of June 3, work began on salvaging the 'Ali Aykin', which has been aground in southern Öresund, near Klagshamn, in pos. 55° 32' N 012° 46' E since the night of May 25, when it got stuck while sailing north into the Öre Sound. The salvage was being supervised by the Swedish Coast To make the ship lighter, parts of the scrap cargo were being unloaded onto an adjacent barge with the dredger 'Sound Neptunus' (MMSI: 265799920). The patrol ships 'KBV 034' and 'KBV 312' were located nearby, ready to intervene in the event of a possible oil spill. Additional equipment was on the way. The salvage plan was approved on June 2, after the Coast Guard and the Swedish Transport Agency assessed that the risks of the salvage work were now at an acceptable level. It was still unclear when the ship can be refloated. After the salvage, the ship must be taken to port for further inspections before the Swedish Transport Agency may allow to proceed on its voyage or carry out repairs at a shipyard.´ Report with photo: https://www.sjofartstidningen.se/nu-bargas-grundstotta-fartyget/

The Prosecutor General of Ukraine has filed papers in court seeking to hold the Russian captain of the 'Volgoneft 212', who is responsible for the oil pollution resulting from the loss of the vessel in the Kerch Strait in the latest in a series of efforts launched by Ukraine attempting to prosecute mariners for their role in the incidents or for operating vessels transporting grain and other materials in the Russian-occupied regions. Ukraine is charging the captain with spilling 1,500 tons of fuel as part of a larger oil leak from the tanker in Ukrainian waters. Ukraine estimated the damages at $480 million in the court papers: “The suspect, contrary to the usual seafaring requirements, did not take into account the weather conditions in the waters of the Azov and Black Seas, as well as in the Kerch Strait, which led to the accident," the prosecutor charged. The vessel was transporting 4,000 tonnes of M-100 fuel from Volgograd to Kavkaz and was accused that the fuel was to be transferred to an ocean-going shadow fleet tanker. Ukraine reported that oil was drifting ashore at various points in the Black Sea prompting a large-scale cleanup in the winter after the incident. In the past, Ukraine has detained and sought to prosecute crews for entering the ports of occupied Crimea and transporting grain or other materials that it alleges were stolen from Ukraine. In the summer of 2024, they seized the cargo ship 'Usko Mfu', registered in Cameroon, near the port of Reni on the Danube. The courts ordered the vessel seized. In fall 2024, Ukraine reported it was prosecuting the ship’s officers for entering Sevastopol. In April 2025, Ukraine reported seizing another cargo vessel they accursed of looting grain from Crimea. In the current case, it is unclear if the prosecutor named a specific individual. Clearly, the captain would have been charged in absentia and it is unclear if they were also attempting to file charges against the owner of the Volgoneft tankers.

On Jue 4, 2025, at 12:42 p.m., the 'Ijsseldelta', eroute towards Meppen, allided with a bridge over the Dortmund-Ems Canal in Lingen. The stilt at the starboard side foreship should have been retracted at the bridge. However, for unexplained reasons this did not happen. The following allision caused a main girder to collapse and crack. The police initially feared a possible risk of collapse on the bridge Car and ship traffic in the area of ​​the bridge was halted. On the evening, ships were sailing again on the Dortmund-Ems Canal. The bridge will remain closed to road traffic until at least Juen 5. A simple repair was not possible. A final assessment, however, will only be made in the next few days. The accident, in which no one was injured, caused property damage amounting to millions of euros. The vessel was first thoroughly examined by the waterway police at the New Harbour in Lingen and was then able to continue its journey to the refinery harbour in Lingen-Holthausen, where it moored. The bridge crosses the Dortmund-Ems Canal in the immediate vicinity of the Emsland Arena. It has no supporting pillars. Footpaths on the right and left banks lead under the bridge. A detour past the Emsland Arena has been set up for motorists and pedestrians. Reports with photos and video: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/osnabrueck_emsland/Nach-Schiffsunfall-in-Lingen-Bruecke-nicht-einsturzgefaehrdet,schiffsunfall200.html https://www.waslosin.de/lingen-frachter-rammt-bruecke-ueber-dortmund-ems-kanal/ https://www.emsvechtewelle.de/binnenschiff-stoesst-in-lingen-gegen-bruecke-an-der-lindenstrasse/ https://emstv.de/videobeitrag/vollsperrung-schiff-in-bruecke-gefahren/

arrived Alang anchorage 04.06.25

The 'Splendid' docked at Ponte Caracciolo due to a small fire on board on June 3, 2025. At around 9 p.m. the alarm was raised by the engine operators with the immediate intervention of two teams of firefighters from land in addition to the motorboat. The flames affected the exhausts of a generator set on the ship, which was immediately disconnected. The small fire could be extinguished. The ship was evacuated for the duration of the intervention. At the time of the accident, only the crew was presenti aboard .

The 'MSC Elsa 3' is believed to have sunk off the coast of Kochi due to a ballast system failure, according to Shyam Jagannathan, India's Director General of Shipping. He denied earlier rumours of sabotage. The ship started listing at 26 degrees en route from Vizhinjam to Kochi, and sank the next day. The cause must have been a ballast system failure, according to Ajith Sukumaran, Chief Inspector of the Indian government. There was no evidence of other reasons. The ballast system failure could have been due to a lack of operational insight. When the ship listed, there was a complete power failure due to a failure in the internal power supply. This rendered virtually all operational activities of the ship unusable. Of the about 100 containers, which drifted away afterthe sinking, about 50 have meanwhile washed up along the coast. Most of the containers were empty, but 13 were carrying hazardous materials: 12 containing calcium carbide and one containing chemical antioxidants for rubber. Five of the calcium carbide containers were lashed on the deck and probably ended up on the seabed, while seven remained in the cargo holds. Calcium carbide is stored in 200-litre drums. The risk of it reacting with seawater was considered low. A salvage team of 108 people from the US-based T&T Salvage, appointed by MSC, has started cleaning up the coast. Their focus was on recovering floating containers and clearing the affected coastlines. Once the cleanup is complete, the team will begin extracting oil from the ship’s bunker tanks. The Coast Guard was able to contain a small oil spill. The removal of the bunker oil is scheduled for early July. Director General Jagannathan stressed that all sunken containers and the ship will be salvaged: "The owner is legally obliged to remove the wreck under international treaties.” The government of India’s Kerala state has classified the wreck as a “state-specific disaster” due to its potential environmental and economic impact. The DG Shipping will soon conduct comprehensive seabed mapping using a multi-beam survey system to locate missing containers and the sunken vessel. The operation is also aimed at mitigating marine ecological risks stemming from the incident. The cost of the recovery will be borne by the vessel’s owner, the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), which has appointed US-based firm T&T Salvage to carry out container recovery, oil removal, and pollution control measures. T&T Salvage is assembling a team of divers, including saturation divers from South Africa, to aid the underwater retrieval of containers. The 'Water Lily', an emergency tow vessel, is currently being equipped with a multi-beam survey system for detailed seabed mapping. In addition, the vessel 'Seamac III' will assist in diving operations. A committee comprising all stakeholders has been formed, and regular meetings are being held to monitor progress. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), designated as the on-scene commander, has been conducting daily aerial reconnaissance and applying oil dispersants to manage the environmental impact.

On the late evening of June 4, the 'Ali Aykin' was refloated and berthed in Malmö on June 5 shortly after midnight. The ship reached the port with own power, assisted by tugs and monitored by ships from the Swedish Coast Guard. The transit to the port took two hours in good conditions No oil spills were observed neither during the salvage nor during the way to Malmö. The successful salvage was the result of the close and intensive cooperation between several authorities and private actors. The environmental threat in the Sound has been eliminated with joint efforts. The preliminary investigation into gross negligence in maritime traffic is being led by prosecutors and is still ongoing. One person on the crew has been served with a suspicion and is being detained. The work to prevent oil spills from the other grounded ship, the 'Meshka' was continued off Landskrona. The situation there was desciribed as complex but under control, and measures were being taken to minimize the risk of environmental impact by the Coast Guard. The 'Meshka' has approximately 938 metric tons of oil in fuel and lubricating oil in its tanks. The authority has vessels on site with the ability to combat oil spills. Reports with photo and video: https://www.kustbevakningen.se/nyheter/fartyg-pa-grund-soder-om-oresund/ https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/se-nar-det-grundstotta-fartyget-i-oresund-bargas

The Greenlandic hybrid ferry 'Maliina Ittuk', while sailing in Danish waters before the planned departure to Greenland, has been hit by technical problems which were observed with a generator in one of the ferry's engines.. The vessel is being repaired at the Orskov Shipyard shipyard in Frederikshaven since May 10, 2025. The Orskov Yard is currently conducting a thorough technical examination of the ferry, including repair of the affected engine and a full review of the remaining three engines. To ensure stable operations in June and July, the Disko Line has initiated a temporary reassignment of its vessels, so that the planned sailings during this period can be carried out as planned. There was no date when the 'Maliina Ittuk', which left the yard in Faaborg on March 31, will be able to set sail.

After a fire broke out aboard the vehicles carrier 'Morning Midas' (IMO: 9289910) off Adak, Alaska, on June 3, 2025, at approximately 3:15 p.m., the 'Cosco Hellas' was one of three vessels which responded to an UMIB issued by the watchstanders, requesting assistance from vessels in the vicinity.All 22 crew members aboard the 'Morning Midas' evacuated the ship aboard a lifeboat and were subsequently rescued by the crew of the 'Cosco Hellas', which had diverted to the position while en route from Balboa to Busan. The castaways were safely taken aboard with no reported injuries. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4206451/coast-guard-responds-to-vessel-fire-offshore-adak-alaska/

On May 28, 2025, the 'Corsica' was detained in Livorno with 37 deficiencies, ten of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Pollution Prevention - Record book of engine parameters Missing 2) Pollution Prevention - Operational procedures for engine or equipment Not Familiar' 3) Structural conditions - Ballast, fuel and other tanks Not as required 4) Structural conditions - Closing devices/watertight doors Not as required 5) Life saving Appliances - Launching arrangements for survival craft Not as required 6) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Not as required 7) Labour conditions - Sanitary facilities Dirty 8)) Labour conditions - Sleeping room/addioinal spaces Not as required 9) Labour conditions - Cold room, temeprature and clealiness Not as required 10) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released June 2 and left the port enroute to Marina di Carrara, where it arrived on June 3. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

arrived Gadani Anchorage 04.06.25

Beached at Chittagong 20.05.25 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122149063256471366&set=pcb.10164779583188943

On June 3, 2025, Iranian Soheil Jelveh, 51, a retired marine engineer who was captain of the 'Matthew' while it was carrying more than 2.2 tonnes of cocaine claimed that he feared for his life and his family if he did not follow instructions, a court has heard. He said there was an element of fear on board the vessel, and admitted he was aware that the consignment on the ship was not “spare parts”.He said that he was captain in name but he had to follow orders like everyone else. The non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin was told that he was in fear of being killed and that his family, who were in Dubai, would also be killed and that a number of the crew were hired by a transnational organised crime group for the operation. Jelveh is one of seven men charged with offences arising from the seizure of 2.25 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated value of more than €157 million, which was on board the ship. Ukrainians Mykhailo Gavryk, and Vitaliy Vlasoi, both 32; Iranians Jelveh and Saeid Hassani, 39; Filipino Harold Estoesta, 31, and Dutch national Cumali Ozgen, 49, all pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for sale or supply on board the 'Mathew' between Sep 24 and Sep 26, 2023. The Ukrainian national Vitaliy Lapa, aged 62, with an address at Rudenka, Repina Str in Berdyansk, pleaded guilty to attempting to possess cocaine for sale or supply between Sep 21 and Sep 25, 2023. Jamie Harbron, aged 31, of South Avenue, Billingham in the UK, also pleaded guilty that on a date between September 21st and Sep 25, 2023, both dates inclusive, he attempted to have cocaine in his possession for the purpose of sale or supply, an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Detective Superintendent Keith Halley told the court in Dublin that messages sent to crew members of the MV Matthew told them to consider moving the bags containing drugs on to a lifeboat and then release it into the sea as Irish authorities got closer to the vessel. Ozgen, who was described in court by his barrister Brendan Grehan as having a lack of sea experience, was to go into the lifeboat with 22 tonnes of drugs in “one of the worst storms”. Six men who were arrested on board ignored instructions from the patrol vessel 'LE William Butler Yeats' a number of times. Detective Halley, who was a Revenue Customs liaison for Irish police, gave evidence that the authorities received information about a fishing trawler being used to import drugs, which led to the formation of a joint task force between gardai, the Revenue Customs Service and the Irish Naval Service. Jelveh, a father of two, claimed he felt violated by people in the “head office” who were not present on the vessel, and that there was a threat over him that was not there in relation to his co-accused. Jelveh qualified as a maritime engineer in 1997 and worked as a marine engineer until 2008 and moved through the ranks to became first deck officer. He became captain in 2019. He had since retired and was working as a football coach. Prosecution barrister John Berry SC told the court that the crew had attempted to set the drugs on fire as they attempted to flee Irish authorities and head into the high seas. Messages discovered in a WhatsApp group, called The Deck Officers, revealed how the crew was instructed to be ready to burn the cargo and head towards Sierra Leone if a helicopter tried to intercept the ship. The crew were told to make sure everything was burnt and to use paint thinner to set the cargo alight. They were also ordered by people not on board the vessel not to communicate with Irish authorities. The crew had been ordered by authorities to steer the vessel towards the Irish coast and dock at Cork. The court heard that they were willing to comply with the instructions, however, they were going full steam ahead to the high seas and were planning on travelling to Sierra Leone. The crew had been making efforts to deter the arrival of the Army Ranger Wing to allow for the removal of the drugs. Footage and photographs shown to the court revealed there was smoke coming from the lifeboat after an attempt was made to set the drugs alight. Cans of paint, used to set it on fire, were also found on the life raft. Detective Halley told the court that the people instructing the crew had “immense capabilities, unlimited resources and a global reach”. It became apparent through the message groups that those who were controlling the vessel and sending instructions on what to do were based in Dubai. They had sent messages instructing the crew to keep going, including reassuring messages like “just relax and this will all be over soon”. They also gave the wrong information that Irish authorities could not board the vessel. The sentence hearing is taking place before Ms Justice Melanie Grealy Judge Sarah Berkeley and Judge Grainne Malone. The sentencing hearing continued on June 4.

The 'AIDAluna', during its 19-day "Highlights at the Arctic Circle" voyage, after setting off from Longyearbyen on June 3, 2025, was notified at around 11 p.m. that a ship was experiencing an emergency near their positiom. Since the 'AIDAluna' was in close proximity, it was activated to provide assistance and set course for the scene. The captain informed the guests via an announcement about the course change and the situation. A helicopter was also requested. The helicopter initially assessed the situation to better assess the next steps. It had to be clarified whether the people could be rescued by helicopter or whether tender boats would have to be sent from the 'AIDAluna'. The crew of the cruise ship was ready for the possible lowering of the tender boats. The medical personnel were also on alert for a possible deployment. The crew of the 'AIDAluna' received notification shortly afterwards that, given the circumstances, the people had been safely rescued by helicopter from the life raft in which they were floating and would be flown to the hospital in Longyearbyen for treatment. The 'AIDAluna' was thus released from the rescue mission and was able to continue its journey, being expected in Akureyri on June 6.

The salvage of the 'Bayesian' continues with minimal diving work, while ROVs are being used as much as possible. The equipment is also being used to search the seabed in the wider area for parts of the yacht. This was chosen after the fatal accident with a diver from Smit Salvage. New and specialised equipment has arrived in Sicily almost daily from all over Europe in recent weeks, together with new members of the salvage team to enable the alternative working methods. This specifically involved remote-controlled tools. The salvors from Hebo and Smit with the TMC Marine, as the main contractor are now busy pulling thin lines under the hull to which the heavy lifting straps will later be attached. Four of the eight 'forelines' have now been installed. The main boom, the sail, an anchor and other parts of the rigging were already salvaged two weeks ago. The installation of the lines is difficult due to the clay bottom on which the ship is resting. It is expected that the hull can be raised above water in the second half of June,after the 72-metre mast has been removed using precision cutting tools, which is a month later than the original planning.

After the US Coast Guard's 17 th District command center received a distress alert from the 'Morning Midas' on June 3 at approximately 3:15 p.m., the watchstanders immediately issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast requesting assistance from vessels in the vicinity and also diverted the Coast Guard Cutter 'Munro (WMSL 755)' to the area, directed the launch of a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from the Air Station Kodiak, and positioned an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter in Adak. All 22 crew members aboard the 'Morning Midas' evacuated the ship aboard a lifeboat and were subsequently rescued by the crew of the container m/v 'Cosco Hellas' (IMO: 9308510), en route from Balboa to Busan, one of the three good Samaritan vessels on scene, with no reported injuries. The Coast Guard crews were working closely with the vessel’s managing company, the Zodiac Maritime, to determine the disposition of the vessel, which was estimated to have approximately 350 metric tons of gas fuel and 1,530 metric tons of very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) onboard as well as a cargo of 3,048 vehicles, with 70 being fully electric vehicles and 681 being partial hybrid. The status of the fire was currently unknown, but smoke was still emanating from the vessel. The Zodiac Maritime can be contacted via email at media@navigateresponse.com or by phone at 44-207-283-9915 or 65-6222-6375. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4206451/coast-guard-responds-to-vessel-fire-offshore-adak-alaska/

On May 31, 2025, the 'Albatros 1' was detained in Istanbul with 39 deficiencies, two of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Not as required 2) Emergency systems - Fire pump and its pipes Not as required The vessel was released again on May 31 and left the port on June 2 en route to Limassol with an ETA as of June 7. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The first trip of the ' Waverley', scheduled from the West this season, had to be cancelled. The world's last seagoing paddle steamer arrived in the Bristol Channel on June 2, 2025,, ready to take passengers from thr Clevedon Pier. But the sailing was cancelled, because a valve on the boiler was broken and needed repairing. It was now hoped this will be done in time for the next trip on June 6. The ship remained sidelined in Cardiff.

arrived Bhavnagar Anchorage 04.06.25