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On March 4, the 'Aurora' has rescued 32 people from the oil platform 'Miskar ' in the Gulf of Gabes in the central Mediterranean, where they had been stranded since March 1. Despite the imminent emergency, informed European authorities had not launched rescue operations, although the people were in international waters, on the border of the Tunisian and Maltese search and rescue (SAR) zone, despite appeals to Maltese, Tunisian and Italian authorities, The castaways were picked up by the German humanitarian ship and received first aid on board. Everyone was in pretty good health. The ship has not yet been assigned a safe port. A reconnaissance aircraft operated by Sea Watch first spotted the group on the oil platform on March 1, with an empty rubber dinghy floating nearby. The 32 people, including women and children, had set off from Libya. The Miskar platform is owned by the British gas supplier British Gas. In recent days, NGOs have complained that, no one has organized the rescue of the migrants on the platform. Report with photo: https://www.tunisienumerique.com/les-32-migrants-bloques-sur-une-plateforme-gaziere-au-large-de-la-tunisie-ont-ete-secourus/#google_vignette

The 'Danubia', actually used as an asylum ship, has docked in Krimpen upon the IJssel, but the residents found that the ship, which was recently used by the fire brigade for a major exercise, was particularly dirty. Since 2022, refugees have been accommodated in the Sliksloothaven on the asylum ship 'Allemania'. The vessel was supposed to remain there until the end of 2026, but was due for major maintenance, and on Feb 28, 2025, the successor 'Danubia', qhich is eqipped with 77 cabins, docked in Krimpen. It has not been used for two years, and there were complaints that dirt and rust were everywhere. According to the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA), the ship was used in Utrecht to accommodate Ukrainians. However, as far as the municipality of Utrecht was concerned, this was only an emergency measure, as the ship was not only very expensive, but also impractical, being the only reception location where refugees cannot cook for themselves, while self-reliance is important’, the board wrote earlier in a letter to the council. It was investigated whether the ship could fulfil another function in Utrecht, but this was not found. However, the Utrecht fire brigade did use the ship for a major exercise last month. The COA was working to make the ship beautiful again. The intention is for the 'Danubia' to remain in Krimpen, the 'Allemania' will not return.

Sociedad Puerto Industrial de Aguadulce (SPIA) sets a new operational milestone at the Port of Buenaventura after servicing the 14,436-TEU vessel MSC Faith, the largest ship ever to dock in Colombia. With a length of overall of 366 meters, the MSC Faith makes its maiden call in South America at Puerto Aguadulce, as part of Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) weekly service between Asia and Latin America’s west coast.

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The Latvian police have now launched their own investigation into the cable break that occurred in the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Sweden in January, which led to the 'Vehzen' being suspected of sabotage and being seized. The Vehzen was anchored south of Aspö, but was later released after Swedish authorities determined that it was not sabotage. According to Janis Sarts, head of Stratcom NATO's center for strategic communications in Riga, one should be very careful about concluding that it was an accident.

On the night of March 4, 2025, the pilot Captain Serdinç Koç, who was on duty to provide pilotage services to the 'Ocean Euphrosyne' off the coast of Gelibolu, accidentally fell into the sea in the Dardanelles Strait, With the rapid and effective intervention of the boat crew at the time of the incident, the captain was rescued in a short time and transferred to the hospital. His health condition was good. Report with photo: https://turkdeniz.com/canakkale-bogazinda-kilavuz-kaptan-denize-dustu

The new emblematic terminal of the Naviera Armas-Trasmediterránea Group, situated on the Nelson Mandela Pier, Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is up and running. The new terminal will serve both passenger and freight traffic. It is the first privately-financed passenger terminal in a Spanish state-owned port.

Global trade enabler DP World has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Namibia’s Nara Namib Free Economic Industrial Zone today to develop a free economic zone for industry and logistics in Walvis Bay to support the growth of Namibia as a regional hub for Southern Africa. Development of the first 50 hectares phase of the zone has the potential to create 3,000 jobs and help attract investment to Namibia of N$ 3.5 billion (approx. US$237 million). Expansion to 1,500 hectares is expected to increase the potential investment to N$25 billion (around US$1.7 billion) with 20,000 job opportunities.

The 'Audaz' has observed the Russian frigate 'Admiral Golovko' on its way through the western Mediterranean. The naval ship tracked the frigate in international waters near Mallorca until Feb 28, 2025. The frigate has considerable armament. On board are a modern air defense system, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles and 16 medium-range anti-ship missiles. The ship set sail for the first time in 2022, and one year later it was officially commissioned in the presence of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. Reports with photos: https://www.mallorcamagazin.com/nachrichten/lokales/2025/03/05/133981/vor-mallorca-wieder-russisches-kriegsschiff-gesichtet.html

The Dutch salvage company Blue Tack has been commissioned by the owner of the Curacao flagged deck cargo pontoon 'CC Atlantique', 9119 gt (IMO: 9562245), which has remained stuck on beacon 18, one of the beacons along Flintrännan south of the Öresund Bridge, since March 1 at 4 a.m. The 'Kamarina' with the coupled barge was passing northbound through Flintrännan when the barge came too far to starboard and struck one of the lighthouses. How long it would take to salvage the barge. was unclear. The work continued on March 3, including diving at the grounded barge. Also the tug's winch is said to have been damaged in the incident. The shipping company has therefore sent another tug, the 'Carlo Magno', to the scene which arrived on the early morning of March 2. At the same time, the tug 'Svitzer Edda' has been called to assisted. Shipping was not affected by the incident, even though a navigation warning is in place.

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Costa Cruises’ second Chinese market-designed cruise ship, COSTA FIRENZE, was floated out at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard. COSTA FIRENZE follows the February delivered COSTA VENEZIA.