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Two cayucos got assistance off the Canary Islands on Oct 31. The 'Salvamar Adhara' accompanied a cayuco that was seven nautical miles southeast of La Restinga (El Hierro) with 75 sub-Saharan people on board, among them three women and one minor. The 'Guardamar Talía' accompanied a cayuco 11 nautical miles south of La Restinga with 71 sub-Saharan people on board, among them six women and six minors.

Human remains found in Newfoundland and Labrador on Oct 19, were those of a Canadian Coast Guard employee who went missing at sea from the 'Vincent Massey' on Sep 16. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the province’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that the remains discovered in Placentia Bay were those of the crew member. The Coast Guard had conducted a massive SAR operation off Pouch Cove on the northeastern Avalon Peninsula to try to locate the man, who was originally from the Quebec City area. Ships and aircraft were involved in the two-day effort. He was last seen on the evening of Sept. 15, as the 'Vincent Massey' was sailing near the northeast coast of Newfoundland. The crew realized the man was missing the next morning when the vessel arrived in St. John's. An exhaustive search was conducted on the vessel, but the man was not found.

Two cayucos got assistance off the Canary Islands on Oct 31. The 'Salvamar Adhara' accompanied a cayuco that was seven nautical miles southeast of La Restinga (El Hierro) with 75 sub-Saharan people on board, among them three women and one minor. The 'Guardamar Talía' accompanied a cayuco 11 nautical miles south of La Restinga with 71 sub-Saharan people on board, among them six women and six minors.

The "Tromsø" ran aground south of the Tromsø Bridge on Oct 29, 2024, at 5 p.m., en route from Nord-Lenangenon a sandy bottom near Nova in Tromsdalen. A gust of wind had caught the vessel, and thus it ended up on an unmarked sandbar with a list to port side. The ship was refloated again with own after a short time. At 9 p.m., it docked at the Imes quay. and was checked. There were only crew on board. The police was on the scene. 

On Oct 30, 22024, just before 11 p.m., the 'Baltic Princess',, serving on the route  Turku–Åland–Stockholm, suffered technical problems in the Åland archipelago (Lat. 60.0851; Lng. 20.7857). The ship had to turn around and droppedanchor off the small island Sottunga. The crew managed to fix the problem and the ship resumed its voyage towars Fagarvik shortly after midnight. There were around 400 passengers on board.