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On Jan 21, 2025, the Jaohar K' was detained in Samsun with 14 deficiencies. 1) Certificate & Doc - SOPEP Not as required 2) Certificate & Doc - Cargo Ship Safety Construction Not as required 3) Certificate & Doc - Document of Compliance Not as required 4) Certificate & Doc - Signs, indications Not as required 5) Safety of navigation - Charts Not updated 6) Water/Weathertight - Covers (Hatchways,- portable,- tarpaulin etc) Not as required 7) Living and working - Gangway - accommodation-ladder' Not as required 8)) Living and working - Electrical Unsafe 9) Structural conditions - Decks - Corrosion Corroded 10) Alarms - Fire alarms Inoperative 11) Radio communications - Facilities for reception of marine safety inform Not as required 12) Radio communications - Other (Radio communications) Other 13) Pollution Prevention - Oil and oily mixtures from machinery spaces Not as required 14) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on Jan 23 and left the port en route to Sulina with an ETA as of Jan 26. The last detention was on Jan 24, 2024, also in Samsun with 14 deficiencies for three days. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The 'Vladimir Latyshev' has been stuck in the port of Saint-Malo since March 2022, when it docked to deliver a cargo of magnesia, and the situation is becoming critical due to a lack of fuel. Russian sailors take turns maintaining the ship. They also carry out the manoeuvres requested by the harbour master's office to maintain the port activity. The ship needs fuel for its small movements and to keep it moored, such as to keep the heating, refrigerators or fire extinguishing system running. However, since 2024, the harbour master no longer receives the necessary compensation. Russia has always paid, but the bookings have been blocked by the French authorities as part of the sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine. Without diesel, there is no electricity, an the crew could then be forced to abandon ship, for their own safety and the ship would then become a ghost ship. To prevent this dramatic situation, the local association Mor Glaz is putting pressure on France to keep the ship sailing. The crew of the ship is still being supplied with food and other necessities thanks to advances. The debt is already estimated at 150,000 Euros.

On Jan 9, 2025, the 'Olympic OS' was detained in Gemlik with 58 deficiencies, 30 of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Certificate & Doc - International Oil Pollution Prevention Missing 2) Certificate & Doc - International Ship Security Certificate Missing 3) Certificate & Doc - Document of compliance 'Not properly filled 4) Certificate & Doc - International Sewage Pollution Prevention Cert Missing 5) Certificate & Doc - Endorsement by flagstate Missing 6) Certificate & Doc - Load Lines (incl exemption) Not properly filled 7) Certificate & Doc - Minimum safe manning document Not as required 8)) Certificate & Doc - Oil record book' Not properly filled 9) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary engine Missing 10) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary engine Inadequate 11) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary engine Not approved 12) Safety of navigation - Charts Not updated 13) Safety of navigation - Nautilcal publication Expired 14) Life saving Appliances - Lifeboats Not ready for use 15) Life saving Appliances - Launching arrangements for survival craft Inoperative 16) Life saving Appliances - Lifeboats inventory Expired 17) Life saving Appliances - Maintenance and inspections Not properly maintained 18) Life saving Appliances - Lifebuoys incl provision and disposition Not as required 19) Life saving Appliances - Emergency equipment for 2-way comm. Batteries expired 20) Fire safety - Fire fighting equipment and appliances Missing 21) Fire safety - Fire fighting equipment and appliances Not properly maintained 22) Fire safety - Fire detection and alarm systems Inoperative 23) Fire safety - Fire pumps and its pipes Inoperative 24) Fire safety - Personal equipment for fire safety Not as required 25) Pollution Prevention - Ballast Water Management Plan Not updated 26) Pollution Prevention - Ballast Water Management System Malfunctioning 27) Water/Weathertight - Covers (Hatchway,- portable,-. tarpaulin etc Not properly maintained 28) Water/Weathertight - Doors Not properly maintained 29) Water/Weathertight - Ventilators, air pipes and casings Cracked 30) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on Jan 17 and left the port en route to Tuzla, where it berthed from Jan 21-22, before proceeding to Burgas. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The 'Golbon' (IMO: 9289033) and 'Jairan', both carrying an ingredient for missile propellant, will sail from China to Iran in the next few weeks according intelligence from security officials in two Western countries. The transactions could make the Chinese entities involved subject to U.S. sanctions aimed at curbing Iran's weapons programs, as the two Iranian vessels are already under U.S. sanctions. were expected to carry more than 1,000 tonnes of sodium perchlorate, which is used to make ammonium perchlorate, the main ingredient for solid propellant for missiles. Ammonium perchlorate is among chemicals controlled by the Missile Technology Export Control Regime, a voluntary international anti-proliferation body.

After Taiwan’s Coast Guard started moving forward with its effort to monitor and inspect potentially dangerous vessels following an incident in which an undersea cable was damaged, the first vessel to be boarded was the 'Bao Shun'. While the inspection did not find invalid documents, contraband cargo, or equipment for cutting cables, the vessel has been lingering for two months off Taiwan. The vessel was instructed to leave the Taiwanese waters.