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The 'Port Olya 3' was docked at Port Olya after allegedly transporting short-range ballistic missiles from Iran on Sep 4. The ship, which had previously been at the Iranian port of Amirabad just six days earlier, on Aug 29, and was tracked by satellites. According to a Ukrainian source, the ship delivered approximately 220 Fateh-360 missiles, which were now believed to be destined for the Russian battlefield in Ukraine. Two days later another satellite image showed the ship had left the port. No data has been shared since Aug 29. Six days after the ship last shared its position it arrived at the Russian port. This development comes as the U.S. and European allies announced a new wave of sanctions aimed at curbing Iran's missile transfers. The sanctions target key Iranian and Russian entities, including Iran Air, accused of facilitating arms shipments. Report with photos: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/russian-ship-captured-in-satellite-image-delivering-ballistic-missiles-from-iran/ar-AA1qnR2T

The international aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders - MSF) on Sep 11 obtained the release of the 'Geo Barents', which was handed a 60-day detention order, for allegedly failing to properly coordinate with Italian and Libyan authorities as it picked up migrants off Libya on Aug. 23. A court in Salerno, the southern Italian port where the vessel had been blocked, suspended the measure, which was the third against the vessel, and the longest to date. MSF International President Christos Christou travelled to Salerno to support the organisation's appeal against it. Christou dismissed government charges against the MSF ship, saying it had been "waiting for instructions" as it approached a migrant boat, and spontaneously picked up its passengers after they jumped into the sea.

Due to the ongoing difficulties with the 'Missunde III', the old Schlei ferry 'Missunde II' is back in service. The state had to spend 100,000 euros to buy back the old ferry, which had previously been sold to Denmark for just 17,000 Euros. The new ferry, costing 3.3 million Euros, was supposed to replace the old one at the beginning of the year, but it turned out that the much larger new vessel was not able to cope with the wind and current conditions. The i ferry has now to be rebuilt, with autumn 2025 being given as the new date for commissioning. The old ferry will continue to run between Kosel and Brodersby-Goltoft. The traffic situation in Missunde has eased somewhat, as the "Missunde II" has been given a license until 2028. The state was initially able to buy the ferry back for 46,000 Euros. However, the Danish owner was granted a right of repurchase until autumn 2024. When it became apparent that the commissioning of the new ferry would be delayed, the state also bought this right of first refusal from him for 50,000 Euros. Including VAT. The state has therefore paid more than 100,000 Euros to buy back the old ferry. The new "Missunde III" is now in Olpenitz. The tender for the conversion work has not yet been issued, but construction work is planned to be completed by late summer 2025. The "Missunde III" is scheduled to go into operation in autumn 2025. The cost of the conversion is estimated at more than one million Euros. In the meantime, the state has commissioned a law firm to examine claims for damages against the engineering firm due to design errors on the 'Missunde III'.

A 65-year-old man who suffered a heart attack on board the 'Carthage' was rescued by the Cagliari Coast Guard during the night of Sep 10, 2024, while the ship wasd sailing on the Tunis-Genoa route. He felt ill when the ship was about 40 miles south of Cape Carbonara. The captain raised the alarm, and the Nemo Aw139 helicopter of the Decimomannu Coast Guard was sent to the scene. Hoisting the man was not easy due to the strong Mistral wind of about 45 knots, the rough sea of ​​force 5-6 and the night. After he was winched on board the helicopter, he was taken to the Brotzu Hospital in Cagliari.

The master of the 'Rio Da Bouza' has been convicted of illegal fishing activities after pleading guilty at Macroom District Court on Sep 11, 2024. The vessel was detained at Castletownbere on Sep 9 following an inspection by Sea-Fisheries Protection Officers from the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA). During the court hearing, evidence was presented showing that the officers detected several infringements, including the under-recording of sole and monkfish, failure to separately stow these species, and the unauthorised freezing of fish. The master of the Rio Da Bouza pleaded guilty to all six charges and was fined €3,000 for under-recording sole, with the remaining charges taken into consideration by the judge.