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On the afternon of Oct 21, the 'Castro Dacosta', with three people on board, suffered an uncontrolled water ingress (Lat. 42.2948 Lng. -8.9332) and requested assistance. The CCS Vigo of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR boat 'Salvamar Mirach' and the SAR helicopter Pesca I. The leak could be controlled, and the SAR boat towed the ship to Cangas.

On the morning of Oct 21, the Port Authority of Skopelos was informed by the Master of the 'Flying Dolphin Erato', 162 gt (IMO: 8861448), which was performing a scheduled route from Alonissos, Agnotas Skopelos, Glossa Skopelos, Skiathos and Volos with 13 peopöe on board, that during its voyage from Alonissos to Agnotas Skopelosa part of the middle wing detached south of the island Ah Giorgis. The Port Authority of Skiathos prohibited the sailing of the ship until the damage was repaired and a certificate of class maintenance is presented by the monitoring classification society. The passengers bound for Skiathos and Skopelos were forwarded to their destinations by the care of the ship-owning company

The 'Eemslift Ellen', en route from Avonmouth to Bergen, got its propeller fouled by a rope in the Northsea on Oct 18 at aroud 8.15 p.m. (Lat. 59.6501 Lng. 2.8230). The ship requested assistance, and the Norwegian Coast Guard deployed the patrol vessel 'Sortland', which took the vessel in tow. Later it was transferred to a tug, chartered by the shipping company, which safely assisted the vessel to the quay in Bergen on Oct 20 at noon.

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An insurance surveyor has completed the work on the HMNZS 'Manawanui'. Samoa's Marine Pollution Advisory Committee said a contractor would now be selected to remove the remaining fuel from the vessel. The ship was carrying 950 tonnes on board.Ssalvaging the fuel was expected to start in mid-November and take about 20 days, depending on the weather. Up to 200 tons have leaked from three places on the ship in the first week after it sank. Kiwi and Samoan teams had worked from the morning Oct 20 late into the night to salvage an empty shipping container that came off the ship, and would be continuing with the container removal over the next few days. Two other shipping containers came off the 'Manawanui' when it sank. One was empty and one was carrying 3000kg of food. They were to be floated, then towed to shore over the coming days.

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Plumes of black smoke were coming from the 'Algoma Guardian' on the afternoon of Oct 19, which was navigating the St. Lawrence River downriver around 5 p.m., en route from Port Weller to Quebec. The bulk carrier stopped and shut down the engine near Round Island putting an end to the smoke. On the morning of Oct 20, the ship was back up and sailing near Waddington. Report with photo: https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/10/20/smoke-ship-catches-attention-st-lawrence-river/

On Oct 21 the 'Finlaggan', serving on the route Kennacraig-Port Ellen, suffered a technical issue affecting the vessel’s starboard main engine, and the vessel has been removed from service to allow further investigations in the port of Kennacraig. As a result, the departures from Kennacraig at 6 p.m. and on Oct 22 at 7 a.m. and from Port Ellen at 8.15 p,m. and on Oct 22 at 09.45 a.m. have been cancelled.

The "Aleyna Mercan" allided with the masonry when entering the new northern lock of the Kiel Canal after the westbound transit of the waterway in Brunsbüttel on Oct 21 at 6:06 p.m. It left the locks at 9 p.m. and moored on Neufeld Anchorage on the Elbe. On Oct 22 at 12.20 a.m. the ship finally continued its voyage with an ETA as of Nov 13.

Beached at Alang 23.10.24

arrived Bhavnagar Anchorage 22.10.24

On Oct 20, 2024, a rescue helicopter has been scrambled to the 'Hjaltland' following an incident onboard. A passenger has been airlifted from the ferry after suffering from a suspected broken bone in the evening hours off Peterhead. A helicopter from Inverness was sent to hoistt the patient. The 'Hjaltland' was sailing to Orkney and Shetland en route from Aberdeen.

The 'Hecht', 799 ts (ENI-No.: I04024070), caught fire in the Lauenburg marina on the evening of Oct 21. The damage was amounting to 100,000 euros. No one was injured in the fire which firefighters had managed to put outwithin about an hour. Around a hundred emergency personnel were on site. The freighter was carrying a cargo of grain, which remained unaffected. The investigation was ongoing.

On Oct 13, the 'Robert S. Pearson' lost its rudder after having departed the Algoma Steel en route Two Harbors on near Gros Cap. The ship dropped anchor in Goulais Bay, above the Soo Locks on the Canadian side, until Oct 19, and then headed for Superior, WI, and most likely to the Fraser Shipyards, assisted by the tug 'Avenger IV (IMO: 5401297), with an ETA as of Oct 22.

On Oct 21 at 10.15 a.m. a fire broke out aboard the 'Hybrid Two' in the Vågsfjord outside Stonglandseidet south of Senja. (Lat. 69.0375 Lng. 17.2570), the six crew members triggered an internal fire extinguishing system on the vessek before they left. They have been transported to shore and all have been exposed to smoke, and so far two have been transported to hospital in Harstad for a check-up. The ship has been towed away from the farming area. A specially trained fire team was to be flown in from Tromsø to assist in fighting the battery fire on the hybrid vessel.

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The first of two explosive tests was actually supposed to be carried out on Oct 21, 2024, in the restricted area of ​​Schönhagen in front of Port Olpenitz (Schleswig-Flensburg district) and Damp (Rendsburg-Eckernförde district). A navy tug towed the decommissioned frigate from Kiel on Oct 18. The current weather conditions, however, did not allow the planned test on the frigate. It has therefore been postponed until Oct 22 and Oct 24. The ship is to be attacked with mines to to find out how much damage this causes. In advance, the German Navy had developed new safety measures together with environmental associations, among others. The two explosions and their evaluation are being technically carried out by the Military Technical Office 71 (WTD 71) in Eckernförde, which reports to the German Armed Forces Procurement Office in Koblenz. The experts from Eckernförde are also creating a so-called double bubble curtain around the former frigate in order to intercept the pressure wave of the explosions and reduce the impact on the environment, for example on porpoises. According to the Federal Office, the aim of the two demolition tests is to investigate the effects of explosions on the ship's hull and crew. With the results of the demolitions, conclusions can be drawn about the consequences of such explosions on the existing fleet and take them into account when building new ships.