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On Nov 14, 2024, at around 3.30 p.m. the 'Tin Ujević', which sails on the route Supetar - Split, had problems with the hydraulic hose of the loading ramp. Therefore, passengers and vehicles had to leave the ferry in the port of Split via another ramp. In 2024, there were several malfunctions on ferry ramps on Jadrolinija ferries. Due to the collapse of the ramp on the 'Lastovo' in August, when three Jadrolinija sailors died, the investigation is still ongoing. In the middle of August, the 'Tin Ujević' also faced problems. At that time, the passengers who were supposed to travel from Split, had to be transported by a smaller vessel.

An investigation has found the grounding of the 'Manahau' on Carters Beach in August could have been avoided. The company has completed its independent investigation into the incident, led by Tim Burfoot, a former chief investigator for the Transport Accident Investigation Commission. The investigation found that it was fit for purpose, equipped with the necessary capabilities and properly supported by the company's shore-based management team. While the weather and sea conditions had been forecast accurately and sufficient information was available to make informed navigational decisions, the grounding was ultimately avoidable. The findings indicated that better decision-making by the crew at several key points during the incident could have prevented the vessel from running aground. Most of the 11 shipping staff from had now returned home and the 'Manahau' remained docked at Port Nelson. Both the Maritime Union and Merchant Service Guild had voiced concerns about the welfare of the Indonesian/Burmese crew aboard the ship. A repair plan has been submitted to RINA, the international certification body, and the necessary work will take approximately one month once the vessel is in dry dock. Replacement propeller drives will take several months to procure. The WMS Group was deeply disappointed that a preventable event had delayed its plans to export mineral sand direct from the West Coast and it was working to return the 'Manahau' into service. The investigations by Maritime NZ and the Transport Accident Investigation Commission were ongoing.

After the gas explosion aboard the Danish dredger vessel ‘Grete Fighter‘, 582 gt (IMO: 7944762), on April 23 in the port of Grenå,the Grenaa Shipyard has not yet received a report from the Labor Inspectorate on the cause of the accident which was thought to be be due to gas emissions or diesel fumes. However, the yard has already chosen to tighten security in several areas. On April 28, a joint meeting was held where staff and management discussed what they could do to be 100 percent sure the accident cannot recur. It was decided to buy a lot of technical equipment to prevent such an explosion in the future, and some new procedures for this type of work will be intrduced. The two survivors of the accident were in critical condition.

The number of coronavirus cases aboard the USS 'Kidd' rose to 64 as the Navy destroyer pulled into port at San Diego on April 28, 2020, to get medical care for the crew and to disinfect and decontaminate the ship. The 'Kidd' was the second Navy ship to have an outbreak of the disease while at sea, the other being the USS 'Theodore Roosevelt', an aircraft carrier that has been docked at Guam for a month and has more than 900 sailors with confirmed cases of COVID-19, but the entire crew has now been tested. The Navy has moved swiftly to get the 'Kidd''s crew ashore. That was a point of contention with the 'Roosevelt', whose skipper, Capt. Brett Crozier, felt compelled to write to several other commanders pleading for more urgent Navy action to protect his crew of nearly 5,000. Crozier was then relieved of command for what the Navy's top civilian official at the time, Thomas Modly, called poor judgment. Modly resigned several days later, and the Navy is now seeking higher-level approval to reverse his move and restore Crozier to command. The Navy said that 63% of the 'Kidd''s crew of more than 300 had been tested as of April 28. One sailor was medically evacuated to the United States on April 22 after experiencing shortness of breath. Fifteen were transferred to another ship with a medical facility for closer observation of symptoms. Sailors being removed from the 'Kidd' at San Diego will be isolated with twice-daily medical screenings. Crew members who have tested negative will enter quarantine for a period of observation, with military health professionals monitoring them for symptoms. Also, a small contingent of sailors who tested negative will remain on the ship for essential services and deep cleaning. The cleaning is expected to take two weeks. The destroyer had been off the Pacific coast of Central American doing counter-narcotics operations. The Navy said no deployed ships currently have known coronavirus cases aboard. 13 ships that previously had one or more active cases while in port have zero cases now.

A Norwegian fishing boat was involved in an incident with the USS 'Virginia' on Nov 11, 2024. The 32-foot fishing boat was on its way back to harbour in the northerly region of Troms, when it discovered that a submarine had got tangled in its nets. The fishermen had just emptied the nets and put them out again and were on our way back to port when they received a radio call from the Coastguard, which explained that the submarine had dragged the nets two nautical miles out to sea, where they were eventually cut off. The losses were estimated to be around 40,000 Norwegian Crowns (£2,800). The US embassy in Oslo later confirmed that the USS 'Virginia' got tangled up in the nets after making a scheduled stop at a harbour near Tromsø. The fishing net got sucked into the submarine’s propellers and had to be cut out by an escort vessel provided by the Norwegian Coastguard.

The 'Odyssey of the Seas' encountered strong swells as the ship encountered increasingly rough seas during its transatlantic voyage. The Captain of theship told guests they were going to change directions because of a powerful storm front, which brought 6-7 meter waves and 50-knot winds. He advised passengers to remain seated, as the ship would be changing course and there was a possibility it could list. The Crown & Pub Compass, one of the ship’s popular gathering spots for live music, had suffered significant damage, with alcohol bottles and broken glassware shattered across the floor. Report with photos: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2024/11/14/second-royal-caribbean-ship-rocked-by-rough-weather

On May 2, a HLC 295000 heavy load crane of Liebherr mounted on the deck of the 'Orion I' crashed in the Seaport of Rostock during a test when lifting a pontoon which was filled with 5.550 tons of water. The crane boom broke off, and parts fell onto the 'Orion I', which started to list to port side, and onto the quay edge. Heavy metal pieces flew around. Five people inside the crane's cabin were injured by the heave jerk. The fire brigade, ambulances and police attended with a large contingent. They tried to free the victims from the steel mesh. There were two serious and three minor injuries. A total of 120 people were on board the 'Orion I' who were now being evacuated and looked after. A rescue helicopter has landed. In addition, large amounts of oil leaked out, which the fire brigade has to collect before it got into the water. It is the second accident on the Liebherr site within a few months. In January, two loading cranes fell into the water during tests. The salvage then took several months. Reports with photos and video: https://www.nonstopnews.de/meldung/32916 https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/Rostock-Erneutes-Unglueck-mit-Hafenkran,hafenkran156.html https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/id_87809036/rostock-krank-knickt-im-hafen-ab-fuenf-verletzte.html

The American destroyer USS 'Kidd' returned to Everett after nearly 50 crew members aboard were tested positive for coronavirus as of April 27, 2020. This was the second reported outbreak of COVID-19 aboard a US Navy vessel at sea. After concerns were raised about cases aboard the USS 'Theodore Roosevelt', one sailor assigned to that ship died from coronavirus complications. Roughly half the crew members on the USS 'Kidd' have been tested for the virus, and some have been evacuated. 45% of the ship have been tested for COVID-19, with 47 total positive results. Two Sailors have been medically evacuated. 15 sailors have been transferred to USS 'Makin Island (LHD 8)' for monitoring due to persistent symptoms. None were in the ICU or on ventilators. Sailors aboard the USS 'Kidd' were wearing PPE and N95 masks. Initial COVID-19 testing of sailors from the USS 'Theodore Roosevelt' were now complete, there are 955 active cases, along with 14 recovered cases. The USS 'Kidd' was on a counter narcotics mission' when ait was reported at least 18 crew had fallen ill with the virus.

A lawsuit over the allision of the 'YM Truth' with a crane in Vancouver has drawn in four liner operators, a Chinese ship lessor, a Canadian terminal company and shipowner Costamare about who should pay for the loss of pork and beef products that went bad after the accident. The legal fight has been waging in the city’s Federal Court since Jan 2024, when Tokyo meat distributor Starzen and Japan Food Corp sued companies linked to the vessel and estimated losses of more than $1.99m. The companies had purchased chilled pork and beef from Canada that was to be shipped to Japan in Dec 2022. Before the vessel could leave the Vancouver port’s GCT Deltaport terminal, a gantry loading crane made contact with the vessel. The ship was damaged, unseaworthy and unable to leave the port of Vancouver on schedule and was delayed approximately three weeks in its voyage. The delay caused damage to the meat cargo that was discovered upon arrival at Japan’s port of Kobe, the lawyers alleged. In addition to targeting the Taiwanese container carrier Yang Ming Marine Transport. and a unit of Costamare, the two food companies sued the registered owner, a unit of Bank of Communications Financial Leasing. The Chinese bank, also known as Bocom Leasing, is the lease financier of the ship. The solicitors for Starzen and Japan Food Corp also went after three different arms of GCT Global Container Terminals. The food companies’ lawyers have alleged negligence by all the defendants, claiming that Starzen and Japan Food Corp instructed the vessel interests to adjust the temperature of the containers after the incident, but that was not carried out. They blamed the terminal’s maintenance and operation of the crane, and they alleged breaches in the care and control of the ship and the containers containing the chilled meat. Lawyers for GCT denied negligence claims because only some of the containers of meat products had been loaded on the ship at the time of the incident. The solicitors, Gregory Tucker and George Roper of Owen Bird Law, alleged in court papers that the real negligence was not to unload those containers and to load the remainder after the casualty. Yang Ming had denied any problem with the 'YM Truth' and rejected the claim that it failed to properly care for the meat. The Starzen and Japan Food Corp filed an amended statement of claim adding GCT to a lawsuit over the incident. The initial claim was filed in January. A lawyer who was representing both Costamare and Bocom Leasing entities, also denied the claims, stating that the ship was seaworthy in all aspects and fit for its intended purpose to carry the subject cargo of chilled pork and beef. He denied that the companies breached any legal duty of care or obligation” to the cargo. The lawsuit has led to a series of third-party claims. GCT filed a claim against the vessel interests, which have in turn filed claims against the terminal operator. GCT has also filed a claim against HMM of South Korea, the Japanese-controlled Ocean Network Express and Hapag-Lloyd as Yang Ming’s liner operator partners in the THE Alliance. HMM’s solicitor denied that GCT was entitled to any relief, contribution or indemnity sought from HMM, either as alleged or at all.

The 'Yantar' has been sighted in British waters near the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. British services are closely watching the vessel, which is suspected of monitoring underwater infrastructure. A P-8A aircraft is observing the ship. Earlier, the vessel sailed through the English Channel. The Royal Navy has confirmed the presence of the Russian ship and is tracking its movements. Before entering British waters, the 'Yantar' was sailing off the coast of Norway, near Andøya Space Port. During this time, the US and Norwegian armed forces conducted exercises involving USS Harry S Truman personnel.

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The 'AIDAblu' made a brief stopover yesterday in Marseille on April 26, 2020, to embark several hundred crew members of one of his sisterships, the 'AIDAsol', which has been moored in the port for 1,5 months. The transfer took place to facilitate the repatriation of AIDA personnel via Germany. The 'AIDAblu' set sail again in the afternoon. At the same time, another cruise ship which had been berthed in Marseille since last month, the 'Europa 2' of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, set sail to also return to Germany, its arrival in Hamburg was scheduled for May 2. The Marseille areas now hosted six cruise ships, the 'Costa Smeralda', 'MSC Magnifica' and 'AIDAsol', 'Le Boréal', 'L’Austral' and 'Le Lyrial'. The repatriation operations of the international personnel of these ships was still in progress, in particular via flights chartered by the owners. This was particularly the case for the crew members of the 'MSC Magnifica', which arrived on April 20 and who also landed 4 tonnes of food surplus, donated to local associations to help the most disadvantaged.