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Repairs to the ramp of the 'Loch Buie' have been successfully carried out. and the vessel returned to normal service on MAy 27 with the2:15 p.m. sailing departing Fionnphort. While the repair works were carried out on the ferry, a passenger charter vessel operated the sailings between Fionnphort and Ione between 12:30 p.m. and 2:00. p.m.

On May 27, 2025, a medical evacuation was requested for a crew member of the 'Miguel Oliver'. The emergency alert was issued late this morning after the man suffered kidney colic. The fisheries and oceanographic research vessel was sailing13 nautical miles off Cabo Roig at that time. The CCS Valencia of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SRA boat 'Salvamar Leo' from the station in Alicante to assist, which disembarked the patient from board and transported him to Torrevieja, where an ambulance was waiting for the further transport to a hospital. Report with photo: https://www.informacion.es/sucesos/sucesos-en-alicante/2025/05/27/salvamento-maritimo-evacua-tripulante-enfermo-117882414.html

Global Ports Holdings (GPH) is to operate Prince George Wharf and related areas at Nassau Cruise Port in The Bahamas for the next 25 years. According to an agreement with the Government of The Bahamas, GPH has joined forces with the Bahamas Investment Fund and the Yes Foundation to create the Nassau Cruise Port Ltd. (NCP) consortium. GPH will use its global expertise and operating model to manage Nassau Cruise Port. “I am delighted that NCP has signed a port operation and lease agreement for Prince George Wharf at Nassau Cruise Port,” said Mehmet Kutman, chairman and co-founder of GPH.

Kudos Trucking Company has ordered two Konecranes Noell Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes and two Konecranes Gottwald Model 5 Mobile Harbor Cranes (MHCs) for their terminal in Davao City, the Philippines. Konecranes booked the order in June 2019.

The 'Isle of Arran', serving on the route Kennacraig-Islay, suffered an issue with the gyro compass on May 27. The scheduled sailing from Port Ellen at 09:45 a.m. departed 35 minutes behind schedule. The sailing from Kennacraig was diverted to Port Askaig. Furthermore the ferry operated an amended timetable on May 28, and the sailings were restricted to daylight operations. As a result, an amended timetable was operated, departing from Port Askaig at 06:30 a.m. (early 07:00) - ( change of departure port to Port Askaig), from Kennacraig at 09:00 a.m. (early 09:45), arriving at Port Askaig at 11:05 a.m. and departing at 11:20 a.m.(early 12:15), arriving at Colonsay-at12:30 p.m. and departing at 12:45 p.m. (early 13:40). arriving at Oban-at 3:15 p.m. and sailing at 3:35 p.m. (early 16:30), arriving at Colonsay at 6:05 p.m. and departing at 6:20 p.m. (early 19:15), arriving at Port Askaig at :30 p.m. and departing at 7:50 p.m. (early 20:45), finally arriving in Kennacraig-at 9:55 p.m. The reservation system was updated to reflect these changes, so some sailings may be unavailable. Impacted customers were to be contacted by the operator CalMac directly.

On May 27, 2025, the 'Miguel Bertran', with three crew members on board, suffered an engine failure six nautical miles northeast of Palamós, and requested assistance due to the breakdown. The CCS Barcelona of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR boat 'Salvamar Sirius', which took the ship in tow and safely pulled it to the port of Palamós.

Fincantieri floated Silversea’s new ultra-luxury cruise ship, Silver Moon, out of the building dock at its yard in Ancona, Italy on 29 August. Representatives from Fincantieri and Silversea and other invited guests watched as the 596-guest ship touched water for the first time during a traditional coin ceremony. Fincantieri will now work with its partners to outfit the vessel’s interiors ahead of her sea trials and delivery in 2020. “Today, with the float out of Silver Moon, we draw ever-closer to achieving my father’s dream of a 12-ship fleet,” said Manfredi Lefebvre, Silversea’s executive chairman.

The Koper port placed 80th on this year’s list of 900 best connected container ports in the world, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). The port has been listed the highest among all Adriatic Sea container ports since the first such ranking in 2006. The first place went to the Shanghai port, while the port of Antwerp was the best in Europe, having been placed 6th in the world.

The 'Clansman', serving on the route Oban-Coll-Tiree, needed essential repairs on the bow visor on May 28. As a consequence, an amended timetable was operate:d. The scheduled departure from Oban to Colonsay at 4:20 p.m., departing frmo there at 6:50 p.m. and arriving at Oban at 9:05 p.m., has been cancelled. All impacted customers have been contacted.

On May 23, 2025, the 'Lila Canada,' en route from Piraeus to Sulina, suffered an engine failure off Sarayburnu. The ship got assistance by the tugs 'Kurtarma 11' (IMO: 9854399) and 'Mehmetçik' (IMO: 9816268), which were deployed from Istanbul, and was taken in tow to Ahırkapı under the coordination of the IGTHM and accompanied by a pilot. The ship dropped anchor in pos. 40° 59' N 028° 57' E, where it remained stationary as of May 28. Report with photo: https://x.com/kiyiemniyet/status/1925890158932394274

Konecranes Port Services will retrofit electrification to a Model 2 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor crane in DP World’s Liège Container Terminal in Belgium, lowering the terminal’s local emissions and noise. Strategically located along the Meuse river in eastern Belgium, the Port of Liège is the third-largest river port in Europe, directly linked to both Antwerp and Rotterdam. The DP World Liège Container Terminal (DPW LCT) is the only trimodal terminal in Wallonia, operating four barges to Antwerp every week.

The world’s largest container ship MSC Gulsun arrived at container terminal DCT Gdańsk on Friday. During its stop, 11,000 containers will be reloaded, which means the largest regular container exchange in Europe. MSC Gulsun is the first ship in the world with a width of 24 rows of containers and a capacity of 23,756 TEU.