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The Tunisian Ministry of the Interior described the attack on the 'Alma', which was docked at the port of Sidi Bou Said as premeditated. on Sep 10. The Ministry confirmed in a statement on the evening, that its services were carrying out all necessary investigations and inquiries to fully uncover the facts.

The 'Loch Linnhe', serving on the route Tobermory-Kilchoa, suffered a technical issue within the forward Voith unit on Sep 8, which was requiring investigations and sea trials. As a consequence, initally the scheduled departures from Tobermory at 2:30 p.m. and from Kilchoan at 3:15 p.m. were cancelled. A passenger charter vessel of Staffa Tours started operating on Dec 9, with departures from Tobermory at 07:00 a.m. and 09:30 a,m. and from Kilchoan at 08:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. The passenger charter departed from The Harbour Association Pontoons and from the Kilchoan Pier not the CalMac slip. Passengers havbe been advised to pre-purchase tickets online for the charter service as tickets could not be purchased on board. The 'Loch Linnhe' required to move to Ardmaleish for repairs and was set to depart Tobermory on the morning of Sep 11. A further update on the progress of repairs was to be be provided on the afternoon of Sep 12.

The 'Selja', serving on the route Evenes – Kjeldebotn, had to cancel its sailings on Sep 10, 2025, due to technical problems. The ferry was sidelined in Evenes for troubleshooting. At 7.45 p.m. the same day it returned to normal operation as scheduled.

On Sep 9, several assistance and rescue operations were coordinated by the CROSS Gris-Nez to assist migrant boats. On the early morning, the CROSS was informed of the departure of a migrant boat from Gravelines beach and engaged the 'Oyapock' to make contact with the overloaded boat. Later that night, the gendarmerie boat was relieved by the 'Abeille Normandie'. Several people on board the boat requested assistance, and the emergenvy tug rescued 24 people and disembarked them in Boulogne-sur-Mer. The remaining occupants continued on their way. The same morning, the CROSS was alerted to the departure of a boat off Fort Mahon. Several resources were deployed in turn by the CROSS to monitor the boat, among them the 'SNS7-034 Notre Dame des Sables' from the SNSM station in Berck-sur-Mer, the 'Oyapock', the 'Ouranos' from the nautical brigade of the Calais gendarmerie, the PSP 'Flamant' and the ''Jacques Oudart Fourmentin'. The occupants refused the assistance offered by French resources. A few hours after the boat's departure, the SNSM-lifeboat rescued a person who had fallen overboard and was then taken into care by the SDIS 62. Still on the morning. the departure of a boat was reported off the coast of Dieppe. The CROSS immediately engaged the a'SNS 091 Sainte-Anne-des-Flots' from the Dieppe SNSM station. Other resources were then deployed to take turns monitoring the boat as it progressed along the coastt, among them the 'Jacques Oudart Fourmentin', the semi-rigid inflatable boat 'SNS 6-016 Entre deux Baies' from the Fort-Mahon SNSM station and the 'Flamant'. The boat refused the assistance offered by French resources. At the end of the day, while still monitoring the boat, the 'Flamant' deployed its EDO to get as close as possible to the boat. Shortly after, 10 people were rescued by the EDO and taken to the beach at Equihen by the fire department. The other occupants of the boat continued their voyage. Several hours later, during the night, all migrants aboard the boat requested assistance. They were thus rescued in their entirety by the 'Flamant'. In total, 125 people were rescued by the patrol boat, including 10 taken ashore and 115 disembarked at the quay in Boulogne-sur-Mer. On the evening of Sep 9, a migrant boat was reported leaving Hardelo. Several migrants attempted to return to shore with difficulty. The gendarmes then entered the water and rescued an unconscious man, whom they managed to revive. The CROSS deployed the 'Jacques Oudart Fourmentin' to monitor the boat, and the 'Minck' and an aircraft to search for and, if necessary, rescue potential shipwrecked persons during the boarding phase. The firefighters and ground security forces present on site, along with the civil defense, took charge of a group of migrants on the beach. The boat refused any further assistance and resumed its voyage under the surveillance of the'Jacques Oudart Fourmentin'. Parallel searches conducted in the area using nautical and aerial means did not result in any new shipwrecked persons. During the night of Sep 9, the 'Abeille Normandie' was engaged by the CROSS to search for an overloaded boat. Once on site, the occupants requested assistance. 44 people were rescued by the tug's crew, including three unresponsive people. A conference call was established with the Maritime Medical Coordination Emergency Medical Service in Le Havre to establish a medical assessment prior to the deployment of a team from the Maritime Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Unit (SMUR) in Boulogne-sur-Mer using the French Navy's Dauphin helicopter based in Le Touquet. Once on board, the SMUR doctor pronounced the three people dead.

The 'Doro Londa' caught fire while undergoing annual maintenance in drydock at the PT DKB Galangan I, Tanjung Priok, on Aug 11, 2025, at around 11:45 a.m. WIB. The fire started in an economy passenger cabin on Deck 5. At 11:55 a.m. a VTS operator spotted smoke coming from the vessel. After coordinating with the Tanjung Priok Port Authority (KSOP), the Pilotage Office, and dock personnel, confirmation was received at 12:20 p.m. from the Pilotage Office that the 'Dorolonda' was indeed on fire. Initial firefighting efforts were carried out by deploying the tug 'Batavia 3'. The fire was initially extinguished at 12:41 p.m.,but smoke reappeared at 1:30 p.m. At around 2 p.m., seven fire trucks arrived at the scene. The firefighting operation involved the PT DKB Galangan I Firefighting Team, the Owner Surveyor Team, the ferry crew, the Pelindo Regional 2 Firefighting Team, and the North Jakarta Municipal Fire Department. The blaze was fully extinguished by 4 p.m., followed by cooling operations until 5:45 p.m. Post-incident measures included cleaning the affected areas and conducting a joint inspection between PT DKB Galangan I and a surveyor of the owner. No casualties were reported in the incident. The ferry left the yard on Sep 3 and dropped anchjor off the port until Sep 8, when it headed to Surabaya, where it arrived on Sep 9. Report with photo: https://hubla.dephub.go.id/Indonesianmaritimesafetyinformation/page/news/read/25606/km-dorolonda-terbakar-saat-docking-di-dkb-1-tanjung-priok-api-berhasil-dipadamkan-km-dorolonda-catches-fire-during-docking-at-dkb-1-tanjung-priok-blaze-successfully-extinguished