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The 'Sea Eye 5' has rescued 110 people from distress in a series of missions between Nov 5 and 6t off the island of Lampedusa. The missions were characterized by challenges and a long struggle to coordinate the rescue measures with the Maltese and Italian authorities. The organization Alarmphone reported an emergency in the Maltese rescue zone on the morning of Nov 5. A boat with 54 people was discovered t at 10:56 a.m. The 'Sea Eye 5' was in close contact with the Maltese authorities. Despite difficult negotiations and a steady deterioration of the situation, the ship had to intervene after around five hours and evacuated the people because the boat was no longer seaworthy and water was entering. During the course of the day, further reports of maritime emergencies were received, prompting the'Sea Eye 5' to continue its search operations. The CompassCollective's sailboat Trotamar III' discovered another boat with 93 people on board, and stabilized the situation for the time being. The Italian Coast Guard then requested the 'Sea Eye 5Ä to provide assistance. On the way to the scene, the crew found another unseaworthy boat and rescued the 25 people on board. On the early morning of Nov 6, the 'Sea Eye 5' reached the 'Trotamar III' and embarked 31 more survivors ,after the 'Trotamar III' had reached its capacity limit. The Italian Coast Guard finally instructed the 'sea Eye 5' to hand over the 31 survivors from the last rescue to a Coastguard ship off Lampedusa and to take the remaining rescued people to the port of Ortona. However, the 'Sea Eye 5' could not reach this port for technical reasons. Operations manager Gorden Isler of Sea-Eye e.V. appealed to the authorities to assign a closer port, as the ship is not suitable for sea voyages lasting several days. Both ships were still heading for Lampedusa in order to enable the survivors to receive care as soon as possible. They urgently needed medical examinations.

The 'Spectrum of the Seas' has been stuck in Yokohama since Nov 6, 2024, after encountering technical issues with its propulsion system. As a consequence, the ship’s return to Shanghai was delayed by two days from No 7 to Nov 9. The following voyage has been cancelled. The technical issues arose during a 7-night sailing from Shanghai to Japan. The ship remained stationary in port as of Nov 7.

On Nov 6, 2024, at noon, the Port Authority of Argosaronicos was informed by the Master of the 'Flying Dolphin Athina' about a failure of the port side main engine, before the hydrofoil docked in the port of Piraeus. The ship berthed safely in the port and disembarked nine passengers, while it then had scheduled routes to the ports of Aegina and Agistrio with two passengers on board. The Port of Argosaronicos banned the ship from sailing until the repair of the damage and the presentation of a certificate of c,ass maintenance by the monitoring classification society. The passengers were forwarded to their destination by the care of the company.

The 'Hermanos Guerrero' suffered a rudder failure two nautical miles west of Punta Baños on Nov 6, 2024, at around 9.30 a.mn. UTC (Lat. 36.7100 Lng. -2.8883) and requested towing assistance with four crew members on board. The CCS Almería of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR boat 'Salvamar Spica' (MMSI: 225987262) from Almería, which took the ship in tow and safely pulled it to Almerimar at around 10.45 a.m.

On Nov 6, 2024, the “Volcán de Teno” suffered a technical fault affecting the stern ramp of the catamaran ferry. As a consequence, the ship was banned from sailing in the port of San Sebastián de La Gomera. The passengers who were scheduled to travel to Los Cristianos on the morning of Nov 7, did so with Fred. Olsen Express. The catamaran “Volcán de Tirajana” sailed to San Sebastián de La Gomera on Nov 7to replace the “Volcán de Teno” on the midday trip, if the issue is not resolved before then.