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On Nov 18 at around 8 p.m. UTC the 'Yi Peng 3' has dropped anchor in pos. 56° 25' N 011° 39' E, and the patrol boat "P525", of the Danish Navy, which had been shadowing the freighter for hours, circled in the immediate vicinity. Another Danish Navy ship, the "HDMS Søløven", had set course for the location and reached it shortly after 11 p.m., where it dropped anchor. It is intended to support divers, for example in clearing mines or ammunition. The "P525" then moved away, but returned to the two anchored ships in the morning, whereupon the "HDMS Søløven" set course south. The Danish patrol ship "HDMS Hvidbjørnen" also set course for the location during the night, but eventually switched off its position data. For many hours, various ships of the Danish Navy followed the Chinese freighte through the Great Belt between Funen and Zealand. Now a patrol boat has apparently detained the ship north of Zealand Itis suspected of being responsible for the damage to the internet cables in the alleged sabotage on the Bluesky Internet short message service. The "Yi Peng 3" had crossed the cables at the points in question during the time when the damage to the C-Lion1 and BCS East-West Interlink Internet cables occurred on Nov 17 and Nov 18. In each case, the ship lost speed and made conspicuous course changes. The ship had set off from the Ultramar Terminal in Ust-Luga, Russia, with a cargo of fertilizer, and stated that its destination was Port Said. The German authorities are in contact with Danish, Swedish and Finnish authorities. The German Federal Ministry of Defense assumes sabotage. The Federal Ministry of the Interior referred to the investigations in Finland and Sweden. The Chinese owner Ningbo Yipeng Shipping has only acquired the ship this month.

On Nov 19, the 'Salvamar Acrux' assisted a cayuco with 58 people, among them four women, on board, off the coast of El Hierro. The cayuco, which was spotted 15 nauticalmiles from the coast, had initially been located by the 'Salvamar Adhara', which was on a rescue mission for another cayuco 60 miles south of El Hierro. After reporting the location, the 'Salvamar Acrux 'was sent to carry out the rescue. The migrants were taken to the port of La Restinga, where the 'Salvamar Acrux'arrived at 1:20 p.m. One of the migrants was taken to the Virgen de los Reyes Insular Hospital to receive urgent medical attention by an emergency team that included the Red Cross' Immediate Emergency Response Team (ERIE), the Canary Islands Emergency Service, port surveillance, the Civil Guard and the National Police, before being transferred to the Temporary Assistance Center for Foreigners (CATE) in the town of San Andrés, where they will be cared for by the NGO "Orange Heart - Ebrima Sonko" and will remain under police custody until their transfer to other resources outside the island. According to the migrants' testimonies, the crossing from Nouadhibou had lasted four days. The migrants were comnig from several countries, including Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea-Conakry, Mali, Ivory Coast, Syria and Somalia.

After damaging two submarine cables in the Baltic Sea, the "Yi Peng 3" stopped its voyage through the Baltic Sea and anchored in the sea area between Denmark and Sweden. A Danish pilot boarded the ship on Nov 19 at 07.53 a.m. UTC. The vessel is also being monitored by the Navy's patrol ship 'P535'. The Danish Navy's diving vessel HDMS 'Søløven' was close to the Chinese ship overnight before being relieved by the patrol vessel. However, the diving vessel is still in the area. The German federal police also sent a ship on the afternoon of Nov 20 to support the investigation into the damaged cables. The two submarine data cables affected are the C-Lion 1 data cable, which connects Finland with Germany and lands in Rostock, and the BCS-East-West Interlink data cable, which connects Lithuania with the Swedish island of Gotland. The ship movement data showed that the "Yi Peng 3" was apparently in the immediate vicinity of the places where the cables were destroyed. The ship passed the C-Lion cable on Nov 18 at 3:02 a.m. Two minutes later, at 3:04 a.m., the cable operator company Cinia noticed a defect, and a short time later a total failure. The "Yi Peng 3" was previously sailing near the destroyed East-West Interlink data cable. The AIS data show that the ship passed the cable east of Gotland on Nov 17 at around 9 a.m. A short time later, data traffic also failed here. No AIS data was transmitted by the Chinese ship between the two events between Nov 17 at 6.30 p.m. and Nov 18 at 1 a.m. over a sailing distance of 48.5 miles, so the ship apparently did not reveal its location. The ship also stood out due to unusual movement patterns during this period. On the one hand, it was traveling noticeably slowly in the area of ​​the underwater cables, and on the other hand, later that same day, it came to a complete standstill south of the Swedish city of Karlskrona (Lat. 55.6908 Lng. 15.8000). It only continued its voyage after about an hour. During the period in question, several other ships passed the data cables, including a Russian freighter. They are also currently being monitored by European security authorities. The German government assumes that the two data cables were deliberately damaged. On Nov 18, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock had already stated in a press release with several EU foreign ministers that they were "deeply concerned" about the incident. Europe's security is also threatened by hybrid warfare by malicious actors. The German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius had stated in a joint press statement with his Finnish counterpart that no one assumed that "these cables were accidentally severed." As of November 20, 2024, neither the vessel nor the ISM manager Win Enterprises Ship Management as commercial manager, and the registered ownerNingbo Yipeng Shipping Co. Ltd. appeared on published sanction lists. However, historical trade data showed that the ship has transported Russian thermal coal and coal from Murmansk and Nakhodka on at least seven occasions. In 2022, it experienced two AIS signal gaps in China, each lasting over 20 hours.

According to the British Coast Guard, the 'Ruby' was ordered to dump a small amount of its contaminated cargo of ammonium nitrate into the sea. The ship spent 30 hours circling an area 20 kilometers from the port of Great Yarmouth,, before returning to the terminal again. The Coast Guard's plan is now for the rest of the ship's cargo to be transferred to the handysize bulk carrier, 'Zimrida' in the coming days.

The New Zealand Navy is confident a robust plan is in place to handle any leaks as the operation to remove fuel from the HMNZS' Manawanui' begins. The ship has nearly 1000 tonnes of automotive gas oil that has diesel-like qualities on board. Officials estimated up to 200,000 litres of fuel from the ship have leaked into the sea. The fuel and other pollutants, such as oils and greases, were set to be removed in the next phase. Both contracted salvage companies and the Navy would be able to respond quickly if any leaks occurred. The on-site equipment would be able to contain any spillage. The Navy would also have personnel and equipment on standby in New Zealand if needed. The main fuel tanks remained intact, and the vessel was being checked daily by divers. The Navy was monitoring the coastline and the vessel with drones and also walk the coastline on a regular basis for any changes or pollution. The Samoan authorities have been conducting scientific testing of the water. The interim Court of Inquiry report on the sinking had been received by the Chief of Navy. It had been handed over to a Kings Counsel for an independent legal review and then some of the key information would be released publicly.