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The 'Loch Linnhe', serving on the route Tayinloan-Gigha, suffered a technical issue with the generator on Jan 29. As a consequence, the scheduled departures from Gigha at 10:30 a.m. and from Tayinloan at 11:00 a,m. had initzally to be cancelled by the operator Calmac. After the issue was successfully adressed, the sailings were reinstated.

On Jan 29, the 'Sea Punk 1' arrived in the port of Reggio Calabria with 14 people on board, who have been rescued in the Strait of Sicily. The group consisted of 10 Pakistanis, two Egyptians and two Bangladeshis. The migrants were temporarily welcomed in the temporary structure built inside the port area, where the ritual health and administrative checks took place. Foreign citizens will then be assigned to other locations according to the distribution program established by the Ministry of the Interior.

The Guardia Civil located a cayuco with 62 people on board, among them four minors, on Jan 29 about 10 nautical miles southwest of Arguineguín. The CCS Las Palmas of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the 'Salvamar Macondo', which located the boat and escorted it to the port of Arguineguín, where the migrants disembarked ant were treated by a medical and security teams ashore. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1884618055604728081

Following the mechanical problem that affected the“Varamo”, which is stationary in Puerto Deseado since Jan 4, the Danish shipping company Maersk will replace the vessel with the “AS Sabine” (IMO: 9813802). This ship currently operates on the Argentine coast. It will connect the maritime route of the Port of Mar del Plata, where it arrived on Jan 28, with the Patagonian terminals, according to Container Terminal No. 2 (TC2), from where exportable cargo is operated. It was the first time that the vessel will arrive at the local port, where, at this time, the first squid jiggers are beginning to arrive to unload the first squid tide of 2025. Maersk provides a biweekly service in the city and mainly transports frozen fish. It complements the operations of the French shipping company CMA CGM, which, since mid-May of 2024 has enabled the commercial route that links Mar del Plata with Santos to position Mar del Plata goods abroad. Maersk, however, has a longer time to reach the destination countries.

Firefighters of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were tackling a blaze which broke out in the cargo hold of the 'Lowlands Diamond' on Jan 27, 2025, in the port of Aberdeen. The bulkcarrier had docked in the South Harbor at the Dunnottar Quay on Jan 22, en route from Varberg. Firefighters have been engaged in combating the fie since three consecutive days. The Emergency services were now emptying the cargo holds of the vessel for extinguishing the fire, while it was claimed that putting out the fire could take days more. The vessel itself, its crew and the community were safe, as the fire has been successfully isolated to one of the ship’s cargo holds. On Jan 29, a complex investigation was ongoing, 48 hours after the emergency services had arrived on the scene. Marine firefighting specialists were in attendance. Reports with photos and video: https://news.stv.tv/north/firefighters-tackle-complex-blaze-in-ships-cargo-hold-after-vessel-docks-in-aberdeen https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6682545/ship-fire-aberdeen-harbour/