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On March 6, 2023, the 'Jordania' was detained in Novorossiysk with 11 deficiencies, nine being seriously: 1) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary machinery Not as required 2) Labour conditions - Access/structural features (ship) Not as required 3) Life saving Appliances - Fast rescue boats Not as required 4) Life saving Appliances - Line-throwing appliance Not as required 5) Life saving Appliances - Lifeboats Not properly maintained 6) Life saving Appliances - Rescue boat inventory Not as required 7) Safety of navigation - Voyage data recorder Not as required 8)) Pollution Prevention - Other (Marpol Annex V) Other 9) Emergency systems - Emergency lighting, batteries and switches The vessel was released again on March 7 and left the porton March 8 en route to Ambarli, where it arrived on March 11. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

On Feb 28, 2025, the 'Amber Spirit' was detained in Szczecin with 17 deficiencies, five of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Fire safety - Jacketed high pressure lines and oil leakage alarm Missing 2) Alarms - Engineers alarm Inoperative 3) Life saving Appliances - Lifeboats Inoperative 4) Safety of navigation - Voyage data recorder Not as required 5) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on March 10 and left the port en route to Russian Vyborg, where it arrived on March 13. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

On March 7, 2025, the 'North Moon' was detained in Bartin with 14 deficiencies: 1) Safety of navigation - Charts Not updated 2) Safety of navigation - Nautilcal publications Not updated 3) Safety of navigation - Gyro compass Inoperative 4) Pollution Prevention - Control of discharge Not as required 5) Pollution Prevention - Pumping, piping and discharge arrangements Not as required 6) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary machinery Not as required 7) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Propulsion main engine Not as required 8)) Life saving Appliances - Lifeboats Not properly maintained 9) Living and working - Electrical Unsafe 10) Radio communications - MF/HF Radio Installation Not as required 11) Radio communications - Facilities for reception of marine safety inform Not as required 12) Certificate & Doc - Signs, indications Not as required 13) Emergency systems - Emergency lighting, batteries and switches Not as required 14) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel sailed from Bartin on March 13, next headed to Taganrok with an ETA as of March 17. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The S.S. 'Badger' will head to Door County for some sprucing up before its sailing season begins May 16, 2025. The ferry will be placed into dry dock of the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, where it will undergo a propeller shaft bearing repair. The 'Badger' is tentatively scheduled to leave Ludington on April 29, making the 12-hour journey under its own power. It takes two or three weeks of work’ prior to the season, which involves getting the engines and machinery ready. Rather than sailing through the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, the 'Badger' will take a northern route to the tip of the Door Peninsula and Washington Island from Lake Michigan into the Bay of Green. It will then travel south back to the city of Sturgeon Bay. The repairs to the propeller shaft bearing requires taking the ferry out of the water and removing its 13-foot, 10-inch starboard propeller. This repair is different than the 'Badger''s routine five-year dry dock inspection, which last took place over the winter of 2021-2022. The 'Badger' is expected to return to Ludington, Michigan, around May 10 before its spring season begins.

On March 3, 2025, the 'Alessandra Lehmann' was detained in Szczecin with 23 deficiencies, five of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Alarms - Engineers alarm Inoperative 2) Life saving Appliances - Line-throwing appliance Incomplete 3) Radio communications - VHF Radio Installation Not as required 4) Water/Weathertight - Ventilators, air pipes and casings Not as required 5) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on March 11 and left the port en route to Riga, where it arrived on March 13. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591