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On Feb 13 at 1.30 p.m,. the 'Waesche' offloaded approximately 37,256 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $275 million, at 10th Ave Marine Terminal in San Diego. The offload was a result of 11 separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions or events off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America by the Coast Guard Cutter from December 2024 through to February. Report with photo: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4064928/media-advisory-coast-guard-to-offload-more-than-275-million-of-cocaine-in-san-d/

On Jan 31, 2025, the 'Rix Spirit' was detained in Vestervik with 16 deficiencies , eight of which being regaded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Safety of navigation - Rudder angle indicator Not readable 2) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Malfunctioning 3) Life saving Appliances - Launching arrangements for rescue boats Inoperative 4) Radio communication - Main installation Inoperative 5) Pollution Prevention - Other (BWM) Other 6) Pollution Prevention - Other (Marpol Annex IV) Other 7) Safety of navigation - Echo sounder Inoperative 8)) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on Feb 10 and left the port enroute to Gdansk., where it arrived on Feb 11. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

Greenpeace has painted “RISK” on the side of the 'Prosperiy' in the Kattegat to draw attention to the huge environmental risk that all the old Russian shadow tankers pose to nature and the marine environment. The tanker is one of the many hundreds of aging tankers in the so-called shadow fleet, which helps finance Putin’s war against Ukraine by transporting Russian oil. Its legal owner is unknown. and the ship was subject to US sanctions on Jan 10, 2025, but it is not on the EU’s sanctions list. “We have seen that it has an effect when these oil tankers are placed on the EU’s sanctions list. In the short term, it is the most effective tool we have right now to eliminate this specific threat to our marine nature. The EU will need to get many more oil tankers on the sanctions list now, and ensure a mechanism that more effectively and automatically expands the list if new shadow tankers are launched,” says Greenpeace campaign manager Sune Scheller. According to Greenpeace, the EU has so far only placed 79 vessels on the sanctions list in connection with Russia’s illegal war - 52 of which are oil tankers. Greenpeace has previously identified 192 crude oil tankers as belonging to the shadow fleet. According to data from the research firm Windward, the shadow fleet numbers more than 1,200 tankers, of which more than 1,000 are sanctioned and are on average 21 years old – or about eight years older than the global average age of tankers, increasing the risk of a major environmental disaster. The EU is discussing the possibility of intercepting tankers from the so-called shadow fleet that leave the Baltic Sea and sail through the Baltic Sea loaded with Russian oil. Dozens of tankers from the shadow fleet sail through Danish waters loaded with Russian oil every month. Denmark is among the Baltic Sea countries that will take tougher measures to stop the extensive traffic of older tankers that transport oil through the Baltic Sea and Danish waters. The plans discussed in the EU could risk violating the rules for freedom of navigation set out in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Last week, the Danish Maritime Authority announced that it would begin carrying out port state controls on high-risk tankers anchoring off Skagen. Ships with safety flaws or lacking documentation and insurance risk being detained. Report with photo: https://www.maritimedanmark.dk/greenpeace-i-ny-aktion-mod-russisk-olietransport

On Feb 8, 2025, the 'Dinamik' was detained in Tuapse with ten deficiencies: 1) Safety of navigation - Magnetic compass 'Not as required 2) Safety of navigation - Other (Navigation) Other 3) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Propulsion main engine Not as required 4) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Gagues, thermometers etc Not as required 5) Fire safety - Other (Fire safety) Other 6) Fire safety - Fixed fire exthinguishing installation Inoperative 7) Life saving Appliances - Rescue boat inventory Not as required 8)) Pollution Prevention - Sewage treatment Plant Not as required 9) Certificate & Doc - Log-books/compulsory entries Not as required 10) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on Feb 12 and was moored off the port as off Feb 13. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

On Feb 2, 2025, the 'PSF Pasifik' was detained in Constanta with 19 deficiencies, 12 of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Life saving Appliances - Launching arrangements for survival craft Not properly maintained 2) Safety of navigation - Voyage or passage plan Missing 3) Safety of navigation - BNWAS Inadequate 4) Safety of navigation - Voyage data recorder Not as required 5) Emergency system - Emergency fire pump and its pipes Not as required 6) Emergency system - Emergency lighting, batteries and switches Inoperative 7) Radio communications - Operation of GMDSS equipment' Lack of familiarity Radio communications - Maintenance/dupical of equipment Not as required 9) Water/Weathertight - Manholes/Flush scuttles Not as required 10) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Unsafe 11) Fire safety - Evaluation of crew performance Lack of training 12) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on Feb 12 and remained stationary in poirt. The inspection, however, has led to a refusal of access to ParisMOU ports.