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On the morning of Jan 20, the departure of a migrant boat was reported to the CROSS Gris-Nez at the coast of Pas-de-Calais, by a witness. The CROSS deployed the 'Jacques Oudart Fourmentin' to monitor the situation. Once on site, the patrol boat reported the migrant boat had stranded on a sandbank. However, it could not approach it due to the low tide. Following a distress call from the stranded boat, the CROSS Gris-Nez hired additional resourcesto recover the people. The French Navy sent a Dauphin helicopter. 22 people were rescued and transferred aboard the patrol boat. They were then disembarked at the port of Calais and taken care of by the authorities on land. After running aground on the sandbank, the same migrant boat then managed to resume its route towards the open sea. The CROSS Gris-Nez deployed the 'Abeille Normandie' to monitor the situation. Following another distress call of the boat, the tug recovered the 62 migrants remaining on board the boat and dropped them off in Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they were taken care of by the rescue services on land.

On Jan 21, 2025, the 'Azura', en route from Las Palmas to Santa Cruz, requested the medical evacuation of a passenger 15 nautical miles east of Gran Canaria, while transiting the Traffic Separation System. The SAR helicopter Helimer 202 was mobilized by Salvamento Marítimo and hoisted the patient. He was then transferred to the helipad of the Dr. Negrín Hospital in Las Palmas for medical care on a higher level.

On Jan 14, 2025: the 'Prima' was detained in Zonguldak with 22 deficiencies: 1) Certificate & Doc - Log books/compulsory entries Missing 2) Certificate & Doc - Oil record book Not as required 3) Certificate & Doc - Tonnage certificate Invalid 4) Certificate & Doc - Signs, indications Not as required 5) Certificate & Doc - International Energey Efficiency Certificate Invalid 6) Safety of navigation - Charts Not updated 7) Safety of navigation - Monitoring of voyage or passage plan Inoperative 8)) Safety of navigation - Voyage or passage plan Inoperative 9) Safety of navigation - Lights, shapes and sound-signals Not as required 10) Fire safety - Fire fighting equipment and appliances Not as required 11) Fire safety - Fire detection and alarm system Inoperative 12) Fire safety - Other (Fire safety) Other 13) Emergency systems - Emergency lighting, batteries and switches Not as required 14) Emergency systems - Emergency source of power - emergency generator Inoperative 15) Pollution Prevention - Oil filtering equipment Not as required 16) Pollution Prevention - Oil and oily mixtures from machinery spaces Not as required 17) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Gauges, thermometers etc Not as required 18) Cargo Operation incl equipment - Atmosphere testing instruments Not as required 19) Living and working - Electrical Unsafe 20) Structural conditions - Water Level Detectors on Cargo Ships Not as required 21) Life saving Appliances - Lifebuoys incl provision and disposition Not as required 22) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released agaain on Jan 19 and left the port en route to Batumi with an ETA as of Jan 22. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

The "Salammbo", of to the Tunisian Navigation Company (CTN), has been detained by the Italian authorities due to irregularities after its arrival in the port of Genova on Jan 19, 2025. On Nov 13, 2024, the Coastguard of Livorn had already ordered the detention of the "Amilcar", also belonging to the CTN. According to a report published on Nov 15, 23 shortcomings had been noted on board, 10 of which were classified as serious, in violation of international regulations on maritime safety. They included problems related to maintenance, the living conditions of workers on board and non-compliance with the necessary certifications. As a result, the ship was deemed not to comply with minimum safety requirements and was forced to remain at the dock until the identified problems were resolved. The General Federation of Transport denounced this as a "recurring scenario and a scandal that has become a symbol accompanying our national institutions, in a disturbing silence and flagrant mismanagement. What is happening is not a simple isolated incident, but the direct result of negligence and mismanagement within the Tunisian Navigation Company. Any attempt at justification or disengagement of responsibility constitutes a new humiliation for the company and for Tunisia". The Tunisian Ministry of Transport should soon provide clarification on the reasons for the detention of the ship, knowing that on Jan 15, the President of the Republic, Kais Saied, held a crucial meeting with the Head of Government, Kamel Maddouri, and the Minister of Transport, Rachid Amri, concerning the precarious situation of the Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation.

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429 days after the crew of the 'Galaxy Leader' was taken hostage by the Houthi terrorists on Nov 19, 2023, for the first time during this 14-month incarceration there was hope that the 25 crew members could be freed imminently in connection with the phase one ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas, which came into effect on Jan 19, 2025. A senior Houth told that through Palestinian negotiators, they guaranteed that the ship and its crew will be freed in the coming days. The Houthis said on Jan 19 that as long as the ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Hamas, international merchant ships may now transit the Red Sea. However, Israeli-owned and Israeli-flagged tonnage will remain targets, and the continued attacks on Yemen by British and American military forces could see ships from those countries targeted too.

On the morning of Jan 20, the departure of a migrant boat was reported to the CROSS Gris-Nez at the coast of Pas-de-Calais, by a witness. The CROSS deployed the 'Jacques Oudart Fourmentin' to monitor the situation. Once on site, the patrol boat reported the migrant boat had stranded on a sandbank. However, it could not approach it due to the low tide. Following a distress call from the stranded boat, the CROSS Gris-Nez hired additional resourcesto recover the people. The French Navy sent a Dauphin helicopter. 22 people were rescued and transferred aboard the patrol boat. They were then disembarked at the port of Calais and taken care of by the authorities on land. After running aground on the sandbank, the same migrant boat then managed to resume its route towards the open sea. The CROSS Gris-Nez deployed the 'Abeille Normandie' to monitor the situation. Following another distress call of the boat, the tug recovered the 62 migrants remaining on board the boat and dropped them off in Boulogne-sur-Mer, where they were taken care of by the rescue services on land.

On Jan 20 at around noon the ferry 'Övelgönne' left the Dockland Pier and headed to Finkenwerder, where she berthed at the Cölln Shipyard for permanent repairs of the collision damage. The 'Hanse' left Hamburg on Jan 21 at 3.30 p.m. en route towards the Elbe Side Canal, which it entered on the morning of Jan 22. Report with photo: https://www.sylent-press.de/2025/01/21/nach-der-kollision-der-hadagfaehre-oevelgoenneliegt-sie-in-finkenwerder/

On the night of Jan 20, the 'Ocean Viking' rescued 85 people, including three newborns and three pregnant women, who were on board a dinghy that ran into trouble in the Libyan SAR zone. One of the migrants was also a young teen. Their boat was extremely overcrowded and was reaching a breaking point after taking on water. Authorities assigned Genova as a port to disembark the migrants, forcing the 'Ocean Viking' to undertake a four-day-long journey far from the area. The government of Premier Giorgia Meloni has promoted a practice of sending NGO rescue ships operating in the Central Mediterranean to ports far from the SAR area, ostensibly in order to take pressure off Sicilian ports and reception facilities.

On the morning of Jan 21, 2025. the 'Gabriella' suffered a technical failure in Helsinki and remained sidelined for repairs. As a consequence, the scheduled sailings from Helsinki to Tallinn at 103. a.m,. and from Tallinn to Helsinki at 5 p.m. had to be cancelled, Ther operator Viking Line contacted all affected customers.

During loading operations in the port of Plastun in the Ternevsky district, on the afternoon of Jan 16, 2025, at 2.45 p.m., the timber cargo on the deck of the 'Stepan Geyts' started to shift to starboard side and then slipped over board. The vessel heeled heavily during the cargo loss, but then righted itself, after most of the timer was in the water and more hanging over the side. Some crew members jumped onto the quay, fearing a complete capsize, while others stayed aboard. No injuries were reported, and the ship eventually regained stability. The Nakhodka Transport office estimated that approximately 1,000 cubic meters of the cargo fell into the harbour, which have been removed during the next days. The vessel, which is part of the Lesprom Network, operating a wood products marketplace, regained stability and returned to an even keel immediately after the cargo loss, but suffered damage. Preliminary reports suggested the timber cargo was not properly secured, leading to the imbalance. The ship was cited for deficiencies during a Port State Inspection in Dalian in Nov 2024 for issues including the structural conditions of ballast, fuel, and other tanks. The Transport Prosecutor’s Office was establishing the circumstances of the loss of the deck cargo. Reports indicated the cargo may not have been properly secured. https://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/panorama/Frachter-verliert-komplette-Ladung-noch-im-Hafen-article25494017.html https://www.instagram.com/shipspotter_hayriyay/reel/DE4te2-tBdL/

The 'ESL Europe' was allowed that has been banned from leaving the port of Uddevalla has been released by the Swedish Transport Agency after another inspection and left on Jan 21 at 2.40 a.m. 15 days after its arrival, in order to deliver its cargo of ammonium nitrate with an ETA at Takoradi, the port of destination, as of Feb 6.

The US Coast Guard medevaced an ailing man from the 'Captain Davis' 40 nautical miles off Oahu on Jan 20, 2025. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received notification on Jan 18 at 4:30 p.m. from the ship that a 34-year-old crew member had suffered an eye injury approximately 350 miles southwest of Oahu. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac. On Jan 20 at 6 a.m. Monday, an HC-130 Hercules airplane and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point rendezvoused with the fishing vessel about 40 nautical miles southwest of Kapolei, Hawaii. The helicopter hoisted the victim and transported him to Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. The was is reportedly in stable condition.

On the afternoon of Jan 20, 2025, the Port Authority of Chania was informed about a sufficient number of migrants on a beach northwest of Gavdos. Officers of the Port Authority of Gavdos went to the scene where they located 27 people.On the morning of Jan 21, 21 more were identified. The total of 48 people were transferred to a shelter in the municipality of Gavdos, all in good health. Subsequently, they were taken aboard the 'Samaria I', which transferred them to the port of Chora Sfakion and then to a shelter in Agia Chania. A preliminary investigation was conducted by the Central Port Authority of Chania.

On Jan 20 at around noon the 'Övelgönne' left the Dockland Pier and headed to Finkenwerder, where she berthed at the Cölln Shipyard for permanent repairs of the collision damage. The 'Hanse' left Hamburg on Jan 21 at 3.30 p.m. en route towards the Elbe Side Canal, which it entered on the morning of Jan 22. Report with photo: https://www.sylent-press.de/2025/01/21/nach-der-kollision-der-hadagfaehre-oevelgoenneliegt-sie-in-finkenwerder/

The 'Baltic Summer' has been inspected in the port of Vigo after its arrival on Jan 21, 2025, for suspected drugs by agents from the Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard . Sources from the Armed Institute confirmed that it was an operation that did not take Pontevedra, but Madrid, and that it is linked to drug trafficking. The "Baltic Summer" was esscorted to the port of Vigo for operational purposes without initially having any relation to the city, where it had not planned to stop en route from Guayaquil, making a stopover in St. Petersburg. Report with photo: https://www.atlantico.net/vigo/inspeccionan-puerto-vigo-buque-sospechas_1_20250121-3367027.html

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On Jan 15, the 'Baronessen', whichran aground at Lysake, was transported from Oslo to the shipyard in Horten for repair. Around 90 passengers were on board when the Nesodden ferry ran aground. No one was injured. The police believed the express ferry had siffered a blackout and lost power. According to the operator Norled it was concluded too quickly, as it was too early to say anything about the cause. On Jan 19, the 'Baronessen' left Horten again and returned to Oslo on Jan 20, from where the ferry started a trial. The ship will be able to be put into operation again as early as Jan 21. Reports with photo: https://www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/grunnstott-hurtigbat-sendes-til-reparasjon-1.17207911 https://www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/hurtigbat-ferdig-pa-verksted--1.17214312