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On Sep 22, 2024, the 'Ornefjeld' ran aground in Auckland’s Ōrākei Marina after the skipper missed tide timings while refuelling. The vessel refloated and left the marina again at around 9.30 p.m. when the high tide came back in. The vessel had berthed shortly before high tide to refuel and overestimated how much time it had past full tide to depart.

Dozens of passengers and crew members aboard the 'Arcadia' came down sick with a gastrointestinal illness. They reported symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea, although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t yet confirmed it to be norovirus. The ship ship is on a transatlantic round-trip cruise from Southampton, UK, on Sep 3, 2024, to the US. and Canada. The CDC came aboard the ship when in docked in New York on Sep 18 to assess the situation. Upon embarkation all guests were provided with an advisory notice with precautionary health measures for onboard and onshore by P&O Cruises. The cruise line also made announcements to notify passengers and crew of the outbreak.

The mayer of Arrecife has asked to move the ''Esperanza del Mar' to the Canary Islands and transfer the migrants to Barcelona The island has received almost 600 Maghrebi migrants in 24 hours. The mayor Yonathan de León, has asked the president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, that the hospital ship transfers the hundreds of irregular migrants who have arrivedon the island to be disembarked in the port of Barcelona. The mayor has stressed that, in just 24 hours, almost 600 Maghrebi migrants have arrived in Lanzarote on board of 11 boats, many of them minors or pregnant women. Lanzarote declared a Social Emergency last August in response to the large number of migrants from North Africa who were heading towards the Canary Islands.

On the evening of Sep 21, 2024, the Port Authority of Naxos was informed by the Master of the ‘Talos’ that it is deemed unsafe to approach the port due to adverse weather conditions that prevailed in the area and continued its route to the port of Paros. On the ship, 16 people were waiting to disembark, who were disembarked at the port of Naxos when the ship returned from the port of Paros, while 17 people boarded.

The KM 'Asia Glory 6' ran aground at the Benteng Asakota coast in the, Soromandi District, Bima Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province (NTB) on the night of Sep(21, 2024) or around 7.20 p.m. WITA. The Bima Police Polairud team went to the grounding site after receiving reports from the public. The 'Asia Glory 6' had sailed from Dili NTT without cargo on Sep 20 en route to Bima Port. When the ship entered the Bima Bay, suddenly a fishing boat approached at the ship's port side. The 'Asia Glory 6' deliberately turned to starboard to avoid a collision with the fishing boat and grounded near the Asakota fort in pos. 04' 52.8 “S 119° 05” 09.5 ’E, approximately 30 nautical miles from Bima Harbour. Report with photo: https://ntb.idntimes.com/news/ntb/juliadin-jd/kapal-km-asia-glory-6-tabrak-bibir-pantai-benteng-asakota-bima.

On the afternoon of Sep 20, 2024, the 'OT 2078' was in collision with the tug 'Timan' in the waters of the Gorky Reservoir near the Chkalovsky Ship Repair Plant, while rearranging vessels at the berths. The"Timan" tangentially collided with the pusher tug. There were no casualties or leaks, and no oil spills occurred. The navigation in the area of ​​the incident was not disrupted. The Nizhny Novgorod Transport Prosecutor's Office was conducting an inspection of compliance with navigation safety legislation;

The submersible 'Titan' had malfunctioned days before its final voyage, the scientific director of the company that owned the craft said during a US Coast Guard investigation. Other testimonies indicated a lack of safety checks before the unconventionally designed craft set sail. Steve Ross, the scientific director for the company that owned the submersible testified on Sep 19 that the sub had malfunctioned just prior to the fatal dive. Appearing before a U.S. Coast Guard panel, He told the board about a platform issue the experimental submersible experienced in June 2023, just days before it imploded on its way to the 'Titanic'. The malfunction caused passengers onboard the submersible to tumble about, and it took an hour to get them out of the water. The submersible pilot, OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush, crashed into bulkheading during the malfunction, Ross said. One passenger was hanging upside down. The other two managed to wedge themselves into the bow end cap. Ross did not know if a safety assessment of the 'Titan' or an inspection of its hull was performed after the incident. An investigatory panel has listened to three days of testimony that raised questions about the company's operations before the doomed mission. Rush was among five people who died when the submersible imploded en route to the site of the 'Titanic' in June 2023. Earlier on Sep 19, Renata Rojas, a mission specialist for the company, told the Coast Guard that the firm was staffed by competent people who wanted to “make dreams come true." Rojas is a member of the Explorers Club, which lost members Hamish Harding and Paul-Henri Nargeolet in the implosion. “I knew what I was doing was very risky. I never at any point felt unsafe by the operation,” Rojas said during the public hearing that is part of a high-level investigation into the cause of the implosion. The public hearing began on Sep 16. Some of the testimony focused on problems the company had prior to the fatal 2023 dive. During the hearing, former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge said on Sep 17 that he frequently clashed with Rush and felt the company was committed only to making money. The hearing ran to run through Sep 20 with more witnesses still to come and resumes this week. Lochridge and other witnesses have painted a picture of a company led by people who were impatient to get the unconventionally designed craft into the water. The deadly accident set off a worldwide debate about the future of private undersea exploration.Coast Guard officials noted at the start of the hearing that the submersible had not been independently reviewed, as is standard practice. That and the 'Titan'’s unusual design subjected it to scrutiny in the undersea exploration community. OceanGate suspended its operations after the implosion. The company has no full-time employees currently, but has been represented by an attorney during the hearing. During the submersible’s final dive on June 18, 2023, the crew lost contact after an exchange of texts about the 'Titan'’s depth and weight as it descended. The 'Polar Prince' then sent repeated messages asking if the 'Titan' could still see the ship on its onboard display. One of the last messages from the 'Titan'’s crew to the 'Polar Prince' before the submersible imploded stated, “all good here.”

Monitoring of the 'Ultra Galaxy' continued, with salvors to be appointed after assessing tenders from insurers and experts. The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) confirmed that the tender period for the removal of the wreck had recently been closed with the vessel owner’s insurers, P&I and salvage experts now engaged with the assessment of the tenders received. Once done, the preferred options will be presented to SAMSA for consideration, Regarding the wreck, the situation has remained the same with no significant change in the ship or its position. In terms of clean up of the oil spill, the response teams remained on the beaches with a huge team to ensure that any, and all debris or oily recharge – even as very minor at this stage – is picked up.

A team of firefighters tried to manage a spill of diesel fuel which leaked from the 'Adolf Jesen' after it sank off the coast of Greenland, threatening the marine ecosystem of the Arctic waters. Hydrocarbon films could be seen on the water surface in Nanortalik Fjords in the south. Around 20,000 litres or 5300 gallons of fuel spilt and reached the fjord even though pumps and a floating barrage were installed. Elements including wind, tides and sea currents posed additional difficulties in efforts to contain the oil spill, said firefighters who had also received additional equipment.

On the early morning of Sep 22, 2024, the CROSS Gris-Nez was informed by the Dunkirk semaphore about a migrant boat off the beach of Malo-les-Bains and deployed the PSP 'Flamant' to locate and monitor the boat, with the help of the SPYNEL infrared cameras installed at the CROSS Gris-Nez. After several hours of navigation, some people on board requested assistance from the 'Flamant' which then recovered 23 people on board, The other occupants wishing to continue the voyage. Given the risks of falling overboard or injury incurred by the people in the event of a forced intervention, the decision was made to let them continue on their way. The people assisted were dropped off at the quay at the port of Calais.

On the afternoon of Sep 21, the Port Authority of Argosaronicos was informed by the Master of the ‘Flying Dolphin Venus 1’, that after berthing at the port of Piraeus, the port side axle suffered technical trouble. The ship had a scheduled itinerary for the ports of Aegina and Agistrio with 56 passengers on board. It was banned from sailing by the Port of Argosaronicos, until the repair of the damage and the presentation of a certificate of class maintenance by the monitoring classification. The passengers were forwarded to their destination by the company.

On Sep 20, 2024, at 1 p.m. WIB, the ferry KM.’ Sabuk Nusantara 107’, anchored in the Madura Strait in the waters of Surabaya in pos. 07°10’-688” S 112°-42’-984” E, was struck by the KM. ‘Yulian 88’, which had gone adrift uncontrollably amid strong cuirrents and winds. The ‘Sabuk Nusantara 107’ sustained a dent on the port side hull. The Kamal Sub-harbour Master reported the accident to the Head of UPP Class II Branta and coordinated with the Main Office of KSOP Tanjung Perak. The captain relocated the vessel to a safer anchorage, along with all crew members. Report with photos: https://hubla.dephub.go.id/Indonesianmaritimesafetyinformation/page/news/read/23116/alami-larat-km-yulian-88-tubruk-km-sabuk-nusantara-107-di-selat-madura-perairan-rede-surabaya-drifted-km-yulian-88-collides-with-km-sabuk-nusantara-107-in-the-madura-strait-rede-waters-of-surabaya

On the afternoon of Sep 20, 2024, the 'OT 2078' was in collision with the tug 'Timan' in the waters of the Gorky Reservoir near the Chkalovsky Ship Repair Plant, while rearranging vessels at the berths. The"Timan" tangentially collided with the pusher tug. There were no casualties or leaks, and no oil spills occurred. The navigation in the area of ​​the incident was not disrupted. The Nizhny Novgorod Transport Prosecutor's Office was conducting an inspection of compliance with navigation safety legislation;

arrived Esbjerg Scrapyard 03.08.24 https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/1751641?navList=gallery&imo=8414116&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest

On Sep 20, the 'Glen Sannox' has officially started its final run of sea trials on the Clyde, with the ferry’s liquified national gas (LNG) engines being formally tested. This marked a crucial stage to finally getting the twin-funnel passenger car ferry towards entry into service. The ÄGlen Sannox' is to serve on the Arran route between Ardrossan on the mainland and Brodick. It was confirmed by Ferguson Marine shipyard that the duel-fuel powered ferry reached a speed of 10 knots in the Firth of Clyde on Sep 20 in what represented the first major trial of its LNG propulsion system. The key tests had been delayed by a fortnight because the newbuild was taking longer than expected to cool the pipes enough to load fuel. The ferry that was originally to have entered service in 2018. The delivery of the 'Glen Sannox' is scheduled for mid-October now.

The Moroccan company Africa Morocco Link (AML) has started a roll-on/roll-off service on the Tangier Med-Algeciras line on Sep 16, operated by the “Kaunas”. The ship is owned by the company Agalink Investment Co., and is sub-chartered to UKR Ferry and belongs to the same series as the ship “Vilnius”, which is in the service of InterShipping.

On the morning of Sep 21, the Port Authority of Syros was informed by the Master of ‘Speedrunner Jet 2’, which was performing a scheduled route from the port of Thira to the ports of Paros-Mykonos-Syros-Piraeus, that its approach to the port of Syros was considered unsafe due to the adverse weather conditions and that the ship would continue its voyage to port of Piraeus. The passengers and vehicles that were to disembark at the port of Syros wee forwarded to their destination by another ship, while similarly, 220 passengers who were waiting for boarding, wee forwarded to their destination by the company.

On the morning óf Sep 22, the Port Authority of Kyllini was informed by the Master of the ‘Fior di Levante’ about a mechanical damage to the port side main engine, en route from the port of Poros, Kefallinia, with 79 passengers and 47 crew members on board. The ship sailed under its own power to the port of Kyllini and disembarked the passengers safely. At the port of Kyllini, 82 passengers were waiting to board, who were forwarded to their destination on another ship of the company. The Kyllini Port Authority initially prohibited the sailing of the ‘Fjod die Levante’. Upon the presentation of a seaworthiness certificate from the monitoring classification society, the sailing ban was lifted.

On Sep 20, 2024, at 1 p.m. WIB, the KM.’ Sabuk Nusantara 107’, anchored in the Madura Strait in the waters of Surabaya in pos. 07°10’-688” S 112°-42’-984” E, was struck by the KM. ‘Yulian 88’, which had gone adrift uncontrollably amid strong cuirrents and winds. The ‘Sabuk Nusantara 107’ sustained a dent on the port side hull. The Kamal Sub-harbour Master reported the accident to the Head of UPP Class II Branta and coordinated with the Main Office of KSOP Tanjung Perak. The captain relocated the vessel to a safer anchorage, along with all crew members. Report with photos: https://hubla.dephub.go.id/Indonesianmaritimesafetyinformation/page/news/read/23116/alami-larat-km-yulian-88-tubruk-km-sabuk-nusantara-107-di-selat-madura-perairan-rede-surabaya-drifted-km-yulian-88-collides-with-km-sabuk-nusantara-107-in-the-madura-strait-rede-waters-of-surabaya

On the morning of Sep 21, 2024, at 6 a.m. a team of US federal agents carried out an investigation aboard the 'Maersk Saltor', after it docked at the port of Baltimore. Agents of the FBI and other agencies conducted a thorough investigation, but did not find any immediate issues that would prevent the vessel from operating. The vessel has the same managing company as the 'Dali', which caused the bridge collapse at Baltimore in March. The raid could be in connection with the FBI and Coast Guard’s investigation into the Key Bridge incident. The team consisted of federal agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS). The FBI confirmed that the inspection was backed by a court order, but declined to comment further on whether it was related to the investigation against the 'Dali'. The authorities allowed the ship to resume operations shortly after the inspection. Both the 'Dali'' and 'Maersk Saltoro' are sharing the same design and have been built by the same shipyard. The 'Maersk Saltoro' has held a spotless track record since the vessel’s delivery in 2015 and has consistently met safety and operational standards. The ship is scheduled to dock in Sri Lanka next month.