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On May 21, 2025, at 5:34 p.m. the KNRM station responded to a fire on a vessel on the ' Jan Smit', serving between Volendam and Marken, on the Gouwzee. The Marken fire brigade and two lifeboats quickly attended. serving. The master of the 'Jan Smit', after discovering the fire, had called the 'Volendam', which allowed the KNRM to quickly transfer the passengers with the Hendrik Jacob. After everyone was safe, the ship, accompanied by the 'Hendrik Jacob', sailed back to the port of Volendam at five knots. The Volendam fire brigade was ready to provide support here. The situation was under control'quickly.

On the morning of May 16 , 2025, the Malaysia Maritime detained the 'MSC Olia' with 23 crew members on board, after its team boarded the ship and inspected the crew’s paperwork. The captain of the ship failed to submit any documents of anchoring permission. The 44-year-old Russian national and the second engineer were taken to the headquarters of Selangor State Maritime for further investigations and questioning after the vessel anchored without permission. If convicted, they could impose a fine of up to approximately $23,000, two years in prison, or both penalties. The Area Control Centre had identified a “suspicious vessel. and began monitoring the movement of the container ship at approximately 09.20 a.m. LT, and at around 1.20 p.m. the vessel was noted to be stationary. A patrol boat was dispatched to investigate. It located the ship which had anchored about 22.5 nautical miles southwest of the town of Sekinchan, north of Kuala Lumpur on the west coast of Malaysia in the Malacca Strait. The vessel was coming from Jakarta, and due in Singapore on May 17. The vessel hass docked in Port Klang.

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A powerful explosion rocked Beirut port on Aug 4, 2020, killing and injuring dozens of people, and causing widespread damage. There was no clarity yet with regards to the cause of explosions, and what triggered it. The talk was of a firework factory which blew up. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR88CECmTso&feature=emb_title

The 'Ilse-Marie', em route from Stavoren to Leeuwarden, ran aground on a sandbank in po. 53° 10' N 005° 24' E in front of the port of Stavoren on te afternoon of May 22, 2025. The ship was carrying a load of shells. Rijkswaterstaat was on site to monitor the situation and provide support. For the time being, the ship wwas trying to get loose on its own, but so far this has not been successful. There was no damage to the ship or danger to the crew. There wwas also no leakage nor environmental damage. The cause of the groundig was not yet known, but it was suspected that the ship ended up outside the shipping channel. Ship traffic around Stavoren was experiencing minor disruptions due to the incident.

On May 20, 2025, a container ship was in collision with the 'Spasatel Karev', while maneuvering during mooring operations, ion the Neva River at berth No. 94 of OOO Basis Port in St. Petersburg. No casualties nor pollution were reported. Adverse weather conditions may have contributed to the collision. The North-West Transport Prosecutor office launched an official investigation into the incident. The St. Petersburg Transport Prosecutor's Office was also conducting an inspection to assess compliance with water transport safety regulations.

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On the morning of May 20, 2025, the fishing vessel 'Pacific Memory II' was in collision with the 'Cosco Development', en route from Savannah to Laem Chabang, in the Singapore Strait, about17 nautical miles from Pedra Branca Island, The 'Pacific Memory II' lost stability after the impact, causing the vessel to nearly capsize. There was confusion on the fishing vessel as several crew members were asleep at the time of the collision, while others were thrown into the water. The bulk carrier 'Andros Spirit '(IMO: 9592537) was able to rescue 30 crew members from the vessel. The Indonesian authorities transferred the survivors to an Indonesian rescue vessel.

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The trial transshipment of goods from India to its northeast, via the sea route, started on Tuesday after four containers bound for the region were unloaded from a merchant vessel at Bangladesh's Chittagong port, officials said on Tuesday. India and Bangladesh had signed an MOU for goods for northeast India transiting via Bangladesh's ports - a small but significant opening up of both Bangladesh's ports under the broader economic relationship between the two countries. Chittagong Port Authority Secretary Md Omar Faruk told on Tuesday: "The first ship under the trial run of transshipment of Indian goods to its northeastern states through Bangladesh arrived at Chattogram (Chittagong) port on Tuesday morning. "MV Shejyoti, carrying back to Chattogam 4 TEUs (20-feet equivalent unit) with 221 containers full of transhipment goods from India's Haldia port, reached the NCT-1 Berth, the outer anchorage of Chattogram port at around 1.25 a.m. But as night navigation is restricted in the port, that is why we started the navigation at morning," he said. MV Shejyoti had left the Syama Prasad Mukherjee port of Kolkata on July 17. Handling of the containers was completed before midnight and the container trailers started for Akhaura with an escort provided by Bangladesh's customs security. Shipping agent sources said the four containers under the trial transshipment contain iron rods and pulses. Those will head to Agartala through the Akhaura Land Port. The consignment of rods will be brought to West Tripura's Jirania from Agartala, while the pulses will go to Assam's Karimganj. Habibur Rahman of Mango Lines, the agent for the merchant vessel, had said that offloading may begin also on Tuesday after completing the formalities. Indian transshipment goods would enjoy a 28-day free-stay after offloading at the port as per the international transshipment agreement. Bangladesh will earn 254 takas from the scanning of each container loaded with transshipment goods. Bangladeshi importers also pay the same charge. Similarly, 30 takas document processing fee for each consignment of Indian goods will be levied, the same amount charged on Bangladeshi importers. Joint Commissioner of the Customs House S.M. Shamsuzzaman said the transshipped goods will have to pay police 50 takas per tonne as escort charge to reach the Indian border in Tripura from the port by road. Usually a 20 feet container carries a maximum of 30 tons of goods. According to this estimation, Bangladesh will realise around 1, 500 takas as escort charge for accompanying goods of a container to the border. Akhaura Customs Officer Harunur Rashid said they have taken necessary preparations for the transportation of the Indian goods, under the trial run. India is transporting goods to its northeastern states, using Bangladeshi ports, as per the agreement on "The Use of Chattogram and Mongla Ports for Movement of Goods to and from India" signed between Dhaka and Delhi in 2018 and a standard operating procedure (SoP) signed in October 2019. Earlier, the Indian government used the Ashuganj river port to transport goods for the Palatana Power Plant in Tripura through the Akhaura land port. On the new chapter in connectivity with Bangladesh via container shipping, India's Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the transit route will open new opportunities for both countries. He said that it will provide an alternative and shorter route to connect the northeast region through Bangladesh, reducing distance and time taken in transportation of goods for India and is a win-win for both the economies. On the other hand, job creation, investment in the logistical sector, enhanced business services and revenue generation are advantages that will accrue to Bangladesh. Bangladeshi vessels and trucks will be utilised to move the Indian cargo, the Indian government said. India and Bangladesh have enhanced cooperation in shipping and inland water trade in recent years. Under the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade, in addition to the six existing Ports of Call, five more in each country have been added recently. Dredging of inland waterway routes is ongoing under an MoU, signed by the two countries on development of selected stretches of Bangladesh waterways. The trial transportation of goods to the northeastern states by road, via Bangladesh, had started earlier.