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The 'MSC Meraviglia' has been undergoing technical repairs after having one cruise cancelled in mid-April. Offering weeklong itineraries out of New York City, the vessel was taken out of service ahead of the sailing that was scheduled for May 11, 2025. The 'MSC Meraviglia' was in need of technical repairs due to a mechanical issue. The problem was impacting the vessel’s ability to operate at standard cruising speeds. The 'MSC Meraviglia' was set to offer a seven-night cruise to the Bahamas and Florida from its homeport at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. In addition to three days at sea, the original itinerary featured visits to Port Canaveral, Nassau and Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve. Instead, the vessel docked in Portland (Maine), where repairs are being carried out by specialized teams. The technical issue never affected the safety of the crew and guests. The 'MSC Meraviglia' left Portland on May 17 and resumed service on May 18,, kicking off a weeklong cruise to the Bahamas and Florida.As with the cancelled cruise, the seven-night voyage features visits to Port Canaveral, Nassau and Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve. Sailing from New York City on a year-round basis, the was offers seven-night cruises to Florida, the Bahamas and Bermuda.

On the early morning of May 19, most of the crew of the' Cuauhtémoc' arrived in Mexico.172 cadets and two officers from the Heroic Naval Military School, as well as a captain, an officer, and three enlisted men, belonging to the crew of the sail training ship, arrived at the port of Veracruz. The sailors had been bussed from the site on May 18 at around 6 p.m. for a flight at 11 p.m. The city of New York provided a convoy of public buses to escort the crew to the John F. Kennedy International Airport. A handful of crew members remained aboard the ship, Two cadets have remained in hospital in New York, receiving specialized medical care, while their condition was reported to be stable. The team of investigators on the ground in New York City with the National Transportation Safety Board, which s comprised of experts in nautical operations, marine and bridge engineering and survival factors, which was assembled in New York City to conduct a safety investigation is expected to hold a news conference on May 19 at 3 p.m. Report with photos: https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/brooklyn-bridge-mexican-navy-ship-05-18-25-hnk

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Beached at Aliaga 05/2025 towed by Tuh Hector

Two people have been killed and 19 others injured, two of them critical, after the 'Cuauhtémoc' allided with New York City's Brooklyn Bridge on May 16, 2025, with 277 people on board. The current seemed to have carried it into the road deck of the bridge at around 8:20 p.m.The tall ship had lost power as the captain was manoeuvring the vessel, forcing it to head for the bridge abutment on the Brooklyn side. The tide had just turned, and a fast current was heading up the East River as a 10 mph wind set in. The ship had a local harbour pilot – familiar with the conditions of the water there – and an area docking pilot helping guide the ship. At least one was onboard at the time of the accident. .The ship's masts clipped the bridge as it passed under the structure. Crew members were standing on the masts as they snapped and fell to the deck. Some sailors were hanging from the masts. One cadet fell from the topgallant, which is the highest part, to the deck. The ship's decks were covered in blood, all three masts were destroyed, all the cables snapped. The ship then hit the quay underneath the Brooklyin Bridge with its port side stern, which was damaged above the water line. Crowds of people, who had been watching the ship's departure, fled from the quay. In a rush to save as many people as possible, the boatswains had to climb the broken masts to rescue the cadets who had been trapped on them. Authorities began responding to the area around 8:26 p.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls, More than 100 fire and emergency medical service personnel responded to the scene. The Brooklyn Bridge did not suffer any major damage and was reopened after a preliminary inspection. While there was some damage to the underside of the bridge, it was not structural and transportation inspectors have determined the bridge was safe, The Police believed that a mechanical issues and a power cut had caused the allision. The New York Coast Guard said the 'Cuauhtémoc' lost all three masts. All personnel on the ship had been accounted for and no-one had fallen in the water. Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said she was deeply saddened by the loss of two crew members in the accident. The 'Cuauhtémoc' was towed from the scene after the crash. She had left the Mexican port of Acapulco on April 6. Its final destination was intended to be Iceland. The crew of 277 were mostly cadets. Report with video: https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/us-news/ship-carrying-200-people-hits-the-brooklyn-bridge-as-search-and-rescue-operation-underway/

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On May 16, the Norwegian tug 'Sea1 Ruby' finally took the 'Maersk Sana' in tow following an extended period during which the laden vessel was ‘safely adrift at sea’ in the western Atlantic, en route to a port of refuge in the Bahamas, with an expected arrival in the last week of May. it was thought that the container ship will be towed to Freeport, a tow of approximately 900 nautical miles, which at five knots would take seven days. One crew member ‘who was transported to a hospital in the US remained in stable but critical condition and was receiving the best possible care. Maersk remained in communication with its customers about mitigating impacts to their supply chains” The weather conditions have remained favourable siunce the explosion and fire on April 29. The Atlantic hurricane season begins in a few days’ time, and then getting a towline on the 'Maersk Sana' could have been very different. Miami’s National Hurricane Weather Center reported that tropical cyclone formation is not expected within the next seven days.

On the evening of May 16, 2025, the ‘Ina XL’ sank in the port of Antwerp at the waiting dock for barges at the Noordkasteel Bridge. Divers were called to assist in refloating the pusher tug. Only part of the wheelhouse remained above the water. Report with photo: https://www.flows.be/binnenvaart/2025/05/sleepboot-ina-xl-gezonken-aan-noordkasteelbrug-in-antwerpen/?gdpr=deny

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