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All 21 crew members of the 'Fulda' were brought to the port of Kandla after an explosion ripped a large section of the forward deck open. The tanker had completed the offloading of a cargo of methanol at the Deendayal terminal in Kandla and departed at mid-morning on July 6 en route to Oman. Initial interrogations by the Directorate General showed the vessel had begun a gas-freeing operation to vent its tanks after the discharge. The authorities were investigating the improper handling of flammable vapors and possibly inadequate flushing and purging of the tanks. They believed that a flammable vapor-air mixture had built up in the tanks. The tanker had more than 384 metric tons of fuel aboard. The pollution control vessel was standing by, but so far, there were no reports of a fuel discharge. Report with photos: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/product-tanker-ripped-apart-by-explosion-off-coast-of-india

Salvage operations at the 'MSC Elsa 3' are due to be launched in August or when the weather conditions become favourable by Smit Salvage. The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has submitted an action plan in this regard. They have not yet arrived in Kochi, but have informed the Mercantile Marine Department (MMD) on July 4, that they will arrive with all support facilities when the turbulence ends. Meanwhile, a team from the MSC shipping company was staying in Kochi. The captain and the crew members were also still staying in Kochi. The MMD principal officer, who is investigating the safety lapses behind the incident, has submitted an interim report to the DG Shipping and is waiting for the recovery of the voice data recorder to complete the probe. The MSC had decided to cancel the contract with the T&T Salvage as it lacked facilities for the operations and was seeking help from the Kochi port and the Coast Guard for the operations, which raised doubts that they were lacking the technical facility to conduct the salvage operations,

On June 8, 2021, the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC RESOLUTION (IMO 9880685) was docked out at the Norwegian Ulstein shipyard. Full article + photo gallery: https://www.cruisedeck.de/national-geographic-resolution-ausgedockt/

on 01.05.21 J.Müller celebrate the 200th anniversary of the company German report: https://jmueller.jp-labs.de/jubilaeum/

The 'Finlaggan', serving on the route Kennacraig-Islay, suffered a technical issue with the mezzanine deck on July 6. As a consequence, the scheduled 6:00 p.m. service departing Port Askaig was delayed. After the issue was successfully resolved, the ferry finally departed from the port at 6:50 p.m., 50 minutes late, with an ETA in Kennacraig as of 8:45 p.m.

The cleanup effort aboard the 'MSC Baltic III' has been consistent over the last few weeks. Insurance company representatives have been on site since the beginning. There still isn't an official timeline for when the work will be completed, The fuel was hoped to be removed from the vessel by winter. As of July 5, 70% of the heavy fuel on board has been removed, as well as 172 containers. Likely the vessel will remain at its current location through the winter. There were six priority tanks filled with heavy fuel on board that are almost all removed, but there were still other hydrocarbons that needed to be removed with them. Removing the oil takes time because it has to be heated between 70 C and 80 C so it can be pumped out,That can be hard to achieve with short windows of opportunity to safely board the vessel. The 'EEMS Dublin' is on site, and the work is going more smoothly because it has a walkway. Regarding the tar balls which have been appearing on the shoreline near the grounded vessel. a response organization and Environment Canada have ramped up their shoreline assessments.

The Israel-Palestine conflict has crept into the maritime sector. The two Israeli ports Ashdod and Ashkelon had to be closed after rocket attacks on port infrastructure as well as other port complexes in the region. Vital Israeli port infrastructures in the Ashdod and Ashkelon area were hit in spite of the air defense system iron dome. The port of Ashdod siffered widespread damage. The cargo ships 'Mona' (IMO: 9101534) and 'Ahmet Onel' (IMO: 8420361), were nearly hit by rockets. In a separate incident, the military wing of Hamas - the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade - has declared that they have bombed an Israeli Gas Platform off Gaza, which has been continuing to burn ever since.

- there is an access control system for the port: registration at www.hafen-lueneburg.de - special services: drinking water, shore power, acceptance of domestic sewage, acceptance of washing water on request

On July 7, 2025, the 'Monge' requested the medical evacuation of a crew member while sailing 40 nautical miles west of La Palma, . The CCS Tenerife of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR helicopter Helimer 201, which hoisted the patient and transported him to the Tenerife South Airport, where French consulate personnel were waiting for further care.

The 'Finlaggan', serving on the route Kennacraig - Islay, suffered an issue with its fast rescue craft on June 29, 2025. As a consequence,, the scheduled 10:00 a.m. departure from Kennacraig was disrupted. The ferry finally departed from Kennecraig at 10:45 a.m., causing a knock on effect to the remainder of the day’s sailings. Customers were advised to check in as normal.

On May 6, 2021, at 10 a.m. a trawler newbuilding caught fire in Thyborøn. The 'L 120-Linette' was ablaze at the shipyard quay. The fire brigade, police and the lifeboat 'Martha Lerche' of the DSRS were on site. Bundles of flames shot out of the ship, and there was heavy smoke development. The fire had started in the cargo hold when insulation material went alight. Not until May 7 at 2 a.m. the emergency services managed to extinguish the flames on the vessel. The temperatures inside the ship were extremely high. The construction of the trawler began in 2020. Alfred Fisker Hansen and Tommy Svart had ordered the trawler in Vestværft design. The hull was built in Poland and then towed to Thyborøn where it was completed at the Thyborøn Skibs & Motor. The completion in June should now be obsolete. The predecessor ship of the same name is to go to Sweden. The new building is 28.6 meters long and 8.7 meters wide with a planned crew of eight with one trainee. Report with photo and video: https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/lemvig/skib-i-flammer-paa-havnen-i-thyboroen-politiet-opfordrer-til-at-lukke-vinduer-og-doere

The French container giant CMA CGM is working on a plan to rebuild the port of Beirut within three years. Political stalemate in Lebanon has meant that no decisions have been made after the huge explosion that killed 200 in 2020. CMA CGM first presented the plan to the Lebanese authorities in September, which includes the reconstruction of damaged quay facilities and warehouses, along with a port expansion and digitization. The total price was estimated to be between 400 and 600 million. dollar. Another offer was announced on April 9, 2021. German companies presented a multi-billion dollar plan to rebuild the port and surrounding districts, which was also devastated by the violent explosion.