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On June 30 at 1:30 a.m., the CROSS Gris-Nez was alerted to the departure of a migrant boat in the Malo-les-Bains area. The 'Minck' was deployed to locate the boat. Once on site,the crew launched its RHIB and discovered that the boat had suffered an engine failure. A total of 81 people were rescued at sea and taken aboard the 'Minck', which dropped them off on the early morning in the port of Calais, where they were treated by shore based rescue services.

The 'Los Amigos' was detained in Gemlik on June 24, 2025, as the result of a PSC with a number of defiencies, 14 of which being regarded as serious and grounds for a detention: 1) Certificate & Doc - Document of compliance Entries missing 2) Certificate & Doc - Oil record book Entries missing 3) Safety of navigation - Voyage or passage plan Missing 4) Safety of navigation - Voyage data recorder Not as required 5) Safety of navigation - Charts Expired 6) Living and working - Cleanliness of engine room Insufficient 7) Alarms - UMS - Alarms Inoperative 8)) Fire safety - Fire fighting equipment and appliances Missing 9) Fire safety - Fixed fire exthinguishing installation Inoperative 10) Fire safety - Fire doors/openings in fire resisting division Unsafe 11) Emergency system - Abaldon ship drills Insufficient frequency 12) Life saving Appliances - Embarkation arrangement survival craft Not properly maintained 13) Pollution Prevention - Ballast Water Management System Malfunctioning 14) Water/Weathertight - Ventilators, air pipes and casings Cracked The vessel was released again on June 27 and left the port en route to Pula with an ETA as of July 2. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

Saras announces that from 1st September 2019 it will starts direct supply of shipping fuels (bunkering) at specific dedicated areas of the ports of Sarroch and Cagliari. Saras will be able to offer the complete range of marine fuels: in addition to MDO (marine diesel oil) and traditional fuel oils, in fact, it will be supplied the new ecological fuel oil with a very low sulfur content (max 0.5% as per the latest specifications IMO 2020). All products are produced locally at the Sarlux refinery. The service is offered to meet the needs of ships arriving and departing from the above mentioned ports as well as to offer further supply options to the several ships that pass along the Sicilian Channel and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Refueling will be offered with a modern ship, the “M/T Atlantic”, equipped with all the most advanced safety tools and with a specifically trained crew, in order to offer the maximum guarantees to operate in full respect of the environment.

Fincantieri floated Silversea’s new ultra-luxury cruise ship, Silver Moon, out of the building dock at its yard in Ancona, Italy on 29 August. Representatives from Fincantieri and Silversea and other invited guests watched as the 596-guest ship touched water for the first time during a traditional coin ceremony. Fincantieri will now work with its partners to outfit the vessel’s interiors ahead of her sea trials and delivery in 2020. “Today, with the float out of Silver Moon, we draw ever-closer to achieving my father’s dream of a 12-ship fleet,” said Manfredi Lefebvre, Silversea’s executive chairman.

The 'Glen Sannox', serving on the route Troon-Brodick, reported a medical emergency on board on June 30. As a consequence, the ferry, which had left Troon as scheduled at 3:10 p.m., returned to the port to disembark the patient. The ferry departed Troon again at 3:50 p.m. and was due to arrive in Brodick at 5:10 p.m.

The 'Iska 1165' stranded amid stormy weather in Tanjung Goram waters off Lantagi Village in Southeast Sulawesi on June 27, 2025, at 2 a.m. LT. One crew member died, while seven others were rescued. The sailor, identified as Antonius Parantuan, 44, jumped into the sea in an attempt to reach the nearest shore and seek help, but was swept away by strong currents. His body was found on june 28 at 1 a.m. LT. Two other crew members had accompanied him, one managed to return to the grounded ship, the second reached the beach. At about 2:15 a.m. LT, rescuers from the Watakobi Office were dispatched to the reported last known position (LKP), which was about 32.78 miles from the Marina Wanci Pier, where the tug had departedm and arrived at about 5:40 a.m. During the rescue effort, they encountered high waves, making it difficult to reach the vessel. When the water receded at about 8:30 a.m. the vessel's master, 37, and six other sailors were found alive and received medical treatment at the Bine Rombo Public Health Center. The deceased was taken to Ereke Hospital after being recovered. Reports with photos and video: https://kendariinfo.com/kapal-tb-iska-1165-kandas-di-perairan-butur-1-abk-meninggal-dunia/ https://tirtamedia.id/read/kapal-tunda-tb-iska-1165-karam-dihantam-gelombang-di-tanjung-goram-buton-utara-1-meninggal-dunia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0CZT6XCqXE

Celebrity Cruises will offer new and longer European voyages onboard the new Celebrity Apex when she launches in 2020. Passengers onboard the Edge Class ship will visit Greece, Turkey, Italy, Portugal, Spain and more when she launches next year.

Konecranes Port Services will retrofit electrification to a Model 2 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor crane in DP World’s Liège Container Terminal in Belgium, lowering the terminal’s local emissions and noise. Strategically located along the Meuse river in eastern Belgium, the Port of Liège is the third-largest river port in Europe, directly linked to both Antwerp and Rotterdam. The DP World Liège Container Terminal (DPW LCT) is the only trimodal terminal in Wallonia, operating four barges to Antwerp every week.

On June 30, 2025, the 'El Paquera', with three crew members on board, suffered propulsion damage due to a snagged rope about 6.5 nautical miles southeast of Punta Sabinar, and requested assistance. The CCS Almería of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR boat 'Salvamar Spica' (MMSI: 225987262) to the position, which took the disabled fishing vessel in tow and safely pulled it to the port of Almería.

The 'Vilamoura' has been crippled by an engine room explosion about 12 hours after leaving the port of Zueitina on June 27, 2025., having loaded one million barrels of crude oil, bound for Gibraltar. The tanker suffered a large breach in the explosion, and the engine room was flooded. The suezmax tanker intially was believed to have become the victim of a limpet mine attac, but photos showed several shrapnel holes in the deck, leaving doubts regarding the mine theory. The blast left the suezmax, operated by George Economou’s TMS Tankers taking on water and unable to manoeuvre 90 nautical miles off the Libyan coast. The tanker was last reported NUC on June 29 in pos. 33° 38' N 019° 40' E. On June 28 at around 09:17 a.m. UTC, the fire-fighting tug 'Boka Summit' (IMO: 9315575) arrived to provide assistance to the tanker, which could be stabilised. The two vessels were now underway in the Eastern Mediterranean at reduced speed, headed tothe Peloponnese region of Greece to remove the cargo in a ship-to-ship transfer with an ETA as of July 1-2. The tanker then will also become the subject of a forensic security investigation. The operator George Economou’s TMS Tankers confirmed the incident on June 30. Since April, the 'Vilamoura' had made at least two voyages to Russian oil terminals, including Ust-Luga on April 30, and the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal near Novorossiysk, to load Kazakh oil. Since the begining of this, year four other ships have exploded under similar circumstances. This concerned the Malta-flagged 'Seajewel' (IMO: 9388807), the Marshall Islands-flagged 'Seacharm' (IMO: 9773765), the Liberia-flagged 'Grace Ferrum' (IMO: 9667928), and the Antigua-Barbuda-flagged 'Koala' (IMO: 9234642). All these tankers had all called at Russian ports prior to being hit with an explosion. Report with photos: https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1154049/Fear-and-speculation-mount-after-another-tanker-is-hit-by-unexplained-blast

Global Ports Holdings (GPH) is to operate Prince George Wharf and related areas at Nassau Cruise Port in The Bahamas for the next 25 years. According to an agreement with the Government of The Bahamas, GPH has joined forces with the Bahamas Investment Fund and the Yes Foundation to create the Nassau Cruise Port Ltd. (NCP) consortium. GPH will use its global expertise and operating model to manage Nassau Cruise Port. “I am delighted that NCP has signed a port operation and lease agreement for Prince George Wharf at Nassau Cruise Port,” said Mehmet Kutman, chairman and co-founder of GPH.

Kudos Trucking Company has ordered two Konecranes Noell Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes and two Konecranes Gottwald Model 5 Mobile Harbor Cranes (MHCs) for their terminal in Davao City, the Philippines. Konecranes booked the order in June 2019.