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On the morning of May 2, the 'Sea Beauty' was disabled following an engine failure in the Aegean Sea, about four nautical miles off Cape Kafireas, enroute from Elevsina to Thessaloniki with a cargo of 1500 metric tons of steel. A nearby vessel monitored the 'Sea Beauty' until the crew was able to restore the power on board.

On May 2 MSC has confirmed they have hired contractors to start building a road to the 'MSC Baltic III'. 14 cargo containers have been removed from the vessel and placed on the barge to be transported to the container terminal in Corner Brook. Four frac tanks, used to remove fuel, aboard the vessel are full and waiting to be pumped to the barge for final removal. 250 cube metres of fuel have been removed from the vessel to date.

A barge being pushed by the 'Erin Elizabeth' struck the historic Hudson-Athens Lighthouse on the early morning of April 30, 2025. It damaged its dock and newly installed access stairs. The 150-year-old lighthouse, a cherished mid-river structure on the Hudson River, was already listed among America’s 11 most endangered historic places due to long-term foundation deterioration. The tug was pushing seven barges when it ran aground near the lighthouse at around 2 a.m. during an outgoing tide. In an attempt to manoeuvre out of the mud while outside the shipping channel, the vessel allided with the lighthouse’s east-facing dock and the southeast stairway, both were destroyed.

The fires caused by the huge explosion in the commercial port of Bandar Abbas on the morning of April 26 were still spreading two days later. Heat and fire detected by the NASA FIRMS system on the morning of April 29 still showed no signs of any retreat, with the area affected now having spread from the container park to the quays of the port itself. The firefighting services have been overwhelmed, even though reinforcements have been brought in from as far away as Tehran; two days after the initial explosion, some areas of the fire were not being tackled at all, and in other areas confused port workers who should have been evacuated were still wandering around or sheltering in empty containers in what was clearly still a dangerous area.

On May 2, 2025, at 12:23 a.m. Maltese time, the FreedomFlotilla ship 'Conscience' was subjected to a Israeli drone attack. The front of the vessel was targeted twice, resulting in a fire and a breach in the hull. The ship is currently located in international waters near Malta. An SOS distress signal was sent. The drone strike appeared to have deliberately targeted the ship’s generator, leaving the crew without power and placing the vessel at great risk of sinking. The attack took place as the ship was preparing for activists to board from another vessel. A transfer at sea had been planned rather than the ship going to harbour, for bureaucratic reasons. By 2:13 a.m. all 30 crew members were confirmed safe but refused to board a Maltese tug. The ship remained outside territorial waters, and the fire was brought under control with assistance of the tug. Reports with photo and video: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/02/europe/gaza-flotilla-ship-sos-intl-hkn https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/europe/gaza-flotilla-ship-sos-intl-hkn