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The "Sierra," which since its delivery sailed for 13 years as the "Suvorovsky Prospect" for the Russian state shipping company Sovcomflot. However, this changed with Russia's attack on Ukraine. As a result of the EU investigation, the "Suvorovsky Prospect" became the 64th ship on the EU sanctions list in December 2024. For camouflage purposes, the "Suvorovsky Prospect" was renamed "Sierra." The new owner was a company in Dubai. At the same time, a "flag hopping" began. First, the ship went from Liberia to Gabon, then on to Barbados, and finally, via the African island republic of Sao Tome and Principe, to Malawi in June 2025. The new home port is Monkey Bay on Lake Malawi. However, no one knows who the real owner is. The question of insurance in the event of a shipwreck remains equally open. On July 3, 2025, the "Sierra" left the Baltic Sea with its "fake flag" after loading in Ust-Luga, Russia – unchallenged by German and Danish authorities. The crew listed Port Said as its destination. Meanwhile, Malawi is also alarmed. "The Government of the Republic of Malawi would like to clarify that Malawi does not currently have an international shipping registry. Therefore, these vessels are fraudulently registered," wrote David Mzandu, the country's Minister of Transport and Public Works. The country protested the use of its flag at the UN. The "Sierra" was able to leave the Baltic Sea unchallenged under a "false flag." Although the "Sierra" is now listed in international databases as a "false flag" ship, it was able to leave the Baltic Sea unchallenged on Friday with approximately 100,000 tons of crude oil.

The Russian submarine 'Novorossiysk' was caught sailing west through British waters. The HMS 'Mersey', a Wildcat helicopter from the 815 Naval Air Squadron, and a specialist submarine-hunting Merlin aircraft from 824 Naval Air Squadron were tracking the Kilo class 'Novorossiysk' as it sailed through UK waters along with the Goryn-class tug boat Yakov Grebelski". The British warship and helicopters utilised powerful sensors and systems to watch every move during their voyage. The monitoring responsibilities were passed on to Nato allies after the Russian submarine left UK waters. The operation was regarded as another clear demonstration of the Royal Navy's enduring commitment to safeguarding the United Kingdom's maritime interests. It was the sixth such tasking for the HMS 'Mersey' in the last three months and comes just a week after the patrol ship and fellow Portsmouth ships HMS 'Duncan' and HMS 'Trent' were all activated to watch the Russian frigate 'Admiral Grigorovich' and the corvette 'Boikiy' in UK waters. Report with photos: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/royal-navy-scrambles-vessel-to-shadow-putins-terrifying-attack-submarine/ar-AA1HQ7OG

On Jul 4, 2025, the medical evacuation of a crew member from the 'Bolette', which was sailing 22 nautical miles south of Almería, wa requested. . The CCS Almería of Salvamento Marítimo mobilized the SAR boat 'Salvamar Spica', which took the man off and transports the patient to the fishing port, where an ambulance was waiting.

A 67 year old British passenger aboard the 'Marella Explorer 2' has died on the cruise ship in the port of Corfu on July 1, 2025. The Port Authority was informed of the death of the man in the morning. The body was transferred to the Corfu General Hospital for an autopsy. A preliminary investigation was being conducted by the Corfu Central Port Authority.

An outbreak of infection occurred on the ''Nikolai Karamzin of the Moscow Tourist Fleet company. 36 patients have already been infected, complaining of symptoms of intestinal infection such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Dissatisfied passengers wrote a complain during the cruise. The check on board has already been carried out, and tests were taken from the crew members, water samples and flushes. Rarlier a similar story happened to another vessel of the same company, the 'Mikhail Bulgakov', one month earlier. As a result, a case was initiated under part 1 of article 236.