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Tenby’s all-weather lifeboat was launched on June 16, 2025, at 1.30 a.m. after a crew member aboard the 'Forth Constructor' in the Carmarthen Bay became unwell and needed to be evacuated for treatment. The volunteer crew were soon alongside the buoy laying vessel, one mile east of Monkstone Point and several casualty care trained crew members went aboard to assess the casualty and begin treating him. Once ready, the crew member was placed on a stretcher and taken aboard the lifeboat for the trip back to the station, where he was met by Welsh Ambulance Service Paramedics, before being taken to hospital for treatment. Report with photo: https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2025/june/16/tenby-lifeboat-evacuates-ill-crew-member-from-buoy-laying-vessel

On June 11, 2025, the ' Sea Prosperity' was detained in Tangshan with 13 deficiencies, five of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Fire safety - Fire pump and its pipes Not as required 2) Fire safety - Fixed fire exthinguishing installation Inoperative 3) Safety of navigation - Voyage data recorder Inoperative 4) Pollution Prevention - Sewage treatment plant Not as required 5) Pollution Prevention - Oil and oily mixture from machinery spaces Not as required The vessel was released again on June 13 and moored at the Bo Hai Anchorage in pos. 38° 55' N 118° 02' E.

A medical emergency occurred on the 'Mein Schiff 5' on the evening of June 15 in the eastern Mediterranean, requiring an immediate disembarkation. Approximately two hours after departing from Limassol, the ship was approached by a helicopter to transport the patient to a hospital on land as quickly as possible. Ahead of the medevac, the ship had adjusted its course and slowed down so that the person could be safely handed over to the helicopter crew. The helicopter then flew directly to Cyprus for medical care on a higher level. The slight delay caused by the medevac had no further consequences for the itinerary of the 'Mein Schiff 5' which has a sea day on June 16.

The Kerala High Court has ordered the arrest of the 'MSC Manasa F' along with its hull, tackle, engine, machinery spares, gear, apparel, paraphernalia, furniture, etc. at Vizhinjam Port. The order will remain in effect until a total of Rs 6 crore is deposited by the company in the High Court. Justice MA Abdul Hakhim issued the order on the admiralty suit filed by five exporters who lost their consignment following the shipwreck of the 'MSC Elsa 3'. The advocate Joy Thattil Ittoop, counsel for the petitioners, submitted that each of them has lost certain containers. The shipping company MSC did not have any movable or immovable properties within the territory of India, and hence, they were entitled to invoke the admiralty jurisdiction of the court for the arrest and detention of the vessel. They submitted that if adequate safeguards were not made until the furnishing of the security, they would be put to irreparable loss and injury. The court made it clear that the Warrant of Arrest would be withdrawn, and the conditional order of arrest would automatically be vacated once the amount is deposited or security is furnished by the company in the court, without any further order.

The US Coast Guard and partner agencies interdicted and detained 13 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing and seized approximately 1,500 pounds of fish in federal waters off southern Texas, on June 13. A boat of the Coast Guard Station South Padre Island, in coordination with Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations, the 'Daniel Tarr', Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi Command Center watchstanders and Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi aircrews, detected and interdicted a total of 13 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line (MBL) in the Gulf of Mexico. After interdicting the lanchas, Coast Guard crews took the fishermen into custody, brought them ashore, and transferred them to U.S Homeland Security Investigations personnel for processing. Coast Guard personnel also seized approximately 1,500 pounds of red snapper, along with fishing gear and equipment found on board the vessels. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4216692/coast-guard-partner-agencies-detain-13-mexican-fishermen-seizes-1500-pounds-of/