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On March 25, 2025, the 'Medar' was detained in Trabzon with ten deficiencies: 1) Certificate & Doc - Oil record book Not as required 2) Structural conditions - Decks - Corrosion Corroded 3) Structural conditions - Hull - cracking Cracked 4) Structural conditions - Beams, frames, floors-op damage Not as required 5) Fire safety - Ventilation Not as required 6) Life saving Appliances - Lifeboats Inoperative 7) Life saving Appliances - Other (Life saving) Other 8)) Water/Weathertight - Ventilators, air pipes and casings Not as required 9) Water/Weathertight - Freeboard marking Not as required 10) Safety of navigation - Voyage or passage plan Inoperative The vessel was released again on March 27. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

A gastrointestinal virus outbreak was reported on March 21, 2025, aboard the 'Seabourn Encore', which had departed from Singapore for a voyage to Japan and then across the Pacific. Relatively few people were affected, mostly crew members, with 22 out of 405 falling ill, and seven passengers out of 461. Predominant symptoms were vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. The pathogen was identified as the norovirus. The 'Seabourn Encore' is currently en route to Honolulu with an ETA as of March 31.

On March 21, 2025, the 'MSC Rhiannon' was detained in Tekirdag with 30 deficiencies, six of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Certificate & Doc - Engine International Air Pollution Prev Cert Missing 2) Life saving Appliances - Launching arrangement for survival craft Not properly maintained 3) Life saving Appliances - Launching arrangements for rescue boats Not properly maintained 4) Safety of navigation - Bridge operation Lack of familiarity 5) Safety of navigation - Voyage data recorder Not as required 6) Pollution Prevention - 15 PPM Alarm Arrangements Not properly maintained The vessel was relased again on March 26 and left the port en route to Diliskilesi, where it arrived on March 27. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

183 passengers out of a total of 2,538 aboard the 'Queen Mary 2' reported being ill, ten days after the ship had departed from Southampton, UK, on March 8, 2025, for a voyage across the Atlantic to the Grenadines and back. The outbreak of gastrointestinal infections was reported on March 18. Additionally, 14 out of the 1,232 crew members also fell ill. The predominant symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea; the cause of which was attributed to the norovirus. The 'Queen Mary 2' is currently en route to New York, and scheduled to return to Southampton on April 6.

On March 24, 2025, the 'Kormoran' was detained in Kocaeli with 15 deficiencies, two of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Structural conditions - Other (Structural conditions) Other 2) Fire safety - Fire dampers Inoperative The vessel was released again on March 25 and left the port en route to Misurata with an ETA as of April 2. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591