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A 48-year-old crew member of Indonesian origin died after falling ill aboard the 'Paramita', which was anchored at Hazira, on Oct 13, 2024. The captain noticed Yuli Bagus Prasetyo lying unconscious at about 5.30 p.m. He called the local shipping agent, Himani Shipping, and their employee, Denish Panwala, transported Yuli to the BAPS Hospital in Adajan. However, the doctor on duty declared him brought dead at about 7 p.m. Subsequently, his body was taken to Civil Hospital for a post mortem and other formalities. Primary reports suggest he died of natural causes. The Hazira police have registered an accidental death case and launched an investigation.

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 63-year-old man experiencing severe abdominal pain from the 'Grand Princess' off Los Angeles, on the afternoon of Oct 13, 2024. Watchstanders from the Coast Guard District Eleven Command Center received the medevac request at approximately 1:00 a.m. on Oct 12. The cruise ship was put on a communications schedule until they were within range for an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Air Station Ventura to conduct a hoist. The Jayhawk aircrew conducted the hoist the following afternoon at approximately 2:30 p.m. with an Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27 Spartan aircrew providing overflight support.The patient was transferred to awaiting emergency medical personnel at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3934649/coast-guard-air-station-ventura-conducts-first-rescue-medevacs-man-offshore-los/

French oil and gas giant Total SA has taken a 50 per cent stake in Dhamra LNG Terminal Pvt Ltd (DLTPL), a unit of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ), which is constructing a 12 million tonne per annum (mtpa) LNG regasification terminal at its port located at Dhamra in Odisha’s Bhadrak district.

Two more cruise ships bypassed scheduled stops in san Juan as demonstrators have been calling for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. The loss of tourism is impacting the island's economy. Tourism officials said the two ships would have generated a $1.3 million economic impact. Officials estimated the island missed out on a combined $760,000 from the Seaside and Equinox on Monday

The KV 'Heimdal' was called to the aid of the work boat 'Duplo', that went down in Sortlandssundet on Oct 13, 2024, after taking on water. One man in his 20s was on board. However, he made it safely to a nearby fishing boat before the "Duplo" sank. The MRCC received a report about the boat at 1.17 p.m. via Coastal Radio. The "Heimdal" moved out, but the boat had already sunk when the Coast Guard arrived on the scene. A smaller boat of the Sjøbjørn type has been deployed to remove driftwood in the sea where the 'Duplo' sank, as the 'Heimdal' was further away. An investigation case has been opened by the police. The reason why the boat took on water was still unknown. Reports with photos: https://www.kystens.no/nyheter/arbeidsbat-sank-ved-sortland-n-person-reddet/2-1-1723707 https://www.blv.no/bat-tok-inn-vann-og-sank-deretter/s/5-9-783729

On Oct 14, the 'Norwegian Prima', en route from Cadiz to Barcelona, sighted a precarious migrant boat 22 nautical miles south of Cabo de Gata, and notified the CCS of Salvamento Marítimo in Almería. The SAR boat 'Guardamar Polimnia' was tasked to assist and transferred them to the port Almería. Among the 10 boat people were two women and two minors. Report with photos: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1845793660232728603

Moves are afoot for a new multi-billion-rand liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification terminal to be established at the port of Richards Bay by 2024, but state-owned Transnet wants the private sector to be the main investor and operator of the facility. The plan was revealed on Tuesday as Transnet announced the signing of a cost-sharing agreement with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to jointly fund a feasibility study into the terminal project. The IFC has committed $2 million (around R28 million) as part of the cost-sharing agreement. The move comes as Transnet looks to bolster South Africa’s LNG infrastructure, both at the country’s ports and within its pipelines business.

Ships could continue to be turned away from Napier Port for the next few days as an "unprecendented" swell hammers Hawke's Bay. Clifton Beach was closed by Hastings District Council on Wednesday and Napier City Council closed the Marine Parade viewing platform after tourists were drenched by a heaving sea on Wednesday morning. MetService meteorologist Tui McInnes said a slow building pressure system out to the east of Hawke's Bay had ramped up the seas, causing swells of close to 4m. McInnes said the 4m swells had the potential to "cause a bit of havoc on the coast" as it could possibly continue until Saturday morning. "The main thing that is causing the big waves is the easterly winds that are occur. "With a large space and a slow build-up it leaves time for some quite nice swells to develop," McInnes said. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12252333

The 'Libra' with the first group of 16 migrants on board has set off from Lampedusa for Albania on Oct 14, 2024. The migrants are shipped to new migrant centers in Albania, where they will be held pending a decision on asylum. 10 of them are from Bangladesh and six Egyptians. The 'Libra' was expected to arrive at the port of Shengjin on Oct 16 at around 8:00 a.m. The 16 adult males, intercepted in international waters south of Lampedusa, were to undergo accelerated border procedures then. International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR refugee protection personnel are also traveling on the 'Libra'. The men will first be identified and undergo health screening. They will be transferred later in the day to the other 'Italian' site in Gjader, about 20 kilometers inland, where they will await the outcome of their request for international protection in the Center for asylum seekers. A Rome court will then have to decide on the validation of a detention warrant issued by the capital's police headquarters. Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama and Italy's Giorgia Meloni signed the agreement on Italian migration management in November 2023. The agreement is valid for five years and costs Italy around 160 million euros annually. The agreement has been criticized by human rights organisations, but has also aroused great curiosity among other EU countries.

Two arrivals of migrant boats at El Hierro and Almería were coordinated by the CCS Tenerife and Almería of Salvamento Marítimo on Oct 14. A fisherman sighted a cayuco three nautical miles south of El Hierro. The 'Guardamar Talía' accompanied it to the port of La Restinga, where the 159 people on board, among them 11 women, six minors and 142 men, disembarked. The cruise ship 'Norwegian Prima' sighted another boat 22 nautical miles south of Cabo de Gata. The 'Guardamar Polimnia' rescued them and transferred them to Almería. Among the 10 people were two women and two minors. Report with photos: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/1845793660232728603

Hong Kong-based Dream Cruises’ World Dream cruise ship made its first port call to Keelung on July 8 and tourism operators have said that the port could receive a visit by Royal Caribbean International’s new Spectrum of the Seas in 2021. With gross tonnage (GT) of 151,300, the World Dream is the largest ship ever to visit Keelung Port, the Keelung Harbor Bureau said on Sunday, July 21. Tourism operators have said that the 169,379GT Spectrum of the Seas could set a new record if it makes an anticipated port call in 2021.

Bangladesh has become the top dumping ground for discarded ships in the world with the country dismantling the highest number of vessels in the first half (January-June) of the current year, according to a report of the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, a leading NGO coalition campaigning for clean and safe ship recycling.