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The 'Ali Cat', serving on the route Gourock.Dunoon, suffered a technical issue that required further investigation on Aug 27. As a conseuqnece, the scheduled departures from Gourock at 11:15 a.m. and from Dunoon at 11:45 p.m. were at risk to be delayed or cancelled at short notice. After the issue has been resolved, the ferry departed frin Gourock at 11:20 a.m.

A man was found dead aboard the 'Daleela' on the morning of Aug 27, 2025, upon its arrival at Limassol en route from Piraeus. Initial reports indicated that the deceased was of Greek origin and had lost consciousness during the voyage to Limassol. Police officers responded immediately to the scene after the ferry had docked at the port. The aAuthorities launched examinations to determine the cause and circumstances of the man’s death.

The full reopening of Holyhead has been delayed again the day before it was due to reopen. Two berths at Holyhead, which links north Wales and Dublin, were damaged on Dec 7 during Storm Darragh, affecting thousands of travellers and parcel deliveries over Christmas, as well as businesses in the town. One berth reopened on Jan 15, while the second, Terminal 3, was originally set to reopen on July 1, but was pushed back originally to July 15 and now to July 18. Stena Line, which owns the port, has announced Terminal 3 will reopen on July 19 due to adverse weather conditions delaying the final repairs. Stena Line and Irish Ferries have been currently running from a single berth, rather than the usual two Stena Line and Irish Ferries have been running their regular four daily services from a single berth, rather than the usual two. Traders in Holyhead said they had seen a huge drop in footfall and earnings since the damage to the port.

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The voyage data recorder (VDR), of the 'Eagle S' was not functioning during the critical period in which the vessel damaged several undersea cables in the Gulf of Finland. According to materials from the National Bureau of Investigation (KRP), made public as part of an ongoing criminal trial, the data recorder failed to capture the moment when the vessel's anchor severed the Estlink 2 electricity cable on Dec 25, 2024. The investigators found that the VDR had only begun recording data at 12:59 that day. By that time, the tanker had already entered Finland’s exclusive economic zone at 12:23 and crossed over Estlink 2, where the cable was damaged. KRP officials seized the VDR and conducted technical examinations, including efforts to recover overwritten or deleted data. No usable recordings were found between Dec 18 and 12:59 on Dec 25, a period during which the vessel had mostly remained in Russian territorial waters. The investigators considered both equipment failure and intentional interference. The KRP found no signs of tampering. A technical explanation emerged during forensic analysis: the VDR system relied on a GPS time signal, which had been lost intermittently during the voyage. According to police findings, the GPS receiver onboard had reverted to an incorrect time, sometimes displaying the year 2005, when it failed to acquire a satellite signal. As a result, the recorder deleted existing files to manage disk space. Investigators described the GPS unit as outdated, dating back to the early 2000s. The captain Davit Vadatchkoria told investigators that the ship had lost its GPS signal approximately an hour after entering Russian waters. Signal reception remained unstable until it resumed at 12:59 onAug 25. At that point, the VDR resumed normal recording, including bridge communications. At 1:05 p.m., just minutes after the system reactivated, the ship’s second mate informed the captain of low engine revolutions. The fifth and final cable break occurred later that evening at 6:43 p.m. The 'Eagle S' had been first anchoring in St Petersburg on Dec 21, and departid from Ust-Luga with a fuel cargo on Dec 24.

The Italian government has designated Ravenna as a safe port for the 'Humanity 1', which was expected to arrive on the morning of Aug 28 with 51 rescued migrants on board. The decision was communicated by the Italian Ministry of Interior to the Municipality in Emilia-Romagna on Aug 23, following the rescue of the migrants by the NGO ship. The Mayor of Ravenna, Alessandro Barattoni, recalled that this was the 24th ship of NGOs to arrive in the port in two and a half years and said, the ship would be the last one to dock in Ravenna until a national roundtable of the cities identified as having safe ports has been held in Rome. The Municipality of Ravenna had always cooperated with the Ministry and the Prefecture to assure the best logistic and organizational conditions during the arrivals, but at the same time it also always denounced the inhumanity and lack of coherence of the choices of the safe ports that are far from the sea rescue areas. Also on board the 'Humanity 1',, there were many criticisms concerning the choice of RAvenna as safe port: "Once again, Italian authorities fail to allow those rescued the right to dock at a safe and nearby port! We were assigned the port of Ravenna, which is slightly more than 1.600 kilometers from the place where we rescued 51 persons, among them approximately 10 unaccompanied minors," stated the NGO on Aug 24.

A Russian Iskander missile hit the Odesa port area on July 3, 2025, when dockworkers were unloading metal from a São Tomé and Príncipe-registered cargo ship, shortly after an air-raid warning was issued in Odesa at 12:47 p.m. Minutes later, the Ukrainian Air Force reported a Russian aerial asset approaching the city. Two people, one dock worker and a truck driver, were killed in the attack with the cluster ballistic missile, which is prohibited, Six people, including port employees and two Syrian crew members of the ship, were injuried. Vessel tracking were showing no ships in the Odesa region, but this is not unusual, as vessels are instructed to turn off their AIS when sailing to the Black Sea ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk and Yuzhnyy. Port infrastructure, such as gantry cranes, warehouses, and equipment as well as containers and trucks were damaged. Ukrainian officials have stated that the attack is not an isolated incident but a part of a campaign to separate Ukraine from the rest of the world by destroying its export infrastructure. These attacks are threatening global food security and have urgently called for an international response. On March 11, 2025, the Barbados-flagged bulk carrier 'MJ Pinar' was struck while loading wheat, resulting in the deaths of four crew members and injuring to others . On March 1, 2025, the Panama-flagged container m/v 'MSC Levante F' suffereed damage from a missile strike, injuring two port workers. The cumulative effect of the Russian attacks has been the destruction of nearly 400 units of port infrastructure and over 30 vessels. Report swith photo:s https://maritime-executive.com/article/dockworkers-killed-and-crew-injured-as-russian-missile-strikes-odesa-port https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/03/russian-missile-strike-on-odesa-kills-two-and-injures-six-including-syrian-nationals https://odessa-journal.com/russian-iskander-missile-hits-port-infrastructure-in-odessa-2-killed-6-injured

A Russian ballistic missile strike on the port of Odessa in southern Ukraine killed four Syrian people and damaged a Barbados-flagged cargo ship, on the evening of June 34, 2025, shortly after Ukraine agreed to a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia. At the time of the attack, the ship was loading wheat destined for Algeria. Russia thus continued attacking Ukraine's infrastructure, including ports that contribute to global food security.

The Fort McHenry Federal Channel was closed on Aug 27 to establish a safety zone tfor salvage efforts of a hatch cover that was lost in the explosion aboard the 'W-Sapphier' on Aug 18, at 9.30 p.m. as it was leaving Baltimore Harbor with 23 crew members and two pilots on board. The Channel was to be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to facilitate the recovery of the massive hatch cover. The hatch was located earlier this week after the Army Corps of Engineers deployed a sonar-equipped survey vessel at the explosion site. The Coast Guard initially set up a 2,000-yard safety zone from the Key Bridge to Brewerton Angle Channel Lighted Buoy “14” and dispatched multiple crews, along with the Baltimore Fire Department and Maryland Natural Resources Police. On the morning of Aug 26, the Port of Baltimore announced the Fort McHenry Federal Channel would remain closed while the Coast Guard determined when it can safely reopen. Vessel arrivals and departures were on hold. The Coast Guard lifted a temporary safety zone near the hatch cover south of Fort Carroll on the afternoon of Aug 21, after activating it on Aug 20 and the next morning. Boaters could now travel freely in the area, until the restriction returned for dive or salvage work. nvestigators from the Coast Guard and various agencies are expected to board the ship to figure out how the explosion happened. After that, the Coast Guard will work on a plan to clear the bulkcarrier from the port, which was still moored in pos. 39° 01' N 076° 22' W as of Aug 27. Report with photo: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coast-guard-to-salvage-30-ton-hatch-from-ship-explosion-in-baltimore/ar-AA1KXCGc?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

A 19-year-old crew member of the 'Aresit' was medevaced by the Argentine Naval Prefecture on Aug 26, 2025. The fishing vessel was sailing more than 290 kilometers off the coast of Rawson at that time. The operation, which involved a helicopter and a support plane, was carried out after a request from the captain of the "Aresit," who reported that one of his crew members was suffering from severe abdominal pain. He presented symptoms of severe epigastric pain, dizziness, and vomiting, so the Prefecture's medical team determined he required immediate hospital care. The helicopter took off with specialized personnel, and once over the vessel, a medical basket was lowered to hoist the patient. The operation was completed successfully, and the man was transferred to the Trelew airport, where an ambulance was waiting to take him to the local hospital for admission. The operation was coordinated by the Maritime Traffic Management Center. Report with photo: https://cholilaonline.ar/2025/08/prefectura-aeroevacuo-a-un-joven-tripulante-del-pesquero-aresit.html

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A large-scale overnight drone strike by Ukraine struck Novorossiysk on May 3, 2025. damaging the country’s largest grain terminal and several apartment buildings.The attack triggered fires and forced authorities to declare a state of emergency in the port city, which is also home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Local authorities in Russia’s southern Krasnodar Krai confirmed that drones damaged three grain storage reservoirs at the KSK terminal, one of the region’s most important export facilities. The attack sparked a fire at the site. The terminal, which can store up to 220,000 tons of grain and handled over 10 million tons in 2024, is operated by the Moscow-based Delo Group.Delo Group, which assured that the terminal was continuing to function in line with internal procedures and guidance from authorities. Drone strikes had also caused fires in nearby areas, including Taman and Anapa. Russian electronic warfare systems had jammed the drones, causing them to fall into residential areas. Public transportation in Novorossiysk was suspended after the strikes, Drones also targeted the Rostov Oblast.