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Technical tweaks were underway on both new Spirit of Tasmania vessels to fix issues with their liquefied natural gas (LNG) systems. On June 6 thr shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions had successfully rectified an issue with the LNG system on the 'Spirit of Tasmania V'. The fix has already been tested at the shipyard in Rauma and during sea trials. The same modification will now be made to the 'Spirit of Tasmania IV' in the coming days. Once the work has been finished, theship will undergo testing during a port trial. If the modification proves successful, a multi-day sea trial is then planned before the ship eventually sets sail for Tasmania.

On Jube 6, 2025, the 'Heimtun 2' suffered an engine failure in the Oslo Fjord and needed towing assistance. The tug 'Vulcanus' (IMO: 5384085) was called and pulled the ship to Bergen for repairs.

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The US Coast Guard is continuing efforts on containing an oil spill on the Mississippi River in New Orleans. First assets were deployed on September 11 after a helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans observed a sheen on the water earlier in the day during a routine overflight. Fifteen hundred feet of boom has been deployed to contain the sheen while oil spill response company OMI Environmental Solutions has been contracted to contain and recover the product. The Coast Guard is yet to provide details on the cause or source of the spill. The incident is still under investigation. In addition to US Coast Guard assets, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office has joined the response effort and six oil spill response boats have been on site as of September 13.

One crew member of the ' Polaris' has died following a maritime incident aboard the tug on June 2, 2025, while conducting operations in the Atlantic Ocean.Tidewater confirmed the fatality in a statement, noting that emergency response procedures were immediately initiated. Despite the efforts of crew members and emergency response agencies, the crew member could not be saved. The tug arrived in New York on June 3 and remained moored at the Global Marine Terminal since. While Equinor did not specified the vessel’s operations, the company is actively constructing the Empire Wind offshore wind project off New York’s coast.

Several attempts to dislodge the barge 'Olimpia' just above Bingen failed on June 6. At around 6 p.m. it was decided to abandon the attempts and continue on June 7, possibly after lightering a part of the coal cargo. The tug 'Pilot' (MMSI: 211608100) made several attempts to turn the barge. The tandem vessel 'Millennium' of Adri-Eef Bosman also wanted to assist, but was told that its services would not be used. The small leakage was ‘controllable with the own pump, but it did not have sufficient capacity, and the generator did not run very regularly. During the 'Pilot's attempted turn, the Rhine was blocked for about two hours. After the blockage was lifted, the 'Millennium' continued its journey to Ludwigshaven.

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Dutch dredging and offshore outfit Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded contracts in the United Kingdom and Romania worth a combined €85m ($94m). Portsmouth City Council has contracted Boskalis to construct new sea defenses in Southsea, near Portsmouth, in a joint venture with VolkerStevin. Boskalis will deploy a large trailing suction hopper dredger to replenish the beach and will construct revetments using rock barges. Project execution is expected to start early 2020 and is estimated to take five years.

Start of June, the hulk of the 'Finlandia Seaways' finished its very last voyage the few meters from the Viking Quay in Esbjerg to Smedegaarden's haulage site, where the last of the ship will be cut up in the coming time. Photos: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AbyDH5mLF/

The cargo m/v 'Eems Dublin' (IMO: 9613642) successfully removed a number of containers off the 'MSC Baltic lll'. On May 28, 33 containers of mixed cargo were removed from the upper deck using the ship's crane. The 'Eems Dublin' had sailed from Ijmuiden on May 9 and arrived in Corner Brook on May 22 and at the grounding site in Cedar Cove on May 26. To date, crews have removed some fuel and containers. The fuel has to be heated and then transferred to a frac tank on board the vessels deck then from that tank to a frac tank on a barge, which is a slow process. As of June 6, 115 of the 470 containers have been successful mly removed. Report with video:_ https://ntv.ca/salvage-work-continues-at-site-of-grounded-cargo-ship-on-provinces-west-coast/

Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS) has officially resumed operations and welcomed back its first commercial vessel following Hurricane Dorian. The 57,062-ton crude oil tanker Agathonissos, owned by Greece-based Eletson, returned to the yard to complete repair works that began before the hurricane arrived in the Bahamas earlier this month. The shipyard also said it remains on track for the next planned cruise ship visit, Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Ecstasy, scheduled to arrive on October 5.

The American port of Brunswick has reopened on a “case by case” basis after Sunday’s capsizing of a car carrier in a nearby channel. The Golden Ray overturned with 24 crew members inside sparking a dramatic, successful rescue mission over the weekend. Authorities are still assessing how to remove the vessel, which is stuck on St Simons Sound. A half-mile perimeter has been established around the Golden Ray, which sits half in the water with its starboard side pointing skyward. An oil boom has been placed around the ship. Salvage teams are likely to start taking the bunker fuel from the ship this weekend.