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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.

The port of Algeciras (Cádiz) was forced to suspend operations at one of its four berths after the Morocco Star', serving on the route Tanger-Cadiz, allided with two barriers of berth 2 of the pasenger terminal on Aug 21, 2025, at around 8:00 p.m. The vessel hit with its port side as it was about to dock in Algeciras. No casualties were reported, however, the berth barriers were damaged, preventing the resumption of operations at the terminal.

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On March 2, 2025, the port authorities in Hamburg responded to a major oil spill in Kattwyk Port, after a significant leak was reported. 42,000 liters of an oil-water mixture leaked into the Elbe river from a heavy oil tank at the Green Port, a company specializing in petroleum residue management. The spill contaminated more than 90,000 cubic meters of water. The firefighters, water police, and environmental authorities deployed floating oil barriers to prevent its further spread. Aslo a water-air barrier was activated to stop the pollution from reaching the Elbe’s main current. A police aircraft equipped with special cameras was also monitoring the situation.

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

The Grid operator TenneT worked all day on Aug 26 to finally stabilize the high-voltage pylon in Franeker, and late in the evening it was reported to be safe and stable. On Aug 27, an inspection was to be conducted to determine the extent of the damage. Based on this inspection, the grid operator would make an assessment how to resolve this and how long it will take, hoping to be able to say something about that in the coming days. The barge 'Famke' (MMSI: 244630496) was also sailing again on the evening of Aug 26. The ship had been unloading sand in Leeuwarden when the power went out. The crane's clamp was in the hold at the time, so that the ship got stuck for two days. The 'Famke' returned to Harlingen, being one of the first vessels to pass under the power lines near Franeker on the evening of Aug 26. It berthed in Harlingen on Aug 27. Report with photos: https://www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/17737248/hoogspanningsmast-stabiel-kijken-hoe-groot-schade-is-schip-uit-harlingen-vaart-weer

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In Rostock, the fire brigade was called to the site of the crane manufacturer Liebherr in the overseas port on the evening of Feb 26, 2025. Parts of a control station and attachments of a crane used to transport bulk goods were on fire. Since the fire was several meters high, extinguishing the flames was challenging. After the power supply was switched off, the fire in the crane driver's cabin was fought with a pipe. The fire brigade's quick intervention prevented the fire from spreading further. There were no injuries during the operation. 40 members of fire and rescue stations 2 and 3 and the Gehlsdorf volunteer fire brigade were on duty. It was assumed that a technical defect had caused the fire. The extent of the damage was still unclear. Investigations were ongoing. The material damage was estimated to be around 100,000 euros.

On Aug 26, 2025, the 'Punta da Guía' came to assist the historic tug 'San Esteban', which had run aground at América beach, in the Ría de Vigo, and pulled it to the port of Baiona. The historic steamboat, now powered by a diesel engine, had run aground on the morning on the beach of Playa América due to a mechanical failure and heavy swell. It got stuck in the middle of the Nigrán sandbank. The skipper attempted to maneuver it back out to sea several times, but was unable to do so until, just after 3:00 p.m., the vessel was towed off by the Galician Coast Guard thanks to the rising tide after an hour of maneuvers In 1902, the 'San Esteban' was completed at the Phillips & Sons Shipbuilders Ltd. shipyard in Dartmouth. Measuring almost 17 meters in length and just over four meters in width, it operated as a fishing vessel for its first five years under the name 'Venture'. In 1907, it was converted into a tug, owned by the Sociedad General de Ferrocarriles Vasco-Asturiana (Basque-Asturian General Railway Company). It ceased operations in 1970 and was later rescued from scrap and restored between 1998 and 2003 by the San Esteban Tugboat Protection Society, which included engineer José Cardín, manager of Sidra El Gaitero. Today, it is owned by Industrias Ferri, based in the A Pasaxe industrial estate in Gondomar, which financed its latest restoration in 2021 at Talleres Carral. Reports with photos and video: https://www.msn.com/es-es/noticias/virales/el-remolcador-remolcado-gardacostas-rescata-al-barco-hist%C3%B3rico-que-embarr%C3%B3-en-praia-am%C3%A9rica/ar-AA1LiQce https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/vigo/nigran/2025/08/26/barco-vapor-san-esteban-encalla-playa-america-queda-varado-marea-baja/00031756199611314958656.htm https://www.elcomercio.es/asturias/bajo-nalon/vaporin-encalla-galicia-orillas-playa-america-20250827074445-nt.html https://www.vigoe.es/comarcas/val-minor/nigran/asi-fue-el-rescate-del-san-esteban-tras-encallar-en-praia-america/ https://www.farodevigo.es/comarcas/2025/08/26/barco-historico-embarra-praia-america-120947708.html https://www.atlantico.net/nigran/buque-san-esteban-leyenda-flotante_1_20250826-3960054.html

German Investors Eye Opportunities in Bangladesh’s Ship Recycling Sector During Visit to PHP Yard in Chittagong https://www.shippinginbox.com/german-investors-eye-opportunities-in-bangladeshs-ship-recycling-sector-during-visit-to-php-yard-in-chattogram/

The damaged and failing Carola Bridge briefly shut down inland shipping on the Elbe at Dresden on the night of Feb 26, the second time in five months that barge traffic has been halted by the risk of falling concrete and steel. On Sep 11, 2024, at about 3 a.m., two spans of the Carola Bridge had collapsed. A light-rail train had just gone by, but it was past and clear of the span, and no one was injured in the collapse. The bridge was one of four main crossings of the Elbe in downtown Dresden, and the loss of the span has been disruptive for businesses and for shipping interests, which use the Elbe to access upriver regions as far as the Czech Republic. The bridge was built 1967-71. It had been inspected properly and passed all routine exams. A post-accident study by the Institute of Concrete Structures at TU Dresden determined that the collapse was caused by hydrogen-induced stress corrosion of the bridge's steel components. This form of corrosion is nearly impossible to detect with conventional methods, the study concluded, as it affects steel elements that are hidden from view. The waterway was shut for four months for demolition and removal, a task made more challenging by the discovery of WWII-era bombs at the demolition site. Later testing revealed that the cause was hydrogen-induced stress corrosion. The surviving bridge spans have similar corrosion problems, and the surviving bridge spans will have to be completely demolished and rebuilt. To ensure safety of navigation in the interim, the city has installed acoustic monitoring systems. Every time the temperature fluctuates, it exerts stress on the surviving steel cables and raises the risk of another critical failure. The city has hired a contractor to complete the demolition of the rest of the bridge on an expedited basis, in hopes of finishing the job by the end of 2025. For now, ships are free to pass through during a limited two-hour slot from 9-11 a.m. each day. They must pre-register, and only necessary crew may be on board during the transit. Report with photo and video: https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/carolabruecke-spannstahl-schifffahrt-dresden-100.html

On Aug 20, 2020, the 'Aresit' berthed in Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz, with 29 crew members who were all tested positive for COVID 19. A few days ago, two cases of COVID-19 were detected o board so a local laboratory carried out tests on the crew on board, and in all cases the results were positive. No crew member was tested negative, some with acute symptms and others positive but with low viral replication load. The vessel was fishing shrimps when the first two cases were detected, which led to the survey of the health situation of the 29 crew members. After mooring in Puerto Deseado, none of the people on board got off the boat. Most of the crew are asymptomatic in an isolated sector of the port until they become negative for the virus. The control of the 'Aresit' was in charge of the Argentine Naval Prefecture.