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On May 31. 2025, the 'Pando 1' was detained in Novorossiysk with 35 deficiencies: 1) Certificate & Doc - SOPEP Not as required 2) Certificate & Doc - Oil record book Not as required 3) Certificate & Doc - Garbage record book Not as required 4) Certificate & Doc - Manning specified by the minimum safe manning doc Missing 5) Safety of navigation - Charts Expired 6) Safety of navigation - Nautical publications Expired 7) Safety of navigation - Pilot ladder and hoist/pilot transfer arrangement Damaged 8)) Safety of navigation - Voyage or passage plan Not as required 9) Safety of navigation - Electronic charts Not as required 10) Safety of navigation - Lights, shapes and sound signals Not as required 11) Safety of navigation - Monitoring of voyage or passage plan Not as required 12) Safety of navigation - Compass correction log Not as required 13) Fire safety - Fire dampers Inoperative 14) Fire safety - Fixed fire exthinguishing installation Inoperative 15) Fire safety - Fire fighting equipment and appliances Not as required 16) Pollution Prevention - Garbage shipboard handling Not as required 17) Pollution Prevention - Ballast Water Record Book Not as required 18) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary machinery Not as required 19) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Gauges, thermometers Not as required 20) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Bilge pumping arrangements Not as required 21) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Operation of machinery Not as required 22) Life saving Appliances - Rescue boats Not properly maintained 23) Life saving Appliances - Lifebuoys incl provision and disposition Not as required 24) Life saving Appliances - Inflatable liferafts Not as required 25) Radio communications - Other (Radio communications) Other 26) Radio communications - Reserve source of energy Not as required 27) Water/Weathertight - Scuppers, inlets and discharges Not as required 28) Water/Weathertight - Railing, gangway, walkway and means for safe passage Not as required 29) Living and working - Messroom (location) Not as required 30) Living and working - Ropes and wires Not as required 31) Labour conditions - Protection machines/parts Not as required 32) Labour conditions - Dangerous areas Unsafe 33) Emergency systems - Emergency lighting, batteries and switches Not as required 34) Radio communications - Radio log (diary) Not as required 35) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on June 1 and left the port en route to Conakry with an ETA as of June 30. The last detentions were on Dec 5, 2024, in Kocaeli with 12 deficienes for 22 days and in Karadeniz Eregli.on Jan 24 with 19 deficiencies. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

Fiji's Maritime Safety Authority has launched an investigation into the Goundar Shipping Ltd. following two incidents involving its vessels. On May 26, 2025, the 'Lomaiviti Princess VI' ran aground on a routine trip to Ono-i-Lau in southern Lau. It got stuck at the entrance to Ono-i-Lau, where it always anchored, and started taking in water. The ferry was refloatedd and towed back to Suva by the 'Lomaiviti Princess XII', which also took on board the passengers, after villagers had stepped in to ferry stranded passengers to nearby islands using small boats. The company posted on social media about this incident, saying "GSL Management would like to sincerely thank the people of Ono-i-Lau for your tremendous support following the mishap. "We acknowledge and appreciate your assistance in ensuring the passengers were safely brought ashore. On June 2, the uncrewed 'Lomaiviti Princess II' capsized when it was being towed away from Narain Jetty in Suva by Fiji Ports. The vessel had been tied up at Narain Jetty since 2019. Regarding the sinking, the Minister Ro Filipe Tuisawau said the matter was under investigation and a release would be issued after he receives an update on the matter. An boom to contain oil was laid out around the ship, and the wreck was monitored for any oil leaks.

Gautam Adani is looking to expand his ports empire by closing in on buying a 65-70 per cent stake in Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd, the entity promoted by Hyderabad-based CVR Group to run a private deep-water port at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district. Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India’s biggest private port operator, is expected to pay more than ₹5,500 crore to buy the stake which will give it access to the country’s largest waterfront area (for a port) of 12.5 km and a transit storage area of 6,800 acres. It started operations in 2008. Currently, the port has a draft of 18.5 metres, a depth that can accommodate full-loaded Capesize vessel of 200,000-tonne capacity.

Chinese city-gas distributor Shenzhen Gas will launch next week in southern China its first fully-owned terminal to import liquefied natural gas (LNG), a company executive told Reuters on Friday. This will make Shenzhen Gas the second city gas distributor backed by a local government that owns an LNG import facility.

Beached at Aliaga 04.06.25

The 'Hebrides', serving on the route Uig-Tarbert, suffered a technical issue with the starboard main engine on June 1. Engineers were to carry out a repair on the arrival in Uig. s a result of this, the 7:55p.m.departure from the port was delayed. The ferry finally departed Uig at 8.30 p.m., 35 mins late. with an ETA at Tarbert as of 10.10 p.m. On June 2. due to the technical issue with the starboard main engine, the service had to be suspended with engineers again working on resolving the issue. After repairs have been successful, the vessel operated a delayed 09:50 sailing from Uig at 4:30 p.m.

In the morning of Aug 17, 2019, around 7 a.m. a fire broke out aboard the Namibian trawler "Ocean Tide", 296 gt (IMO: 7220839), which was moored at the jetty of the Seaworks Fish Processors. One of the 20 crew members on board, was found dead following the fire. The deceased was identified as 40-year-old Hausiku Mathews Sivambo. It was believed he became trapped inside the vessel and burned to death. His body was removed the next morning. The family of the deceased was present at the scene. A police investigation into the cause of the fire was ongoing. Report with photo: https://www.nbc.na/news/one-dead-after-vessel-caught-fire-walvis-bay.21902

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) announced a series of projects, totaling over $170 million of capital investment, that will increase efficiency, add product liquidity, and enhance blending capabilities at its Pasadena and Galena Park terminals, part of its best-in-class refined products storage hub on the Houston Ship Channel. In response to growing customer demand, KMI’s liquids terminal platform now boasts 10 ship docks, 38 barge spots, 20 inbound pipelines providing connectivity to 10 regional refineries and chemical plants, 15 outbound pipelines, 14 cross-channel lines, and approximately 43 million barrels of storage on the Houston Ship Channel, North America’s leading port for energy exports.

More than one week after the 'MSC Elsa 3' sank approximately 70 km off the Kerala coast, between Vizhinjam and Kochi, a coastal pollution assessment has commenced along Tamil Nadu’s southern shoreline. The National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, has deployed a team in Kanyakumari to collect seawater and beach sediment samples. The study aims to determine whether the spill has impacted Tamil Nadu’s marine and coastal ecosystems as a recurring survey. The NCCR team began sample collection from Kanyakumari and may extend up to Kudankulam. The findings will help create baseline data to understand if the incident has affected the coast. The results will supplement the Tamil Nadu government’s ongoing environmental monitoring efforts. The data from this study will be compared with historical datasets collected under NCCR’s Seawater Quality Monitoring Programme. The programme monitors physical, chemical, and biological parameters at 50 coastal locations across India, including seven along the Tamil Nadu coast.

On Jan 24, 2025, the 'Pando I' was detained in Karadeniz Eregli with 19 deficiencies. 1) Certificate & Doc - SOPEP Not as required 2) Certificate & Doc - Garbage record book Missing 3) Certificate & Doc - Oil record book Missing 4) Certificate & Doc - Manning specifiec by the minimum safe manning doc Not as required 5) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary machinery Not as required 6) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery' - Bilge pumping arrangements' Inoperative 7) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Operation of machinery Not as required 8)) Pollution Prevention - Ballast Water Management System' Not as required 9) Emergency systems - Emergency ligghting, batteries and switches Not as required 10) Life saving Appliances - Rescue boats Not ready for use 11) Life saving Appliances - Inflatable liferafts Not as required 12) Living and working - Messroom (location) Not as required 13) Living and working - Ropes and wires 'Not as required 14) Radio communications - Other (Radio comm) Other 15) Safety of navigation - Pilot ladders and hoist/pilot transfer arrangements Damaged 16) Safety of navigation - Voyage or passage plan Not as required 17) Safety of navigation - Charts Not updated 18) Safety of navigation - Lights, shapes and sound-signals Not as required 19) Water/Weathertight - Covers (Hatchway,-. portable,-. tarpaulin etc Not as required The vessel was still anchored in Eregli as of Jan 29. The last detenton was on Dec 5, 2024, in Kocaeli with 12 deficienes for 22 days. The vessel left Kocaeli on Dec 26 bound for the Tuzla shipyard area for permanent repairs and sailed from there on Jan 12, only to be detained again in the next port of call, Karadeniz Eregli. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063576908591

Australia’s New South Wales government said on Wednesday it will fast track its review of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at the port of Newcastle, proposed by a South Korean firm, as the state urgently looks to beef up gas supply. The $430 million Newcastle GasDock LNG project, planned by South Korean firm EPIK, was declared “critical state significant infrastructure”, which means the project will not have to go to the state’s independent planning commission for approval, saving several months in the review process.

Germany’s largest universal port remains on a growth course, achieving a distinct 4.1 percent advance to 69.4 million tons in seaborne cargo handling in the first half of 2019. Especially good growth trend in the general cargo segment, up 6.1 percent at 48.4 million tons, was the main contributor to the excellent figures for total and container handling. The total for bulk cargo handling was just 0.3 percent lower than for last year’s first half at 21.0 million tons. Germany’s largest universal port remains on a growth course, achieving a distinct 4.1 percent advance to 69.4 million tons in seaborne cargo handling in the first half of 2019. Especially good growth trend in the general cargo segment, up 6.1 percent at 48.4 million tons, was the main contributor to the excellent figures for total and container handling. The total for bulk cargo handling was just 0.3 percent lower than for last year’s first half at 21.0 million tons.