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In the trial against the master of the 'Eagle S', Captain Stig Sundberg, chairman of the Helsinki Shipmasters' Association, doubted that the defendants did not notice that the anchor was dragging on the seabed. He believes that an anchor dragging on the seabed makes so much noise that it is difficult not to register it. According to Sundberg it is very strange that none of the crew noticed that the anchor had been dragged along the seabed for almost a hundred kilometers. According to Sundberg, the anchor falling on the port side would also have caused the ship to pull to one side.The ship's captain Davit Vadatchkoria and two of the mates face two and a half years in prison on suspicion of cutting five submarine cables in the Gulf of Finland. The captain denies all charges, and his defense attorney Tommi Heinonen believes that natural forces caused the anchor to fall into the sea. The defense explained that the anchor may have come loose without anyone on the crew being involved by the fact that the anchor windlass was worn out. The prosecutors believe that the three defendants knew about the deficiencies, and assessed that the captain is the one responsible for ensuring that the anchor should have been in a seaworthy condition. It is highly unusual for a person in charge not to conduct a thorough examination of the condition of the ship before setting out on the water. The trial regarding the 'Eagle S' continues on Aug 27.

Thr "Nacc Poros" was detained on Aug 19, 2025, in thr Fraser Wharves, Vancouver, with ten deficiencies, three of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Certificate & Doc - Evidence of basic training Not as required 2) Life saving Appliances - On board training and instructions Lack of training 3) Pollution Prevention - Oil filtering equipment Inoperative The vessel was released again on Aug 21 and left the port enroute to Seattle, where it arrived on Aug 23. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EtUjR7aSP/

Following the allision of the 'Ulöysses', where part of the pier collapsed, the port will remain closed until at least Dec 20. Irish Ferries has redeployed the “James Joyce” to the Rosslare - Pembroke route whilst the “Ulysses” has deviated from the Holyhead route for the first time in history. On Dec 12 the ferry left Dublin on the 4 p.m. service to Cherbourg in place of the“WB Yeats” Meanwhile, the Stena Line have sent the ‘Stena Adventurer' to Fishguard and the ‘Stena Estrid' to Birkenhead.

Ferry services have been cancelled between Holyhead and Dublin following the storm Darragh. The Irish Ferries and Stena Line websites were showing major disruption to services on Dec 9, 2024, and Dec 10. The Irish Ferries website showed all services were cancelled due to infrastructure weather damage in Holyhead. Although the Holyhead to Dublin service by the 'James Joyce' on Dec 10 at 8.15 .p.m was scheduled to run. Stena Line is also showing the 'Stena Estrid' was set to sail from Holyhead at 8.30 p.m. The incident with the 'Ulysses', which had an allision on Dec 7, has caused damage to port infrastructure. As a result, Holyhead Port has been closed to marine traffic and, at this time, it was expected that the port will remain closed until Dec 10 at 6 p.m. at the earliest, while a thorough assessment was conducted.

Police have launched an investigation into the allision with power lines in Franeker. Two skippers have been identified as suspects. The police examined, among other things, the vessel's technical condition, and also looked at the permits. Witnesses and the skippers themselves were also being interviewed. It was still unknown whether a criminal offense has been committed. The on-site investigation cannot yet be fully completed because the surrounding area had not been cleared. The municipality of Waadhoeke has issued a restricted area ban for the area around the damaged power lines in Franeker. The ban is in effect until the high-voltage pylons have been stabilized and the area has been declared safe again. The restricted area ban did not apply to employees of emergency services, utilities, and support services, people involved in the repair work, or business owners with explicit permission from the municipality. Getting a 400-ton crane on site took longer than initially anticipated. Currently, the last of the track plates were being laid to position the crane. Once this has been done, the crane can be hooked up to the pylon for stabilization at 7:00 p.m. Then the danger of the high-voltage pylon toppling will have passed. TenneT expected the area to be reopened later this evening of Aug 26.

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On Dec 12 the divers were still carrying out their inspections on the berth at Holyhead with all the steel columns being checked for any damages under the waterline. Stena was still deeming this an ongoing technical issue- Once the inspections have been finished a decision is made by the relevant teams regarding the chance that the T5 berth can begin operating again and Holyhead Por can once again resume operations.

Smoke has been observed at the port of Tuapse after explosions were reported overnight on Nov 29, 2024. Reports suggested that a large Russian landing ship may have been damaged. Smoke was rising from one of the berths, which is equipped with cranes for loading civilian vessels. Satellite images from SentinelHub on Nov 20 revealed a 135-meter-long vessel docked there, potentially a large landing ship, matching the class of Russian warships known as Project 11711 Ivan Gren. Currently, there is only one such ship in the Black Sea, the 'Pyotr Morgunov' from Russia's Northern Fleet.

On the afternoon of Aug 6, 2025, at around 4.30 p.m., a fire broke out aboard the 'Stella Navis' in the Elbe Port of Europoort in Rotterdam. The fire started in a cabin, which was completely destroyed, but no one was injured. The fire department arrived quickly and extinguished the fire; however, a large amount of smoke was released, which had to be removed from the ship. The cause of the fire was not yet known.

The lift of the 'Isle of Mull', serving on the route Oban-Craignure, was out out of service on Aug 23. An engineer went on board and carried out repairs. Customers were advised that the passenger access system in both Oban and Craignure remained in operation. Passengers who required assistance were advised to travel aboard the ferry 'Loch Frisa'. Service Engineers have attended, however repairs have been unsuccessful. The lift remained out of service whilst further investigations and repairs were being carried out.

As the 'Stena Adventurer' makes her way to Fishguard on Dec 11, Stena Line has now cancelled sailings to/from Holyhead up until the departure from Dublin on the afternoon of Dec 12. Irish Ferries have, so far, also cancelled all sailings on Dec 11. The port has been closed to SHIP traffic since the weekend when its infrastructure was damaged during the storm when the 'Ulysses' destroyed a dolphin. The port’s management has been surveying and addressing the damage since and it was previously indicated that crossings would be able to resume on Dec 10 from 6 p.m. However, underwater inspections in the port last night were hindered by bad weather, causing the resumption of sailings to be further delayed.

A 37-year-old forklift driver was hospitalized after a stack of containers toppled onto his vehicle at Singapore’s Pasir Panjang Terminal on Nov 25, 2024, at around 6:40 a.m. at the terminal’s older facility. The accident happened when the forklift, operated by the 37-year-old man, was moving a container. As the forklift reversed, a column of five stacked containers became unstable and collapsed. The top container fell directly onto the forklift’s cabin, tilting it backwards and causing the driver to fall to the ground. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was informed about the incident at 6:55 a.m. Emergency responders quickly arrived on-site and transferred the conscious worker to the National University Hospital, where he was reported to be in stable condition. The Malaysian national had suffered lacerations to his head and body. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has launched an investigation into the incident. It has instructed PSA Singapore, the terminal operator, to suspend all empty container-handling activities at Pasir Panjang Terminal. Along with the suspension, the Ministry ordered a “safety time-out” at the terminal, meaning PSA Singapore must pause its daily operations to review workplace safety protocols and operations. The company has promised to cooperate with the investigation and take the necessary steps to improve safety at the terminal. Report with video: https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/watch-forklift-driver-injured-after-shipping-containers-fall-at-him-in-singapores-pasir-panjang-terminal/?fbclid=IwY2xjawG0XcxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZGqc-HKJtR5IOMfF8O27grYxD8YlBPalk9_VZDmkBG-hkBrd-HpzmyE7g_aem_hMlhBEBKg8MPnTefuSUkEA