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Beached at Aliaga 16.05.25

Aboard the 'MSC Baltic lll', as of May 14, roughly 30% of the fuel oil onboard the vessel has been removed, also 14 additional containers have been removed. Also a road has been developed to allow vehicles to access the site to help with the removal of fuel etc.

Ukraine's military intelligence directorate, the GUR, has claimed responsibility for a serious fire aboard the Russian corvette 'Serpukhov' at the port of Kaliningrad, a Buyan-M class vessel. GUR provided what appeared to be a schematic of the vessel's internal spaces, and a brief video of an incendiary device going off. The agency said that the 'Serpukhov' sustained substantial damage from the fire, with its means of communication and automation were completely destroyed. The Buyan class is designed for coastal operations and are heavily armed for their size, carrying up to eight Kalibr or Oniks antiship missiles and up to eight surface-to-air missiles. This was a deep strike behind the Russian lines. The agency's drones have hit Russian oil refineries up to 750 miles away from Ukraine's borders, and have taken approximately 14 percent of Russia's refining capacity offline. The latest strike - a claimed attack on a product pipeline - allegedly disabled all product tanker loadings at the occupied port of Azov. The GUR has also mounted a successful campaign against the Russian Black Sea Fleet, damaging or destroying a claimed one-third of its force and confining the rest to the relative safety of Novorossiysk. The sister ship 'Velykyi' Ustyug was likely damaged by a Ukrainian drone early in the Russian invasion. In June 2022 the 'Ustyug' was photographed in tow to a shipyard, showing signs of fragmentation damage along her port side. Report with video: https://maritime-executive.com/article/ukrainian-spy-agency-claims-it-lit-a-fire-on-a-russian-corvette

Brazil: Agriculture Officers Strike Federal agriculture officers decided to start the strike next Monday (22), which will directly affect trading involving perishable products and may cause delays in berthing and unberthing ships. Federal Revenue tax auditors also announced that they will intensify the general strike that has been ongoing since November last year, as reported in our previous newsletters. Next week, from the 22nd to the 26th of January, there will be no cargo clearance at the ports and airports of São Paulo and Bahia. This means that goods release services will be affected at Viracopos airport, the Port of Santos, Salvador customs (from the 23rd) and Guarulhos Airport. During the period, only perishable, live and dangerous cargo will be released at the sites, in addition to medicines and food, as they are considered essential. It is important to highlight that the import and export of goods of animal and plant origin require the consent and inspection of agricultural officers. The category's national union (Anffa Sindical) informed that the release of certificates and goods at ports, in this case, will respect the last day of the deadline set out in the rules of the Ministry of Agriculture. It is worth remembering that in the last meeting held on December 27th with Sindifisco Nacional, minister Fernando Haddad and the special secretary of Revenue, Robinson Barreirinhas, stated that they did not plan to make changes to the proposal presented for the payment of the efficiency bonus in 2024 , which motivated the continuation of the strike. The Superior Courts have already pacified the understanding that the strike movement cannot interrupt essential public services. Therefore, the functioning of the productive activity of shipowners/importers/exporters cannot be delayed by the Customs Inspectors' strike. Customs clearance must continue, regardless of the tax auditors' strike. The Judiciary has been intervening effectively on a case-by-case basis, in order to avoid the harmful effects of the Federal Revenue auditors' strike and maintain the regular activity of taxpayers at Brazilian customs. The strike could affect the port and customs sector. Our team is closely monitoring the situation in the North/Northeast ports and will inform you of any updates.

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The fire brigade starred pumping water into the holds of ghe 'Trade', because part of the burning cargo of scrap was inaccessible. At the same time, the fire brigade was cooling the hull from outside The fire was accompanied by considerable smoke development. The burning scrap is spread over five holds. Due to the heat, the hatches of one hold have collapsed, meaning that the fire brigade can no longer properly remove the scrap to extinguish it on the quay. Many emergency services have been deployed, including a team from the Rotterdam region that specialises in ship fires. Due to the smoke that is causing odour nuisance in the wide area, several NL-Alerts have already been sent out. Measurements have not shown any harmful substances, but everyone is advised to stay out of the smoke. This warning is also aimed at the centre of Amsterdam. The fire brigade advised Amsterdam residents who keep animals in their garden or outdoors, such as a rabbits, to bring them inside if they are in the smoke. Walking the dog is allowed, but not for too long. The fire on a ship with scrap material in the Amsterdam harbour was still ongoing. The fire brigade is working on an alternative extinguishing plan and suspected that extinguishing it may take a long time. Soot particles have been found in areas where the smoke has passed over.

At the Alang ship recycling yard on the Bhavnagar coast, Gujarat, the Shree Ram Vessel Scrap Pvt Ltd. (SRVSPL), filed a police complaint alleging a loss of Rs 45 lakh worth of equipment stolen from the 'DV Erica', which had been brought in from Abu Dhabi for dismantling. According to the complaint filed with Alang Marine police station, the theft was believed to have occurred on March 23, 2024, at around 5 a.m. The ship was anchored in the designated waiting area at the outer anchorage after having been towed from Abu Dhabi. When workers boarded the ship for inspection on the morning, they discovered signs of a break-in. Two ropes were found dangling from the stern of the ship, suggesting the thieves used them to climb aboard.

A fire destroyed the opening motors of the BIZERTE port bridge on July 26, 2023. The port remained closed to navigation from that date untill November 19. 2023, date of the re-opening of the Port to navigation.

The 'Servia', which had a head-on collision with the river cruise ship 'De Zonnebloem' on the Rhine near Wesel at the end of March, 2025, has been sold to a German shipping company. The former 'Servia' is docked in Sluiskil. The sale of the vessel was already planned before the collision and was completed last week. The buyer is shipping company Deymann from Haren/Ems. Tge inland vessel suffered less damage than the 'De Zonnebloem'. The ship was repaired at the Kooiman Marine Group in Zwijndrecht after the incident and was then moved to a shipyard in Sluiskil, where it was given the colours of the new owner and was renamed the 'Franka Deymann'. The skipper at the time of thr collision no longer works for the forwarder from Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. He was dismissed on the spot. The question of guilt is still open’, according to the spokesman. The water police in Duisburg reported at the time that a blood sample had been taken from the skipper because it was suspected that he had been drinking alcohol. The 52-year-old skipper was not arrested and the court case should provide more clarity. The collision caused a large hole in the hull on the port side of the passenger ship. The damage, which according to the captain amounts to approximately one million euros, will be covered by the insurance and repaired by Gerlien van Tiem BV in Druten. After 3D recordings were made of the ship, everything that was dented was cut away. The sheet metal then ended up on the quay like puzzle pieces and is now being put together. It is hope to be able to put the ship back into service at the beginning of July.

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The Port of Kiel concluded this year’s cruise season with the call of AIDA Cruises’ AIDAnova on Nov 4. The port welcomed a total of 215 ship calls from 26 companies and a total of 1,174,000 cruise passengers, marking the port’s busiest season ever. “We are closing the 2023 season with a good result. The development in the tourism industry shows a clear trend towards the cruise sector, which was also evident in Kiel this season. “For us, the main issue is to make maritime tourism more environmentally friendly on the port side. Shore power was the dominant topic for us and will continue to be so in the coming season,” said Dirk Claus, managing director of SEEHAFEN KIEL GmbH & Co. Among the ships that visited the port during 2023 was ​​the 'Disney Dream', the first ship from Disney Cruise Line to be welcomed in Kiel, as well as MSC Cruises’ 'MSC Euribia'. Earlier this year, the port of Kiel achieved a milestone by becoming the first German port to supply a ship with liquidified natural gas. Since then, the' AIDAnova' and 'MSC Euribia' have regularly bunkered LNG in the port of Kiel.