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In the morning of April 2, 2020, the 'Vinalines Diamond', whilst coming from Port Klang, allided with the pontoon of the ferry terminal on the Nha Be river, Ho Chi Minh City, while heading to the container terminal. The ferry terminal suffered serious damages when it gout out of control and slammed against the pontoon and constructions at slow speed. The vessel was safely berthed at the Ben Nghe Port after the accident.

The 'MSC America', while en route from Antwerp to Bilbao, suffered a fault with the main generator 27 miles south of Worthing on March 31, 2020, at 7.55 p.m. The vessel stopped the engines to repair the fault and was underway again at 8.45 p.m. with an ETA as of April 4.

Salvamento Marítimo medevaced a crew member of the 'Gran Canaria Car', who had suffered an open fracture of a finger on March 31, 2020. The Helimer 204 helicopter hoisted the patient at 3 p.m. and transferred him to Jerez, where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital. The emergency has been coordinated by the Tarifa Maritime Rescue Center. The ‘Gran Canaria Car’ had left the port of Algeciras in the afternoon of March 31.

The 'Shakhtersk 6', while enroute from Busan to Shakhtersk, was in collision with the Korean coastal fishing vessel 'Gangdong' about 20 miles off Busan on March 30, 2020, at 12.50 a.m. The crew of three aboard the fishing vessel was injured and required medical treatment. The tug suffered minor scratches. Upon completion of the investigations by the port authority, the tug on March 31 continued its voyage to Shakhtersk with an ETA as of April 9.

The owner of the 'RCGS Resolute' issuied the following statement regarding the collision with the 'Naiguatá': In the early morning hours of March 30, 2020 (local time), the cruise vessel RCGS RESOLUTE has been subject to an act of aggression by the Venezuelan Navy in international waters, around 13.3 nautical miles from Isla de Tortuga with 32 crew member and no passengers on board. When the event occurred, the cruise vessel RCGS RESOLUTE has already been drifting for one day off the coast of the island to conduct some routine engine maintenance on its idle voyage to its destination, Willemstad/ Curaçao. As maintenance was being performed on the starboard main engine, the port main engine was kept on standby to maintain a safe distance from the island at any time. Shortly after mid-night, the cruise vessel was approached by an armed Venezuelan navy vessel, which via radio questioning the intentions of the RCGS RESOLUTE’s presence and gave the order to follow to Puerto Moreno on Isla De Margarita. As the RCGS RESOLUTE was sailing in international waters at that time, the Master wanted to reconfirm this particular request resulting into a serious deviation from the scheduled vessel’s route with the company DPA. While the Master was in contact with the head office, gun shots were fired and, shortly thereafter, the navy vessel approached the starboard side at speed with an angle of 135° and purposely collided with the RCGS RESOLUTE. The navy vessel continued to ram the starboard bow in an apparent attempt to turn the ship’s head towards Venezuelan territorial waters. While the RCGS RESOLUTE sustained minor damages, not affecting vessel’s seaworthiness, it occurs that the navy vessel suffered severe damages while making contact with the ice-strengthened bulbous bow of the ice-class expedition cruise vessel RCGS RESOLUTE and started to take water. Ready to support anytime, the RCGS RESOLUTE remained for over one hour in vicinity of the scene and reached out to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) Curaçao. This is an international body which oversees any maritime emergencies. All attempts to contact those on board the navy ship have been left unanswered. Only after receiving the order to resume passage full ahead by the MRCC and that further assistance is not required, the RCGS RESOLUTE, currently safely moored in the port of Willemstad, continued sailing towards her destination at Curaçao. A full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident will now be carried out. More: https://twitter.com/Simon85205764/status/1245420937866067969