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A fire broke out in the cabin and galley of the 'Sunfish' on Nov 27, 2022, in the Okhotsk Sea off the western coast of the Kamchatka peninsula. Until Nov 28, the crew managed to extinguish the fire with own means. The trawler was under way to the Khuril Strait to ride out a storm and rendezvous with an SAR ship. There were 104 people on board. The extent of damages was unknown.

The 'Karla C.' en route from Londonderry to Plymouth, UK, with nine crew ,e,bers on board, ran aground, in pos. 55 03 58 N, 07 13 50 W in Lough Foyle on Nov 25, 2022. The ship veered to starboard out of channel whilst changing from manual to automatic steering and got stuck onto sandy bottom. The tugs 'Strathfoyle' and 'Otterbank' were tasked to assist. As of ov 26, the ship was moored in pos. 55° 10.99' N 007° 01.22'W.

A passenger who went overboard from the cruise ship 'Carnival Valor' was located by the crew of the 'Crinis' after apparently treading water for a day and rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter 20 miles off Southwest Pass, La., in the night of Nov 24, 2022. The 28-year-old man was reported as missing by the crew of the 'Carnival Valor' to the Coast Guard around 2:30 p.m., triggering a launch of rescue crews by watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans. The man was sailing with his sister from New Orleans to Cozumel, Mexico, when he stepped away to use a restroom around 11 p.m. on Nov 23. When she had not heard from her brother the next day, the woman notified the crew around noon that he was missing. A search of the vessel commenced, and the USCG was notified. The Coast Guard deployed an MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from the New Orleans air station, a 45-foot boat from the Venice station, and an HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft. The 'Carnival Valor' turned around to search along its own track, and an uUMIB was issued for vessels to keep a lookout for the missing passenger. The crew of the 'Crinis', bound for New Orleans, spotted the man in the water and vectored the Coast Guard to the location. The Jayhawk helicopter crew located the passenger and rescued him at 8:25 p.m. After hoisting the man onto the helicopter and transferring him to awaiting emergency medical services at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, he was reported in stable condition at an area hospital.

Repairs of the 'Baracuda' have been completed in Tuzla, and thevessel shifted to the anchorage, carried out sea trials and got a new set of trading certificates by classification society and flag state authority. The ship then left Tuzla, headed to Galati with an ETA as of Nov 28.

A 47 year old Russian crew member of the 'Lady of Luck' lost his right hand in an accident on Nov 26, 2022, while the ship was under way in the Gulf of Siam, en route from Laem Chabang to Singapore. It interrupted the voyage, approached the coast of the Songkhla Province amd requested medical assistance. The victim was safely medevaced and transferred to hospital, and the ship continued the voyage and reached Singapore Anchorage on Nov 27..