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On April 21, 2025, at 10.19 p.m. the 'Blue Ocean - HM 110', with two people on board, started taking on water and, being in danger of sinking 25 nautical miles west of Hanstholm, issued a distress call. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre sent a helicopter from Aalborg to the scene, and the Hanstholm Rescue Station was called out. Two boats were immediately launched, the 'FRB11', equipped with bilge pumps, and the lifeboat 'C.B. Claudi'. Also the rescue station Nr. Vorupør was put on alert. The fishing vessel, however, sank when the 'FRB 11' was about 10 miles from the port, The two fishermen were rescued by another fishing vessel, which had been in the vicinity, and were taken aboard this ship to the port of Hanstholm in good health. The 'C.B. Claudi' returned to the port of Hanstholm, while the 'FRB11' collected pieces of wreckage from the sunken ship. The crew managed to recover the EPIRBs, lifebuoys and other wreckage.

On April 21, 2025, At 07:05 a.m. the 'Glomar Venture' allided on the North Sea with a wind turbine. The accident occurred approximately 24 kilometres from the coast of Callantsoog. The lifeboat stations of: Egmond, Callantsoog and Den Helder received an alarm for a medical evacuation, as two crew members on board the vessel had been injured. The lifeboat 'Irene & Henk' from station Egmond was underway about ten minutes after the alarm. Once alongside the guard ship, three crew members were transferred on board. The liefboat 'Koen Oberman' from Callantsoog also dropped off three crew members on board. The medical condition of both crew members was quickly assessed, and the injured were prepared for evacuation. When the lifeboat 'Joke Dijkstra' from Den Helder arrived, the two injured were transferred onto the lifeboat, which then sets course for Den Helder where an ambulance was ready. Also the emergency tug'Guardian' of the Coast Guard was called out. The 'Glomar Venture' did not suffer any leakage, but damage to the bow. It was moved to the port in Den Helder under escort of the Coast Guard. The maritime police started investigating the allision. Nothing was yet known about the damage to the windmill. Reports with photos: https://www.rodi.nl/schagen/112-nieuws/442361/twee-gewonden-bij-aanvaring-tussen-schip-en-windmolen-op-noor?fbclid=IwY2xjawJzZZ9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHiUkVn9E4W5YsG7oXIGx6Li1BJ61HTy1RKE0is4dwy6tImhfpWd1-rLSaX3q_aem_9lLlzNSlltRvJ2qHq1SxKA https://www.knrm.nl/nieuws/knrm-reddingstation-egmond-aan-zee/medische-evacuatie-voor-de-kust-van-bergen-aan-zee https://www.schuttevaer.nl/nieuws/actueel/2025/04/21/forse-neusschade-na-aanvaring-safety-standby-vessel-glomar-venture-met-windmolen/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ0LG1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHsjsEcDl_0k3uifamlLyBBnDIqtc5YKwO_7jfS-XgHjZtwV5BtBnSaoDilPI_aem_R_K_wJ-v0S0U_5k3iEY4Zg

On April 21, 2025, at around 5.50 a.m. UTC the 'Trondskjær - T 700 K', which had set off from Bulandet on April 20, got its propeller fouled by the fishing gear and requested assistance in the Holmefjord (Lat. 62.4686 Lng. 5.5291). The ship was taken in tow by the NSSR-lifeboat 'Idar Ulstein' at around 9 a.m. and safely pulled to the port of Fosnavåg at 11 a.m., where the obstruction was removed. The purse seiner left the port again at 7.10 p.m. en route to Eggesbønes, where it arrived at 8.20 p.m. and remained stationary as of April 22. Photo: http://skipsfarts-forum.net/index.php?threads/skipsulykker.47/page-115#post-40174

The 'Stena Jutlandica' is suffering from engine problems. As a consequence, several departures from and arrivals at Gothenburg and Frederikshavn were delayed from April 20, 1025, and up to April 23 between one and about three hours.

Heating and pumping of fuel into frac tanks placed onboard the 'MSCBaltic III' has been ongoing as weather conditions habe been permitting, and one of these tanks was successfully emptied and the oil transferred to the barge alongside Weather conditions were causing delays with strong wind and sea, but the weather should start to improve towards late spring. Since April 11, a total of six small tar balls have been found washed ashore on the beach near the geounding site of the 'MSC Baltic IIl', but no other pollution has been detected. Underwater inspection has found the ship's hull to be heavily damaged.