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On Jube 6, 2025, the 'Heimtun 2' suffered an engine failure in the Oslo Fjord and needed towing assistance. The tug 'Vulcanus' (IMO: 5384085) was called and pulled the ship to Bergen for repairs.

The US Coast Guard continued its response to the 'Morning Midas' on June 5. A Coast Guard HC-130J Super Hercules aircrew from Air Station Kodiak conducted an overflight of the 'Morning Midas', which was adrift 340 miles southwest of Adakon June 4 and observed that the vessel was still on fire. The observation revealed that the fire in fact had spread to multiple decks, and the vessel appeared to be listing by the stern. There was also a visible sheen in the water and visible flames weere coming off the stern. The 17th Coast Guard District has issued a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to notify mariners in the area of the situation. Zodiac Maritime, the vessel’s manager, was coordinating to send a team of salvage specialists to the vessel for further assessments, and has appointed the Resolve Marine to lead the salvage operations. The crew of the vehicles carrier remained aboard the container m/v 'COSCO Hellas', transiting to Balboa, the vessel’s next port of destination, with an ETA as of June 20. There were no reported injuries. Despite the crew’s activation of the emergency firefighting protocols and deployment of onboard fire suppression systems, the intensity of the fire had forced the crew to abandon ship. The incident began on June 3 at around 00:00 UTC. when smoke was observed emanating from a deck carrying electric vehicles. A first tug carrying a team of salvage specialists and specialised equipment has already been mobilized and is expected to arrive at the scene on approximately June 9. There it will assess the vessel’s condition and provide necessary support. An additional fire-fighting tug, capable of ocean towage, is also being arranged to provide further support. In the meantime the Zodiac managers will continue to monitor the abandoned vessel via onboard systems that have remained connected to satellite tracking, however,the ability to monitor onboard conditions was limited. Video: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/965531/coast-guard-conducts-overflight-vessel-fire-offshore-adak-alaska

Several attempts to dislodge the barge 'Olimpia' just above Bingen failed on June 6. At around 6 p.m. it was decided to abandon the attempts and continue on June 7, possibly after lightering a part of the coal cargo. The tug 'Pilot' (MMSI: 211608100) made several attempts to turn the barge. The tandem vessel 'Millennium' of Adri-Eef Bosman also wanted to assist, but was told that its services would not be used. The small leakage was ‘controllable with the own pump, but it did not have sufficient capacity, and the generator did not run very regularly. During the 'Pilot's attempted turn, the Rhine was blocked for about two hours. After the blockage was lifted, the 'Millennium' continued its journey to Ludwigshaven.

The HMAS 'Canberra' was blamed for causing an Internet outage across parts of Taranaki on the morning of June 4, 2025, impacting ISPs in the area. As the ship made its way up the coast to Wellington, its navigation radar interfered with WiFi in Taranaki and across to the Marlborough region. On becoming aware, the 'Canberra' changed frequencies, rectifying the interference. There were no ongoing disruptions. The incident impacted a number of Internet providers in the area, including Taranaki network provider Primo. The ship's radar took out many 5 GHz wireless networks across parts of New Zealand. From around 2 a.m., zjre 5 GHz APs dropprf off the Primo network. Other companies in the area, including Inspire Net Ltd and TPNet NZ, were also impacted. The incident also affected BrianFM, a radio station based in the South Island town of Blenheim, which had to switch to a backup system in order to continue its broadcast.

On the morning of June 5, 2025, the push convoy 'Nelson-Olimpia', loaded with a total of 2,870 tons of coal suffered an accident at Rhine kilometer 523. During a routine inspection by the Mainz Water Police, the port-side coupling wire between the pushing barge 'Nelson' and the pushed barge 'Olimpia', 1725 ts (EU-No.: 38601780) ,broke. Subsequently, the convoy buckled, causing the starboard coupling wire to break. The separation resulted in a collision: The bow of the barge struck the starboard side of the .'Nelson' andd subsequently ran aground on gravel bottom outside the fairway, near the longitudinal fens of the Ilmenaue. After the incident, the pushing barge was able to moor safely at Geisenheim. At the time of the incident, there were no other vessels in the immediate vicinity, and the crew on board were not near the affected coupling elements. No one was injured. Based on an initial visual inspection, slight water ingress on ​​the 'Olimpia', could not be ruled out. The salvage was scheduled for June 6 at the earliest. The Mainz Water Police have begun investigating the cause of the accident. Report with photo: https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/117719/6050186