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On June 12, 2025, at 8:15 p.m., the 'Wilson Nanjing' allided with another ship during the departure maneuver from the Weserport Terminal 1 in Bremen's industrial ports en route to Delfzijl. The port side stern struck the foreship of a ship which was moored at the pier. Both vessels sustained minor damage. When the Bremen Water Police officers arrived to assess the accident, they immediately noticed the smell of alcohol on the 55 year old Russian captain. A voluntary breathalyzer test confirmed their suspicion and showed over 1.6 per mille. The police prohibited the man from continuing his journey. A blood sample was taken and a €5,000 security deposit was withheld. The investigation against the captain for endangering shipping was ongoing.

In aa high-risk operation on June 11 at around 3 p.m. an ICG Chetak helicopter winched five salvage team members and one aircrew diver onto the 'Wan Hai 503', which secured a towline to pull the ship to a safer area away from the coast in an operation, jointly undertaken by the Indian Coast Guard and the Marine Emergency Response Centre, approximately 95 kilometres off the Kerala coast. A specialised salvage team from Porbandar was airlifted to the site and managed to board the ship amidst intense smoke and fire risks. The salvors were from the Marine Emergency Response Centre of Vishwakarma Mechanical Works, Gujarat. The MERC team boarded the ship with great difficulty in order to tie a heavy-duty rope on the forward deck. The operation was made possible after Indian Navy and Coast Guard vessels managed to douse the fire on the forward section of the ship earlier in the day, so that the crew could access the deck. The inner decks of the 'Wan Hai 503' remained on fire, posing a challenge to the agencies engaged in firefighting operations, near the fuel tanks with over 122 metric tonnes of fuel. So far, the outer fires have largely been brought under control, with only smoke now visible from the cargo holds. Five Coast Guard ships, among them the 'Samudra Prahari', 'Sachet', 'Vikram' and 'Samarth', two Dornier aircraft, a helicopter, and two support vessels from the Directorate General of Shipping were actually involved in the firefighting operations, The sea remained rough, adding to the challenges. An Mi helicopter of the Indian Air Force took off from Kozhikode on the morning of June 12 with 2,600kg of fire retardant dry chemical powderto aid the operations. In a high-stakes firefighting operation, the crew sprayed the dry chemical powder on the ship. The authorities expressed hope that the flames would be fully extinguished by the evening. Salvage Master observations confirmed an ongoing hydrocarbon release, with potential involvement of fuel tanks. The tug 'Saroja Blessing' (IMO: 9299070) was en route to the spot with an additional 1,000 kg foam firefighting compound. The ship carried 1,754 containers of which 1,083 were in the cargo holds under deck and 671 on the deck. 143 containers carried dangerous cargo, including flammable liquids and solids, substances that can emit flammable gases, and toxic substances. Efforts are on to retrieve and identify any containers lost overboard. The search for four crew members, including two Taiwanese, who went missing, would continue for at least 10 days. The 'Arnvesh', 'Rajdoot' and 'Kasturba Gandhi' were undertaking search operations for them. The fire was believed to have originated in a container situated midship, and it is suspected that the seafarers were in the vicinity at that time. The tug 'Offshore Warrior' (IMO: 9315109) has returned to the shore due to some technical snags. Report with photo and video: https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/chemical-powder-sprayed-to-douse-fire-on-wan-hai-ship-daring-mission-underway-to-tow-it-into-deep-sea-j9jeqa6d

The Directorate General of Shipping has given the salvors and owners of the 'MSC Elsa 3' 48 hours to begin and complete the extraction of oil leaking into the sea, warning that failure to act would lead to civil and criminal charges. The notice was issued on the evening, of June 11. The ship had on board 84.44 metric tonnes of diesel and 367.1 metric tonnes of furnace oil. Delays in starting saturation diving - the recommended method for safely removing the oil -have seriously disrupted the operation’s timeline. Given the seriousness of the environmental threat and the narrowing operational window due to the approaching monsoon, the salvors and shipowners have now been given a final ultimatum to begin and complete the oil removal. A failure to comply would result in both civil and criminal liability being imposed under applicable Indian laws, and legal proceedings will be initiated before the competent courts without further notice, The divers were working from the 'Seamec III' in round-the-clock shifts, but worsening weather due to the incoming monsoon is putting pressure on teams to complete the task swiftly. The dive team has been expanded to speed up the work, and more equipment was being moved in. Completing the sealing and quickly transitioning to oil extraction was now urgent, before rough seas make further diving impossible. The divers successfully sealed multiple bunker vents and surrounding pipes that were contributing to oil seepage, with no active overflow currently observed. Continuous monitoring was underway for minor seepage detected from the sounding pipe of Fuel Oil Tank No 22. Sounding pipe leaks have been contained using layered sealing (plastic and polyester materials), and an additional loosened cap was tightened and secured to halt minor leakage. Centre Tank No 24 has been confirmed secure; precautionary sealing will be undertaken to eliminate any residual risks.

Eight hours before the 'Dali' allided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the master Chandrashekar Sabhapathy spoke with its chief engineer. while the vessel, was berthed at the Port of Baltimore on March 25, 2024. It had just experienced two blackouts, and the captain wanted the engineer to comprehensively complete an incident report for the ship’s office. “For now, put the data reporting date as the28,” the captain told the engineer, which was was three days after the incident. Filing a written report days after an incident is permitted; the U.S. Coast Guard allows five days for a ship to report a marine casualty. The Department of Justice alleged in its lawsuit in 2024 that the 'Dali' did not notify the Coast Guard immediately after addressing the safety concerns, violating federal regulations. Reporting the in-port blackouts could have prompted a Coast Guard inspection. The Coast Guard was conducting a thorough review of all events preceding the allisiion. Some experts said that the crew acted appropriately by creating a comprehensive report that it would later file. Others saud that evidence shoed that an important safety step was skipped prior to the departure from Baltimore. The recently released NTSB documents shed light on the previous afternoon, 10 hours prior to the accident, when the ship twice lost power at the Seagirt Marine Terminal. Alarms sounded intermittently for more than 30 minutes beginning at 2:20 p.m. “Something is missing,” one crew member said in Hindi. “Look there — close to that,” another said. At one point, the alarms ceased, and it was quiet enough for a recording to pick up the sound of a utensil stirring coffee in a ceramic cup. Then, the sirens picked back up. At 5:49 p.m. the master instructed the chief engineer to fill out an “incident report,” and that he wanted the engineer to do so because the “incident was related to the engine room", stressing that he wanted that information as soon as possible but the report itself could be submitted at a later date. The 'Dali' left Baltimore on MArch 26 at around 12:30 a.m. and lost power again four minutes before crashing into the Key Bridge. A dozen members of the crew remained in the Baltimore area, while the federal investigations continued. Chandrashekar Sabhapathy was deposed by the federal government on Feb. 17 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.

The 'Wan Hai 503' remained adrift in pos. 10°11.08’N, . 075°32.06’E at a speed of 1,5 to 2 knots with about 40 % of the fire being suppressed, after an IAF MI 17 helicopter dropped off chemicals. Grey and black smoke was still emitted from the forward cargo hold, while boundary cooling was continued. Hydrocarbon vapors have been observed. Attempts were to be made to transfer the towing connection from a Coast Guard vessel th the tug 'Offshore Warrior' (IMO: 9315109), which has a stronger bollard pull. Also the tug 'Triton Liberty' (IMO: 9530266) has been mobilized from Kochi to assist with an ETA as of June 12, 9 p.m. Rough weather was expected off Kerala in the forthcoming days. The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has warned the state government that an oil spill of about 100 tons from the f'Wan Hai 503' could reach the Kerala coast between Chavakkad and Kochi by June 14 and Ernakulam coast by June 15.The agency has warned the state government of potential shoreline contamination and ecological damage owing to the oil spill and has advised immediate response from local authorities. The directorate general of shipping (DGS) has issued a stern warning to Wan Hai International Pte Ltd. as the owner company, cautioning that criminal proceedings will be initiated if there is any further delay or negligence in launching effective firefighting and salvage operations. The directorate expresses its serious concern regarding the response initiated by the owners and the owner appointed salvors, the T&T Salvage, for the efforts to mitigate the imminent danger. No fire fighting (Fi-Fi) assets or tugs have been deployed, no equipment has reached the site, and the salvage assets still remained absent. The ‘Offshore Warrior' which has limited Fi-Fi capability and lacks foam and is inadequate to effectively address the rapidly evolving and critical nature of the situation. Furthermore it did not have adequate fuel on board to continue the operatipon and had to return to Kochi for replenishment.