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The historic tug 'Furie' (MMSI: 244710829) was in collision with the 'B.A.P. Unión i' enroute to the SAIL Amsterdam. In the IJmuiden lock on Aug 20, 2025. The 'Furie', made famous by the television series Hollands Glorie in the 1970s, escaped with a broken plank. The tug was moored next to a Finnish sailing ship. When the lock gates opened, a Finnish ship casts off, and the tug's bow was turned in the wrong direction against the starboard side bow of the STS, which was under tow. The damage remained limisted, and the plank, which was damaged, has been replaced, so that the ship could join the parade to Amsterdam during the SAIL. Report with photo and video: https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/2067151/schipper-woedend-na-aanvaring-historisch-schip-tijdens-sail-amsterdam

On the early afternoon Aug 28, 2025, the 'Ajax' lifted a 13-m-pleasure boat with the hull number 125226-A from a groyne, where it had been stuck on the Rhine near Rüdesheim (Rheingau-Taunus) at river km 524 since Aug 10 at around 10 a.m. The salvage operation took about three and a half hours. To raise the boat, wires had to be pulled under the damaged vessel. The Bingen Waterways and Shipping Authority deployed the crane ship, several small boats, 15 salvage workers and a diver. After the salvage, which had started at around 11 a.m. and was concluded at 1.45 p.m.,the boat was transported to the port of Bingen, where, it was to be inspected for leaks and seaworthiness. The two skippers from the Berlin area had lacked sufficient local knowledge and were too careless due to the high water levels at the time of the grounding, according to the investigations of the police. The men initially had planned to stay on their damaged boat, but then changed their minds. The German Lifesaving Association (DLRG) finally brought them to shore in an inflatable boat. The cost of the salvage operation were more than 10,000 Euros and will now be billed to the owners. On Aug 28 it was revealed that the two men had already attracted attention before the boat ran aground, as they may have been under the influence of alcohol,, according to the Karlsruhe water police, and had attracted negative attention at other locations on the Rhine. Reports with photos and video: https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/ruedesheim-gestrandetes-boot-geborgen--bootsfuehrer-sollen-kosten-tragen-v8,ruedesheim-boot-bergung-102.html https://www.fr.de/hessen/werden-attraktion-auf-dem-rhein-in-ruedesheim-gestrandete-jacht-soll-geborgen-zr-93904149.html https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2025/08/berlin-rhein-gestrandet-boot-schwimmkran-bergung-ruedesheim.html https://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/lokales/kreis-rheingau-taunus/ruedesheim-kreis-rheingau-taunus/liveticker-so-laeuft-die-bergung-des-gestrandeten-sportboots-auf-dem-rhein-4918827

The 'Furie' was in collision with the Peruvian sailing training ship 'B.A.P. Unión i' (MMMSI: 760105000) enroute to the SAIL Amsterdam. In the IJmuiden lock on Aug 20, 2025. The 'Furie', made famous by the television series Hollands Glorie in the 1970s, escaped with a broken plank. The tug was moored next to a Finnish sailing ship. When the lock gates opened, a Finnish ship casts off, and the tug's bow was turned in the wrong direction against the starboard side bow of the STS, which was under tow.. The damage remained limisted, and the plank, which was damaged, has been replaced, so that the ship could join the parade to Amsterdam during the SAIL. Report with photo and video: https://www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/2067151/schipper-woedend-na-aanvaring-historisch-schip-tijdens-sail-amsterdam

On the afternoon of Aug 6, 2025, at around 4.30 p.m., a fire broke out aboard the 'Stella Navis' in the Elbe Port of Europoort in Rotterdam. The fire started in a cabin, which was completely destroyed, but no one was injured. The fire department arrived quickly and extinguished the fire; however, a large amount of smoke was released, which had to be removed from the ship. The cause of the fire was not yet known. The ship had arrived in Rotterdam en route from New Orleans on Aug 18 and remained stationary as of Aug 29.

On Aug 26, 2025, at around 3:50 a.m. the engine of the 'Grande Sierra Leone' failed after a technical malfunction in the engine control room caused a blackout, while the ship was sailing on the Weser River en route from Antwerp to Bremerhaven. The disabled vehicles carrier emergency anchored on the Weser and was pulled into the port by several tugs at around 5:10 a.m. It was safely moored at the Strom Quay in pos. 53° 35' N 008° 32' E. No injuries or environmental damage occurred. According to initial investigations by the Bremen Waterways Police, a technical defect in the engine control room was responsible for the failure. Further investigations into the cause were ongoing. Only after the completion of repairs and the subsequent class confirmation by the monitoring classification society, the ship was permitted to leave Bremerhaven again. It sailed from the port on Aug 29, en route to Valencia with an ETA as of Sep 2.