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The Indian Coast Guard and Navy are responding to an unfolding situation as a fire is burning on a Wan Hai containership off the west coast of India. Initial reports are that four crewmembers are listed as missing while 18 were rescued from a lifeboat and life raft, some with serious injuries, and were expected to be evacuated to India. In updated reports from the Indian Coast Guard the fire is continuing to spread on the abandoned vessel.

One of the biggest challenges facing European shipowners is the end-of-life resolution for ships. EU regulations limit how and where they can dispose of ships while environmentalists highlight the energy and lack of sustainability in the dismantling of old ships.

Denmark was a pioneer in the development of the offshore wind farm energy sector more than 30 years ago and now it has issued the first permits to extend the service life of some of the farms. The decision comes at a critical time as several wind farms are facing the expiration of their original 25-year licenses.

The National Transportation Safety Board is continuing its investigation and release of data from the 2024 incident in which the containership Dali destroyed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. In April, it posted the transcript of the VDR and crew interviews, which are now getting extensive attention in the Baltimore media.

A Greek ferry diverted Sunday, June 1, from its normal course responding to a distress call. The Hellenic Coast Guard reported the incident but did not supply details on the people who are believed to be migrants or their attempted destination.

USS Harry S. Truman and her carrier group pulled into Norfolk, Virginia on June 1 ending what the U.S. Navy is calling one of its “most combat-intensive missions” in decades. The carrier which just a few years ago had been expected to enter early retirement instead sailed over 63,000 nautical miles, spending five months in combat with the Houthi rebels, and completing what has been termed “the largest airstrike ever conducted from an aircraft carrier.”

Why are we changing our name? In changing our name, we are continuing our corporate strategy of “Moving Big Things to Zero” and thus our focus on industrial decarbonisation technologies as a growth driver. For this reason, MAN Diesel & Turbo became MAN Energy Solutions back in 2018.

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has become the first shipping company to deploy its mega ships to the African continent.

Media reports from Finland are indicating that police investigators have completed the examination of the incident in which a shadow fleet tanker is suspected of dragging its anchor and damaging critical undersea infrastructure.

The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed on Friday, May 30, that the dismantling contract for ex-USS Enterprise has been awarded. It marks the official end to the process that began several years ago after the first U.S. Navy nuclear aircraft carrier was decommissioned in 2017 and the debate began on her final fate.

A court in Italy has ordered six activists with the organization Mediterranea Saving Humans to stand trial related to the 2020 rescue of 27 migrants who were stranded in the Mediterranean on the product tanker Maersk Etienne.

Finnish authorities have nearly completed the nearly six-month criminal investigation into the damage to the subsea power cable believed to have been caused by a shadow fleet tanker while the national energy company reports progress on repairing the cables.

The Norwegian authorities released the details of a Port State inspection after the feeder ship NCL Salten was refloated and moved to a dock. The Norwegian Maritime Authority reports multiple deficiencies were found on the ship and it is being held at the dock in Orkanger until plans are finalized to move the vessel to a repair yard.

China is speaking out vehemently opposing plans by the Australian federal government to take back the leased Port of Darwin, terming the move as "ethically questionable." The port has become the latest battleground over Chinese influence through port operations with Chinese officials asserting it is all part of the United States’ efforts and a plan to advance militarization in northern Australia.

A month after reporting that three crewmembers from the product tanker Seven Pears (53,700 dwt) had been injured during the strikes on Houthi positions in the port of Ras Isa in Yemen, Russian officials are reporting the remainder of the crew of the tanker has been evacuated.

The skipper of a training sailboat operating in Germany was injured when the vessel was caught in the wake of a tanker as it was entering a lock on Saturday evening, May 24. The skipper was injured when the rigging collapsed as the vessels collided in the lock and the mast was damaged on the sailboat.

Reports from Bangladesh are recounting what is being called a “brutal robbery” of the crew aboard a general cargo ship laid up in the anchorage of the western port of Mongla. Three crewmembers required First Aid after the ordeal in which an organized gang looted the ship and terrorized the crew.

The U.S. Coast Guard and local officials are trying to figure out why a well-known sailing ship used for ocean research and by a non-profit promoting ocean clean-up suddenly began taking on water and sank at its dock in California on Sunday night.

The NCL Salten which created headlines last Thursday when it grounded on the lawn of a residence was refloated today, May 27, and has been brought into a local port for inspections. The authorities continue to look at the work rules and manning to understand if they contributed to the navigation officer falling asleep near the end of his watch and causing the ship to ground.

Japan’s first fully battery-driven electric workboat, named e-Crea was unveiled on May 23 by NYK Group. According to the company, fully electric vessels represent one of the most promising options for sustainable shipping and this vessel will be an important model to advance the technology.