Grounded since February 2025, the MSC Baltic III off Newfoundland has suffered further hull damage from winter storms, as the Canadian Coast Guard and T&T Salvage stabilise the wreck and remove oil and cargo.
Turkish-owned product tanker Viva was hit by a Russian drone in the Black Sea after leaving Ukraine for Egypt. The 16,116 dwt vessel, carrying sunflower oil, was damaged but continued sailing with 11 crew uninjured.
bp has started up the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion in US Gulf of Mexico waters, its seventh major 2025 project, adding 15,000 boe/d and lifting Atlantis capacity to 200,000 b/d.
