A crew member has died after a fire broke out on the Liberia-registered RoRo passenger ship World Legacy en route to Singapore. All 271 passengers were safely evacuated.
Salvors removed the last recoverable fuel from grounded barge Defiant at San Juan’s harbor entrance, the Coast Guard confirmed Tuesday. A unified command is in place as removal planning continues.
Diezeborg was secured after an engine-room fire on 14 February near Gotska Sandön. No injuries were reported, and KBV 002 Triton towed the vessel on 15 February to prevent grounding.
All 16 crewmembers were rescued after Sealloyd Arc issued a distress call and sank off Phuket. Authorities are containing an oil slick, recovering floating containers, and planning salvage.
The cargo ship Razouk, previously damaged in a reported Black Sea attack, grounded near the Bosphorus on 1 February 2026. Turkey’s coastal safety authority evacuated the captain on 3 February.
Tanker Seaways Kenosha rescued 27 mariners after Venezuelan-flagged fishing vessel La Pena caught fire and sank in a remote eastern Pacific area.
Late-January storms worsened cracking and buckling on the grounded MSC Baltic III near Lark Harbor, Newfoundland. Salvors found heavy icing; nearly 1,700 tonnes of fuel and most containers were removed.
Singapore-flagged bulker Devon Bay sank in the South China Sea while trading between Gutalac and Yangjiang, leaving two seafarers dead and four missing as regional search and rescue operations continue.
The Iranian-flagged cargo ship Rona sent an SOS in the Caspian Sea off Turkmenistan. Turkmen coast guard units rescued all 14 crew from Iran and India as the vessel sailed on a route linking Iran and Russia.
