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.
Russian captain Vladimir Motin is on trial at London’s Old Bailey for gross negligence manslaughter after container ship Solong hit anchored tanker Stena Immaculate in March 2025, killing crewman Mark Angelo Pernia.
Twenty-one fishermen were rescued after the fishing vessel Silver Dorado caught fire about 1 nautical mile off Noordhoek, Gqeberha, with NSRI and local fishing vessels recovering all crew safely and uninjured.
Container vessel CMA CGM Niagara reportedly makes contact with the barge Harbour Jupiter in the congested Strait of Malacca. All crew are safe, and authorities have begun a formal inquiry into the incident.
TSIB found that fatigue, bridge distraction and disabled radar alarms combined as Hafnia Nile closed the anchored Ceres I, leading to collision, fire and pollution response.
A Panama-flagged bulk carrier and a harbour tug both ended up aground off Hualien on 1 January 2026 after an engine failure and a fouled tow line in rough monsoon seas, underlining towage risks in heavy weather.
Nine crew abducted from CGas Saturn in the Gulf of Guinea on 3 December have been released and are being repatriated, Christiania Gas said.
Christiania Gas is still trying to contact the pirates who abducted nine crew from LPG tanker CGas Saturn in the Gulf of Guinea, after the remaining four seafarers sailed the ship to a safe berth in West Africa.
