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On Nov 1, 2026, the container m/v 'Mathilde Maersk' (IMO: 9632179), which had arrived from the London Gateway port on Oct 31, lost a container overboard during cargo handling at the Strom Quay in Bremerhaven. The box fell onto the 'Weser Service', which was moored alongside. The damaged container, which was loaded with steel plates, was subsequently recovered and placed on the pier. A sailing ban was issued for the bunker barge, which also sustained damage; it was escorted by a harbour pilot to the Kaiser Port. No one was injured in the incident, and there was no leakage of hazardous materials. The container ship itself sustained no damage. It left the port again on Nov 2 enroute to Hamburg with an ETA as of Nov 3. Administrative proceedings have been initiated against the operator of the loading crane. The further circumstances surrounding the accident were under investigation. Report with photos: https://www.nordsee-zeitung.de/bremerhaven/container-stuerzt-auf-bunkerboot-an-der-stromkaje-427564.html

On Nov 1, 2026, at 3.09 p m. UTC, the 'Selat Storm' with a mainly Indonesian crew on board was hit by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, northwest of the Musandam Peninsula. The offshore tug had just departed Al Hamriyah, where it had been been berthed for weeks. The master of a passing vessel received the ship's radio mayday call and relayed it to the authorities. The 'Selat Storm' was reported to have sunk.

On Nov 1, 2026, the 'Mathilde Maersk', which had arrived from the London Gateway port on Oct 31, lost a container overboard during cargo handling at the Strom Quay in Bremerhaven. The box fell onto the bunker tanker 'Weser Service' (MMSI: 211428750) , which was moored alongside. The damaged container, which was loaded with steel plates, was subsequently recovered and placed on the pier. A sailing ban was issued for the bunker barge, which also sustained damage; it was escorted by a harbour pilot to the Kaiser Port. No one was injured in the incident, and there was no leakage of hazardous materials. The container ship itself sustained no damage. It left the port again on Nov 2 enroute to Hamburg with an ETA as of Nov 3. Administrative proceedings have been initiated against the operator of the loading crane. The further circumstances surrounding the accident were under investigation. Report with photos: https://www.nordsee-zeitung.de/bremerhaven/container-stuerzt-auf-bunkerboot-an-der-stromkaje-427564.html

The HM Coastguard has issued a distress alert, after the race yacht 'Océans' (MMSI: 228222460) capsized in the North Atlantic in pos. 49° 38.73' N 013° 52.00' W on the early afternoon of Nov 2, 2026. The sailing vessel. an Orma class yacht, was leading the Vintage Multi category in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe race and had departed from Saint-Malo on Nov 1. The last AIS transmission was at 12:39 p.m. UTC, the distress alert was received at 1:57 p.m. UTC via COSPAS-SARSAT 406MHz. ​The Skipper Francis Joyon, 70, was rescued by the 'Maersk Columbus', enroute from Bremerhaven to Norfolk, Virginia, at 11 p.m. Francis Joyon spent approximately eight hours in his overturned trimaran. On Nov 3, the 'Maersk Columbus' was sailing southwest of Ireland, where Joyon was to be dropped off on the early afternoon. The SAR operation was coordinated by the CROSS Jobourg and British authorities.

On Oct 30, 2026, at 8.15 a.m., the Japanese Coast Guard was notified of a fire aboard the 'Cebu Hope' (ex 'Shojin Maru'), with six Japanese crew members on board, approximately 20 nautical miles north of Miyako Island in the Okinawa Prefecture. The Japan Coast Guard launched an SAR operation. An aircraft from the base in Ishigaki was able to locate a life raft 300 metres from the burning 'Cebu Hope' at 9.30 a.m. A helicopter from the same base hoisted the raft’s five occupants between 10:00 a.m. and 10:24 a.m. One crew member, the 65 year old chief engineer, was initally missing. Patrol vessels from Miyakojima and Naha responded with special rescue personnel from Haneda, three of whom boarded the tug at around 3:50 p.m. They found the engineer unconscious in the engine room with severe burns at about 4:10 p.m. Japan time. The Miyakojima Coast Guard Office confirmed his death on scene. The fire was declared out at about 5:20 p.m. The tug had just been transferred to the Cebu Asiatic Shipping & Port Services, affiliated with the Philippines' THI, and renamed 'Cebu Hope'. It had departed from Juroku Port on Oct 16 and was on its delivery voyage to the Philippines. The tug berthed at Hirara Port on Miyako Island on the morning of Oct 31. The group relayed the coast guard's assessment that there was no risk of an oil spill. Report with photos: https://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/entry-5582658.html