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On Nov 9, 2026, at approximately 8.30 p.m., the 'VTA Neptune', enroute from Vung Tau with 20 crew members on board, encountered strong winds, while docking for loading at the Chan May-Lang County in Hue City. The unloaded ship went adrift and finally ran aground about 2.75 nautical miles southwest of buoy number 0 in the Chan May Seaway on the beach of the Canh Duong Village in the Chan May Township in pos. 16° 21' N 107° 57' E. The ship had 51.82 tons of diesel fuel, and 211.81 tons of heavy fuel oil on board. The Hue Port Authority has instructed the shipowner to urgently inspect the condition of the hull and ballast tanks to identify any potential hull damage, ensure the safety of the vessel and crew, and prevent environmental pollution. He must also calculate the remaining diesel and liquid fuel levels, displacement, and the balance of the bow and stern draft to facilitate the development of a salvage plan. The Hue Port Authority has commissioned the creation and implementation of a plan to salvage the vessel and return it to a safe anchorage. The implementation process must be reported to the relevant authorities immediately for a coordinated support. Reports with photos and video: https://www.vietnam.vn/de/hai-tau-hang-mac-can-o-vung-bien-chan-may-va-quang-ngai https://www.vietnam.vn/no/tau-hang-23-620-tan-mac-can-gan-vung-bien-chan-may-lang-co https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGOXuWGrAn4

The United Arab Emirates has offered to sell Saudi oil from the 'Gem No. 2'. The crude, identified as Saudi Arab Light, was aboard the tanker. UAE authorities had stopped the leakage from the ship in late October. The energy ministry tendered roughly 1.7 million barrels, later revised to 1.87 million, for loading via ship-to-ship transfer between Nov 10 and 20. The tender closed on Nov 9. Saudi Aramco had authorised the UAE to market the oil on its behalf.

Ukraine has launched another major drone attack on Russia’s port of Ust-Luga, setting fire to port infrastructure, disrupting power supplies. The Leningrad region governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed early on Nov 11, that several drones had struck the port area, triggering a fire and an emergency shutdown of a transformer substation. Three port workers suffered not life-threatening injruies. The extent of damage to individual terminals remained unclear. The attack cane just two days after Ukrainian drones hit the Kirishi refinery, Russia’s second-largest, also in the Leningrad region. The Surgutneftegaz-operated facility, which has an annual processing capacity of around 20m tonnes, caught fire in the attack on Nov 9. As a consequence of the campaign against Russian refining infrastructure, Rosneft has introduced petrol rationing at filling stations as refinery outages and fuel shortages mounted.

On Nov 9, the 'Sigma Pearl', which had drifted towards Andhra Pradesh’s Antarvedi coast, has been towed to Kakinada anchorage and was moored in pos. 17° 01' N 082° 20' E. All 20 crew members, who were from Visakhapatnam, had been safely rescued by the Indian Coast Guard’s Chennai unit after the vessel got in distress. After the rescue operation, Smit Salvage was contracted to secure and move the vessel. The company successfully towed the unloaded vessel off the beach on Nov 7 and pulled it to Kakinada. The unloaden condition, the engine failure, combined with the cyclone conditions, had caused it to lose the ability to navigate away from the coast. It was not known whether the vessel would undergo repairs, inspection or further movements after reaching the anchorage. Further operational details would depend on assessments by the maritime authorities, the vessel’s owners and the salvage company. Report with photo: https://urbanacres.in/kakinada-port-secures-cyclone-hit-vessel-after-crew-rescue/

On Nov 8, the ' Argyll Flyer', serving on the route Gourock - Dunoon, had a contact with a submerged object and suffered damage to the starboard propeller and a failure of the flexible coupling that links the propeller shaft to the gearbox. The vessel had to be drydocked for repairs to the damaged propeller. Whilst out of the water, the flexible coupling was also being replaced along with an inspection of the rudder. As a result, the service was cancelled with a review for service on Nov 13 at 3:00 p.m. During this period, a replacement bus service was operated to connect with Western Ferries from both Gourock and Dunoon. From Monday to Saturday the bus operated as follows: Quarter past the hour departing Gourock to McInroy's Point from 06:15 a.m. until 8:15 p.m. The final bus departs Gourock at 8:45 p.m. Quarter to the hour departing Dunoon to Hunter's Quay from 06:45 a.m. until 7:45 p.m. The final bus departs Dunoon at 8:40 p.m. CalMac customers were required to purchase a Western Ferries ticket and were asked retain their CalMac ticket to travel with the company on a future date within the Summer or Winter season it was purchased.