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The 'Sea Owl 1', which has been moored outside Trelleborg since March 12, was allowed to leave its anchorage in pos. 55° 17' N 013° 04' E, and sail on, after the Swedish Transport Agency decided to lift the sailing ban on Oct 12. The tanker has now been flagged in Equatorial Guinea. The ship was seized due to lack of seaworthiness and a violation of maritime law as it did not have a flag state at the time, by flying a false flag in the Comoros. In May, the vessel stated that it had reflagged to Cameroon, which also turned out to be a false statement. The Swedish Transport Agency now confirmed that the vessel has been registered in Equatorial Guinea's ship register. Flying a false flag, twice in addition, was playing a major role in the safety of shipping lanes and along the coasts, according to the Coast Guard's Deputy Chief of Operations, Daniel Stenling. The 'Sea Owl 1' was on the EU sanctions list but is not suspected of any sanctions violations. Two captains on board have been investigated in several rounds for various crimes, including using a false document. All preliminary investigations have been closed. The tanker left the anchorage off Trelleborg on Oct 12 and headed towards the Baltic Sea with the status "for orders". The 'Caffa', which was boarded on March 6, has been seized by the Police Authority and remained berthed in the port of Trelleborg. Another vessel, ther 'Jin Hui', has been anchored on Trelleboard roads since May 3 with a sailing ban. The Coast Guard continued to cooperate closely with the Swedish Transport Agency and the Police Authority.

The 'NG-1 - Jurie van den Berg' departed from the port of Harlingen on Oct 7, 2026, for her final voyage, destined for the Hoeben RDM shipbreaking yard in Kampen. The trawler entered service in August 1979 as 'UK-61 - Jurie van den Berg'. The Shipyard Hoogezand in Hoogezand, which ceased operations in 1985, built the trawler for the Van den Berg family. In 1988, the vessel was reflagged to Germany and registered in the German fisheries registers as 'NG-1', retaining her name 'Jurie van den Berg'. The official home port became Ditzum. The trawler also practiced pulse fishing. However, when pulse fishing was banned in Germany as well, financially difficult times began for many beam trawlers. The trawler was laid up in Harlingen. The German beam trawl fleet now consisted of only one large vessel, the 'ST-27 - Jacob Grietje' owned by the Nentjes family from Urk, which officially has Tönning as its home port, but primarily fishes from Den Helder. The 'SC-1 - Elisabeth' has been laid up in Harlingen due to engine problems since the end of 2025 with the future uncertain; she may possibly be scrapped too. The beam trawler/twinrigger 'NC-25 - Evert Snoek', owned by the Snoek family from Urk, has been lying in Den Oever and on Aug 12 was deregistered from the German fisheries registers and acquired a new foreign owner.

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The 'Amis Brave' was detained in Zhangzhou on Oct 12, 2026, with three detainable defiencies: 11104 - LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES - Rescue boats (no responsibility of RO) 07109 - FIRE SAFETY - Fixed fire extinguishing installation (no responsibility of RO) 03105 - WATER/WEATHERTIGHT CONDITIONS - Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.) (no responsibility of RO).

The 'White Fin' was detained in Yingkou on Oct 10, 2026, with five detainable defiencies: 11124 - LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES - Embarkation arrangement survival craft (no responsibility of RO) 10109 - SAFETY OF NAVIGATION - Lights, shapes, sound-signals (no responsibility of RO) 08104 - ALARMS - Steering gear alarm (no responsibility of RO) 07109 - FIRE SAFETY - Fixed fire extinguishing installation (no responsibility of RO) 08109 - ALARMS - Boiler alarm (no responsibility of RO). The ship was released again on Oct 12 and left the port enroute to Dalian with an ETA as of Oct 13.

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On Oct 10, 2026, at 12.43 p.m., the 'Ocean Fleet', enroute from Istanbul, suffered an engine failure during the transit of the Kiel Canal at the Kudensee passing point. Despite being accompanied by the tug 'Wulf 7' (IMO: 9183075), the vessel could not proceed and was subsequently issued a sailing ban by the BG Verkehr (German maritime authority). A second tug, the 'Fairplay 84' (IMO: 9802968), had to be brought in from Brunsbüttel. The ship was then towed stern-first from Kudensee back to Brunsbüttel and had to moor at the " Navy dolphins. It needed to get its class status re-certified before it was be permitted to continue its voyage and left the port on Oct 12, destined to the Russian port Ust-Luga with an ETA as of Oct 17.

The 'Key Fjord', ballasting enroute from Kokkola to Aberdeen, suffered engine problems west of Bremanger on the morning of Oct 13, 2026. The ship had to stop for repairs, while the weather was quite bad. Tthe Maritime Traffic Center in Vardø deployed the tug 'VB Sløvåg' (IMO: 8414817) to tow the tanker to a safe location. The ship was drifting north and away from land, but the wind direction was expected to change during the afternoon, so together with the shipping company it was decided to send the tug from Florø.

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The 'Sarocha Naree' was detained in Port Kembla, New South Wales, on Oct 9, 2026, with one defiency: 15150 - ISM - ISM (no responsibility of RO). The ship was released again on Oct 12.

The 'Naias' was detained in Taizhou, Jiangsu, on Oct 12, 2026, with two detainable defiencies: 14811 - POLLUTION PREVENTION - BALLAST WATER - Ballast Water Management System (no responsibility of RO) 13108 - PROPULSION AND AUXILIARY MACHINERY - Operation of machinery (no responsibility of RO).

The 'Emerald Horizon' was detained in Tianjin on Oct 10, 2026, with three detainable defiencies: 11101 - LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES - Lifeboats (no responsibility of RO) 04114 - EMERGENCY SYSTEMS - Emergency source of power - Emergency generator (no responsibility of RO) 08104 - ALARMS - Steering gear alarm (no responsibility of RO). The ship was released again on Oct 11 and left the port enroute to Changjiangkou with an ETA as of Oct 14.

The USA have pinned 14 of Sovcomflot's tankers, the 'Anatoly Kolodkin', NS Antarctic', 'NS Lion', 'Ns Consul', 'Ns Burgas', Ns Captain' 'NS Columbus', 'Sakhalin Island', 'Nevskiy Prospect', 'Georgy Maslov', 'Liteyny Prospect', 'Krymsk' 'Ns Creation' and 'Ns Bravo', giving the Russian shipping company 45 days to unload oil and other cargo. The company was prosecuted for violating the crude price cap in force since December 2022. This battalion of clandestine ships, owned by companies with opaque ownership to conceal illicit operations, has been in the crosshairs of the Western coalition for many months with widely documented practices such as STS oil transfer operations and deactivation of AIS, with the fleet constantly expanding. The Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Treasury (OFAC) has designated the 14 tankers in which Sovcomflot has an interest, and in particular 12 of the 75 vessels operated by the Oil Tankers SCF Management FZCO, a company which had to inherit part of of the SCF fleet when the latter was forced to sell or disperse to companies abroad following international sanctions. The first inclusion of SCF on the international sanctions list (United Kingdom, European Union, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc.) dates back to 2022 and concerned financial transactions involving long-term debt or new shares. The company has 45 days to unload oil and other cargo, but OFAC has not banned transactions for its other tankers and has even made it clear to oil traders that they can continue to use the large majority of the Russian carrier's fleet without repercussions, which claims 147 ships. Capping the price of oil, which consists of applying a discount per barrel of crude compared to the market price but without harming the stability of international markets, aims to limit the resources that Russia earns from the sale of hydrocarbons. Russia sold its oil in January at a discount of $19 per barrel compared to Brent (international benchmark) compared to $12 to $13 per barrel in October. With a barrel at this price, Russia therefore received 75% of the oil revenue it should have received, or 25% less. At the same time, Russian military spending has increased by 60%, leading many observers to say that the system is ineffective, due to a lack of monitoring and control means. 196 tankers, identified as belonging to the clandestine fleet, had left Russian ports in December 2023. Five new shipping companies based in the United Arab Emirates have started to transport Russian crude since November 2023. The US Treasury has sanctioned 27 oil companies for violating the price cap since October, when the cap was implemented.

The 'NS Spirit' was detained again on Sep 25, 2026, this time in Kocaeli, following the engine failure in the open waters off Darıca during its exit from the İzmit Bay, with 29 deficiencies, 12 of which being regarded as seriously and grounds for a detention: 1) Certificate & Doc - Unattended Machinery Spaces Evidence Missing 2) Safety of navigation - Charts Expired 3) Life saving appliances - Rescue boats Not ready for sue 4) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Propulsion main engine Not as required 5) Propulsion and auxiliary machinery - Auxiliary machinery Not as required 6) Fire safety - Remote Means of control (Machinery spaces) Inoperative 7) Fire safety - Fire detection and alarm system Inoperative 8)) Fire safety - Other (Fire safety) Other 9) Water/Weathertight - Freeboard marks Not properly marked 10) Structural conditions - Bulkheads, operational damage Holed 11) Structural conditions - Closing devices/Watertight doors Damaged 12) ISM - Ism certificate Not as required The vessel was released again on Oct 10 and left the port enroute to Tuzla, where it berthed at the Desan Yardgem United Shipyards on Oct 11 for repairs. The last detentions were on Aug 13, 2025, in Karadeniz Ereğli with 18 deficiencies and on Jan 3 in Kocaeli for one week. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GyTexbTVX/

After the 'Gure Gaskuña' capsized and remained partially submerged in Orio on Sep 24, there was a risk of the spilling of 70,000 to 80,000 liters of diesel held in its tanks. The area has been cordoned off since Sep 25 in an effort to prevent this. Two laiyers of oil booms were laid out around the wreck. The shipowner, who was among those evacuated to the hospital due to smoke inhalation, was given three or four days to submit a plan for the vessel's removal. Options included refloating the ship for repairs or arranging for it to be scrapped without causing any impact on the port. As of Oct 11, it remained lying on its side in the port. Reports with photos: https://www.elcorreo.com/bizkaia/riesgo-vertido-buque-ondarroa-hundido-orio-20260925002345-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/4024628?navList=gallery&category=39&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/4027834?navList=gallery&category=39&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/4027833?navList=gallery&category=39&page=1&viewType=normal&sortBy=newest

The submarine HNLMS 'Walrus (S802)' of the Royal Netherlands Navy was decommissioned on Oct 12, 2023 and exactly three years later, on Oct 12, 2026, she left her home port of Den Helder for the very last time, heading to Amsterdam on the barge 'H-331', which was towed by the 'Eems Warrior', in order to be scrapped. Built by the Rotterdamsche Droogdok maatschappy (RDM) and commissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1992, the 'Walrus' remained in service until the end of her operational life. All usable equipment and components have been removed to help keep the remaining submarines operational. The Defence Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT) was overseeing the transport.

The 'Danae R' was detained in Tianjin on Oct 12, 2026, with two detainable defiencies: 07109 - FIRE SAFETY - Fixed fire extinguishing installation (no responsibility of RO) 08104 - ALARMS - Steering gear alarm (no responsibility of RO).

The 'Golden Vega' was detained in Shanghai on Oct 12, 2026, with six detainable defiencies: 07111 - FIRE SAFETY - Personal equipment for fire safety (no responsibility of RO) 07113 - FIRE SAFETY - Fire pumps and its pipes (no responsibility of RO) 13101 - PROPULSION AND AUXILIARY MACHINERY - Propulsion main engine (no responsibility of RO) 04110 - EMERGENCY SYSTEMS - Abandon ship drills (no responsibility of RO) 07109 - FIRE SAFETY - Fixed fire extinguishing installation (no responsibility of RO) 07117 - FIRE SAFETY - Jacketed high pressure lines and oil leakage alarm (no responsibility of RO)

On Oct 12, at around 5:30 p.m., the 'Elena' ( (IMO: 9501215)), enroute from Jorf Lasfar to Liverpool, sighted a precarious boat about 14 nautical miles southeast of Torrevieja, which was adrift and without an engine. The CCS of Salvamento Marítimo in Valencia mobilised the 'Salvamar Leo', which located the boat and rescued the 13 Maghrebi nationals aboard. They were transferred to the port of Alicante. Report with photo: https://x.com/salvamentogob/status/2109914308914078161

The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) started a probe into workplace safety and conditions aboard the 'June Aster' on Oct 8. The Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino chaired the Lupong Pamagawa inquiry to determine possible compliance failures that may have contributed to the disaster. The vessel, operated by the Atienza Interisland Ferries Inc., had caught fire on Sep 9, en route to Palawan from Manila. Of the 128 passengers and crew members listed in the manifest, 77 died and 43 survived. Initial reports said an explosion involving an unidentified object or equipment caused a fire that spread throughout the vessel. The cause and origin of the fire, however, have yet to be determined and remained under investigation by the Philippine Coast Guard.