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The 'Batavia' was moved about 250 meters from a pontoon, over the Markermeer dike, to its permanent location at the Museum Batavialand on Oct 2. The operation required 56 axle lines with self-propelled modular transporters. The large axle capacity was not primarily due to the weight of the ship, but to the need to protect the more than 30-year-old wooden hull from stress during transport. Before the move, the ship was prepared at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam and placed on a specially built 101-ton support frame. After arriving in Lelystad, the ship was driven over the dike via a specially built ramp and lowered onto a concrete foundation. Here, the 'Batavia' will be the center of the Museum Batavialand, which is scheduled to reopen at the end of 2028. The 'Batavia' was built between 1985 and 1995 as a full-scale reconstruction of the original Dutch East India Company ship from 1628. Report with photos: https://www.vaarmarkt.nl/vaarnieuws/persberichten/batavia-succesvol-op-land-geplaatst-in-lelystad/

The 'Buccleuch' was detained in Tianjin on Oct 8, 2026, with two detainable defiencies: 11104 - LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES - Rescue boats (no responsibility of RO) 07105 - FIRE SAFETY - Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions (no responsibility of RO).

The US Coast Guard medevaced an ailing crew member of the 'Ocean Gladiator' about 86 nautical miles off Hawaii on Oct 7, 2026. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point hoisted the 55-year-old man at 8:35 a.m. and safely transferred him to higher medical care at Hilo International Airport. The JRCC Honolulu had received a notification at 7:50 a.m. on Oct 6 from the ship, requesting the medevac for a crew member who had been experiencing a medical condition, while it was sailing 540 miles of southeast Big Island. After conferring with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac, watchstanders established regular communications with the vessel’s crew to monitor the patient's status and planned the medevac, when the vessel was 86 miles offshore Big Island the next morning. Report with video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4623200/coast-guard-medevacs-cargo-ship-crew-member-offshore-hawaii/

The 'Ilektra' was detained in Tianjin on Oct 7, 2026, with three detainable defiencies: 07114 - FIRE SAFETY - Remote Means of control (opening,pumps,ventilation,etc.) Machinery spaces (no responsibility of RO) 02199 - STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS - Other (Structural condition) (no responsibility of RO) 14108 - POLLUTION PREVENTION - MARPOL ANNEX I - 15 PPM Alarm arrangmts. (no responsibility of RO). The ship was released again on Oct 8 and left the port enroute to Weihai with an ETA as of Oct 9.

The 'Merry Ocean' was detained in Humen on Oct 8, 2026, with eight detainable defiencies: 03199 - WATER/WEATHERTIGHT CONDITIONS - Other (load lines) (Panama Classification Bureau (PCB)) 02139 - STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS - Water Level Detectors on Cargo Ships (no responsibility of RO) 13101 - PROPULSION AND AUXILIARY MACHINERY - Propulsion main engine (Panama Classification Bureau (PCB)) 03105 - WATER/WEATHERTIGHT CONDITIONS - Covers (hatchway-, portable-, tarpaulins, etc.) (no responsibility of RO) 06107 - CARGO OPERATIONS INCLUDING EQUIPMENT - Cargo operation (no responsibility of RO) 03108 - WATER/WEATHERTIGHT CONDITIONS - Ventilators, air pipes, casings (no responsibility of RO) 11101 - LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES - Lifeboats (Panama Classification Bureau (PCB)) 06101 - CARGO OPERATIONS INCLUDING EQUIPMENT - Cargo Securing Manual (no responsibility of RO).