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The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has detained and banned the 'Wooyang Venus' from Australian ports for 90 days after AMSA inspectors found crew work and rest records had been deliberately falsified to mask excessive hours worked. On Oct 29, the AMSA had conducted a port State control inspection of the 'Wooyang Venus' in Newcastle following a Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) complaint and found that work and rest records had been falsified and did not reflect the hours actually worked by crew on board. The 'Wooyang Venus' had previously been detained twice by the AMSA, and falsified hours of work and rest were a contributing factor: On August 2026, it found work and rest hours were not recorded and monitored correctly, and in December 2023, it identified evidence of incorrect work and rest records. Under the MLC, vessel owners and operators must meet minimum standards for seafarers’ living and working conditions, including requirements relating to hours of work and rest. AMSA said that accurate records were essential to demonstrate minimum rest requirements are being met and fatigue is being effectively managed. Deliberately falsifying records designed to protect seafarers was unacceptable and presented a significant risk to the safety of crew on board and protection of Australia’s marine environments. The AMSA issued the 90 days ban under section 246 of the Navigation Act 2012, based on the deliberate falsification, the recurrence of materially similar deficiencies and concerns about the effectiveness of the owner and operator’s safety management arrangements. The ship left Newcastle on Oct 31 enroute to Boryeong with an ETA as of Nov 18.

The 'Huckleberry Finn' was to be moved to the Helsinki-Tallinn route in in the first quarter of 2027 in the TT Line's collaboration with Viking Line. Viking Line announced this in a press release on Nov 3. The 'Huckleberry Finn' was currently operating between Trelleborg and Travemünde. The announcement raised questions what flag the ship would receive and what would happen to the TT-Line employees who were currently working aboard the 'Huckleberry Finn', but Eleonora Hansi, Head of Communications at Viking Line Scandinavia, could not give answers. In early October, TT-Line and Viking Line announced that the two shipping companies would start a partnership on the Helsinki-Tallinn route. The partnership meant that the TT-Line was entering the ferry market between Finland and Estonia for the first time.

After having been caught with seven tons of anchovies in its holds on April 9, 2026, off the coast of Anglet, in French territorial waters, without authorisation, the captain of the 'Beti Aingeru', based in Orio, Gipuzkoa, near San Sebastián, was summoned to appear before the Bayonne court on Oct 29. Despite his absence, he was fined €30,000 and had his fishing license suspended for six months.

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 53-year-old man from the 'Ever Elite', enroute from Vancouver to Tokyo, about 34 nautical miles off San Francisco on Oct 31, 2026. At 10:56 a.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a notification that the crew member was experiencing a medical distress situation, while the vessel was sailing approximately 225 miles off the coast. The watchstanders coordinated the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and a C-27 Spartan aircraft from the Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento to assist, after the vessel moved closer to the shore. The watchstanders used the Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) system to identify nearby commercial vessels that could assist with the medevac. At 10:08 p.m., the Dolphin helicopter arrived on scene, hoisted the patient aboard and transported him to awaiting emergency medical services personnel at the Air Station San Francisco. The Spartan aircrew provided on-scene coordination and overwatch. EMS personnel then transported the man to Sutter Health Mills-Peninsula Medical Center for further care.

On Nov 3, 2026, at 8 a.m. the 'Dupuy de Lôme" (A759)' was emitting black smoke at Burøya in Bodø. The main rescue center informed that the was scheduled to dock in Bodø. Bodø Port was following and would not accept any more emissions. The smoke emission came from auxiliary engines that had not been running for a while when being started. The ship has regularly been observed on missions in northern waters and ports in Norway – such as Bergen and Tromsø – to monitor Russian military activity in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Report with video: https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/svart-royk-over-bodo-skyldtes-fransk-spionskip/s/80-95-214460