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EUNAVFOR ASPIDES has announced the successful towing of the tanker Sounion to a safe location for further firefighting and salvage operations.

A total 15-member crew were successfully rescued off South Africa’s southern Cape seas on the afternoon of 12 September after their vessel, an offshore supply vessel caught on fire and had to be abandoned. 

On 2nd September, the European Union's mission in the Red Sea, Aspides, announced that the salvage operation for the oil tanker MV Sounion, which was recently targeted by Houthi militants aligned with Iran, is set to commence.

Yemen's Houthi group has agreed to allow rescue operations for a Greek-flagged oil tanker, the Sounion, which was damaged in a recent attack.

The MV SOUNION, carrying 150.000 tonnes of crude oil, has been on fire since August 23rd, posing a significant navigational and environmental hazard.

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) successfully averted a potential disaster following a fire on August 12, onboard the container vessel MV “MSC CAPETOWN III” at the Jaya Container Terminal in the Port of Colombo.

A fire aboard the Indonesian tanker Elisabet Satu off the coast of Bali resulted in the deaths of five crew members and left 15 others injured.

A fire broke out on August 9, 2024, at approximately 1:40 local time, aboard the YM Mobility, operated by Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp, at the Port of Ningbo. 

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has highlighted major issues with Canada’s marine emergency preparedness in light of its investigation into an incident involving the loss of containers and a fire on the ZIM Kingston containership.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report on an incident where, , an engine room fire broke out aboard the passenger ferry Sandy Ground, while the vessel was underway in New York Harbor, near Staten Island, New York, with 884 persons aboard.