The Director General of the Panamanian Merchant Marine, Rafael Cigarruista, visited the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Admiral Osama Rabie, to learn about the current situation of the Ever Given.

The crew of X-Press Pearl have been evacuated after a large explosion as the vessel was engulfed in flames from a container fire.

Reefer containers on the fire-damage NYK Delphinus have been left without electricity after onboard power failed.

A container fire has broken out onboard the X-Press Pearl while at anchorage in Colombo port on 20 May.

Search and rescue operations continue for over 90 missing from a barge that sank 35 miles offshore Mumbai in cyclone Tauktau while 180 have been rescued.

Search and rescue operations are underway for 127 reported missing from a barge that has sunk in the Arabian Sea offshore India in cyclone Tauktau.

The NYK Delphinus has been towed safely to the Port of Oakland following an engine fire.

The containership NYK Delphinus that suffered an engine fire off Monterey on the US West Coast is now under tow to offshore location west of Port Reyes.

Negotiations continue between the Suez Canal administration and the various parties which represent the owners of the giant containership Ever Given, the ship and her cargo continue to broil in the growing summer heat of the waterway.

Containers lost at sea will be high on the agenda of the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) meeting, according to Bimco.