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Two capesize bulk carriers have collided in the Singapore Strait, according to media reports. The Marshall Islands-flagged Cape XL, a 181,500-dwt bulker departing Singapore Anchorage for Qingdao, China, reportedly came into contact with the Panama-flagged Huge Kumano, a 208,800-dwt bulker on a voyage from Porto Sudeste, Brazil.

According to MarineTraffic data, Cape XL departed Singapore Anchorage at 21:35 UTC on 19 May and later updated her AIS status to Not Under Command at 00:19 UTC on 20 May. Huge Kumano also updated her AIS status to Not Under Command at 22:57 UTC on 19 May. Both vessels were later shown stopped or drifting in the Singapore Area, with the anchor handling vessel, Boka Sweeper, operating nearby.

Three commercial vessels were reportedly struck by Russian drones while transiting the Black Sea. According to media reports, minor fires broke out and no injuries were reported. One of the vessels was identified as the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier KSL Deyang. According to MarineTraffic data, the vessel departed Burgas, Bulgaria, on 3 May at 14:17 UTC and later updated her AIS destination from to Solina, Romania on 11 May at 02:30 UTC. The bulker was recorded underway in the Black Sea on 14 May.

India’s reported refusal to take restricted Russian LNG has left the sanctioned LNG carrier Kunpeng without a clear destination, underscoring how compliance risk is shaping LNG trade flows even amid wider supply uncertainty. According to MarineTraffic data, the vessel signalled Dahej, India, as her AIS destination on 14 April, changing from “Hong Kong” to “Dahej India.” Five days later, while operating near the Riau Archipelago off Singapore, Kunpeng updated her AIS destination again from “IN DAH” to “TBA.” The 138,306-cbm LNG carrier, built in 2003, is blacklisted by the UK and Ukraine over Russian trading activity and had loaded LNG from Russia’s sanctioned Portovaya terminal.

The expedition cruise ship MV Hondius is now sailing toward the Canary Islands after spending several days anchored off Praia, Cape Verde, following a confirmed hantavirus outbreak on board.

According to MarineTraffic data, the Netherlands-flagged passenger vessel updated her AIS destination from Praia to Canary Islands on 6 May at 17:18 UTC, shortly after changing status from At Anchor to Underway using Engine. The vessel departed Praia Anchorage at 17:25 UTC, after remaining off port for 4 days. Hondius is currently underway off the coast of West Africa at around 11.6 knots, heading toward the Canary Islands, with a reported ETA of 10 May.