On June 3, 2025, the car carrier Morning Midas, loaded with over 3,000 vehicles—including 800 electric cars—caught fire in the North Pacific Ocean. What began as localised heat quickly escalated into an uncontrollable blaze, likely caused by thermal runaway in EV batteries.

On April 28, 2025, operations at a mid-sized Southeast Asian port were brought to a standstill when an unmanned container lifter collided with a docked vessel at midnight. The cause? A miscommunication between a fatigued operator and a delayed manual override — all unfolding outside standard crew hours.

On May 12, 2025, the cargo vessel MV Blue Sentinel was docked at a private port in Southeast Asia, unloading containers, when an unauthorised individual gained access to a restricted engine control room. Believed to be disguised as contract staff, the person accidentally triggered an override sequence during ongoing maintenance, disabling the vessel's main propulsion system.