Focus on Maritime Security
Maritime security has continued to evolve and expand to the point that multi-mission capability has become a key trend, particularly in the design and construction of new vessels. Rising costs of raw materials, technology, and even crew training means it is now generally more practical for agencies around the world to maximise sometimes limited resources.
While this endeavour may seem daunting, it is assuring to know that many of the newer vessel types in service today have proven to be adaptable as well as capable in fulfilling a greater number of duties than what has traditionally been assigned to them. For instance, we see naval ships with the latest armament and sensors regularly engaging in "low-tech" non-traditional roles such as humanitarian relief, thus validating the multi-mission concept.
Assault Craft • Interceptors • Patrol • Police • Coast Guard • Naval
For this month's focus on this vital maritime sector, we also review six newbuild vessels that recently entered operational service. Among these are a warship boasting improved performance and powerful weaponry, an advanced intelligence-gathering vessel that is also suited for the highly important training role, and two large ships – that have themselves been officially designated as multi-mission response vessels – acquired by a well-known coast guard in South-East Asia. This selection is small, but it provides an indication of the design work and the technologies that help ensure the maritime security sector is able to keep pace with changing times and requirements.
Readers are assured that Baird Maritime will continue to stay abreast of noteworthy developments in this crucial sector.
Vessel Reviews:
- Sarthak & Saksham – Indian Coast Guard's newest long-range EEZ patrol vessels
- Dauntless – Self-righting patrol and rescue boat for Australia's Tasmania Police
- Ufuk – Turkish Navy puts new surveillance and training ship into service
- Rheinland-Pfalz – Final F125 stealth frigate delivered to German Navy
- Teresa Magbanua – New class of 97m multi-role vessels for Philippine Coast Guard
Features and Opinion:
– "The other major commitment is to enable armed incursions into South Korea, with the aim of destabilising its neighbour, and hampering the economic development of its border regions."
– by Trevor Hollingsbee, former UK Royal Navy officer and Baird Maritime's resident maritime security expert and columnist
News and Gear:
- Australia to provide Samoa with new patrol boat
- Northern Ireland shipyard acquires ex-Royal Navy minesweeper
- Cargo ship crew face charges over collision that sank fishing boat off Palawan, Philippines
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy unveils base support ship
- Spain's first S-80-class submarine begins sea trials
- Australian-Canadian partnership to introduce new series of unmanned naval vehicles
- Lloyd's Register awards AIP for offshore patrol vessel design
- Indian Navy retires third Godavari-class frigate
- Work Boat World Emergency Service Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – June 1, 2022
- Philippine science department develops new remote weapons mount for navy vessels
- Kolkata yard launches future Indian Navy survey ship
- US Navy commissions attack submarine Oregon
- Royal Canadian Navy christens two offshore patrol ships
- Seven missing following vessel collision off Palawan, Philippines
- Philippine Coast Guard's second 97m patrol ship sails on delivery voyage
- Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers to receive upgraded missile defence capability
- Bankruptcy proceedings begin for Croatian shipyard
- Royal Australian Navy personnel rescue occupants of distressed Solomon Islands police boat
Recent Important Features:
– "A better solution for Indo-Pacific naval forces is to emphasise the development of larger numbers of smaller missile-armed naval vessels."
– by Malcolm Davis, Senior Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Remember to come back every day to see the latest news, opinion and vessel reviews!
Call for content!
Any news or views about the global maritime security sectors? Send it through to editor@bairdmaritime.com ASAP (between now and June 3), so we can add it to this current edition of Maritime Security Week!
We are after:
- Vessels – Orders, new deliveries, under construction
- Gear – Latest innovations and technology in the maritime security vessel sector
- Interviews – Owners, operators, water police, navies, coast guards etc.
- Reminiscences – Do you have any exciting, amusing or downright dangerous anecdotes from your time in the maritime security world? (example here)
- Other – Any other relevant news
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