Maritime Security & Emergency Response

Sabang Port, Indonesia
Ports & Terminals

OPINION | India and Indonesia are developing Sabang as a port, not a base

Premesha Saha
Aerial view of smoke billowing from the hold of the bulk carrier Federal Welland at the Port of Cardiff, UK, August 25, 2026
Incidents

Fire ignites on bulk carrier in Cardiff, UK

Gareth Havelock
Aerial view of Henderson Defence Precinct
Naval

Site selected for future defence precinct in Henderson, Western Australia

Will Xavier
The US Navy littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara sails in formation with the Philippine Navy frigate BRP Diego Silang while Philippine Air Force FA-50PH fighter jets fly overhead during a multilateral maritime cooperative activity in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, August 24, 2026.
Naval

Australia, Philippines, US conduct multilateral maritime cooperative activity

Will Xavier
Strait of Hormuz
Security

All mines removed from international waters of Hormuz, Trump says

Reuters
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

FACTBOX | Inside the new US "economic onslaught" taking aim at Iran

Reuters
South China Sea reefs and islands
Naval

New structures on Paracels point to widening Chinese military build-up

Reuters
Security Vessel News Roundup | August 25 – US Marine Corps support craft prototype, Romanian Baltic Sea fire and rescue boat and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | August 25 – US Marine Corps support craft prototype, Romanian Baltic Sea fire and rescue boat and more

Baird Maritime
Black Sea
Security

Zelenskiy says Russia rejected proposal to halt Black Sea ship attacks

Reuters
Yanbu terminal, Saudi Arabia
Incidents

Houthis claim attack on Saudi vessel near Yanbu, crew safe

Reuters
US Marine Corps, Republic of Korea Marines Corps, New Zealand Army and Australian Army conduct amphibious assault training at Doksukri Beach, South Korea, March 12, 2016, during Exercise Ssang Yong 16.
Naval

US cites Iran war constraints in cancelling South Korea landing drill

Reuters
FPSO Liza Unity Guyana
Incidents

Laundry room fire disrupts ExxonMobil Guyana FPSO operations

Reuters
COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]
Shipping

COLUMN | I have nothing, nothing: Scotland and Tasmania ferry fiascos; New Zealand shipping and emergency towage woes; Oman's dark fleet tanker dilemma; Chinese overfishing off Guinea-Bissau [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Fire Boat 55
Firefighting

VESSEL REVIEW | Fire Boat 55 – Fast response boat to serve California's San Francisco International Airport

Baird Maritime
The bulk carrier Sun Winner II (later renamed Ocean Winner) in 2023
Accidents

22 missing after bulk carrier sinks off India's east coast

Gareth Havelock
A Lockheed Martin joint air-to-ground missile is fired from a Saildrone USV during the US Navy’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise.
Unmanned Security Systems

Autonomous missile platform tested during US Navy exercise

Alan Bosworth
Kharg Island crude oil shipping facility, Iran
Security

US prepares historic sanctions push to collapse Iranian regime and open Hormuz

Reuters
Surveyors inspect the punctured hull of the offshore support vessel Thunder after it was accidentally struck by the bulk carrier Bunun Queen just south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on July 22, 2022. Investigators found that at the time of the collision, Bunun Queen's master and second officer were both engaged in non-navigational tasks instead of maintaining a proper lookout as required by international law.
Accidents

COLUMN | Lessons from outside the bubble: what the shipping industry could learn about safety from other sectors [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Map of Neptun Deep offshore project, Black Sea
Incidents

Romanian jets eliminate marine drone near Black Sea gas site

Reuters
Map showing South Korea and China
Security

North Korea fires over 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward sea

Reuters
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