Maritime Security & Emergency Response

Perim Island in Yemen, located near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Security

Houthis reach key Red Sea island, raising shipping threats

Reuters
US Apache gunships over the Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

Strait of Hormuz in focus as South Korea holds direct talks with Iran

Reuters
INS Samarthak
Naval Auxiliary/Support

VESSEL REVIEW | INS Samarthak – Multi-purpose support vessel and trial platform delivered to Indian Navy

Baird Maritime
The Korea Coast Guard large patrol vessel KCG Taepyongyang during a joint exercise with the US and Japan Coast Guards in the Sea of Japan, June 6, 2024 (representative photo only)
Accidents

Suspected Chinese fishing boat with no crew on board sinks off South Korea

Will Xavier
SIMBAD-RC anti-missile system installed on a ship
Weaponry

Spanish Navy selects anti-missile defence systems for installation on surface ships

Will Xavier
Gulf of Aden map ethiopia somalia somaliland djibouti yemen
Crime & Piracy

Bulk carrier boarded by pirates in Gulf of Aden off Yemen

Gareth Havelock
Port of Mocha (Mokha), Yemen
Security

FEATURE | Iran directed Houthi advance along Red Sea coast to pressure US

Reuters
Map of Red Sea
Security

Vital global shipping route at risk as Yemen's Houthis advance

Reuters
The Royal Australian Navy Collins-class submarine HMAS Dechaineux
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | AUKUS has put Australia's submarine effort back on track

Michael Pezzullo
L3Harris’ C-UxS system
Weaponry

US Navy selects counter-drone system for littoral defence

Will Xavier
Stormrunner Sea Machines Robotics.jpg
Unmanned Security Systems

Sea Machines secures US Special Operations Forces autonomy contract

Alan Bosworth
Hercules Star
Incidents

Suspected drone strike on oil tanker leaves one dead off Dubai

Reuters
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer ROKS Wang Geon (DDG 978), right, and Daegu-class frigate ROKS Daejeon (FFG 823), left, sail in formation alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) during the Maritime Counter Special Operations Exercise (MCSOFEX) with the ROK Navy Nov. 18, 2025.
Naval

South Korea stops short of troop deployment in Hormuz talks with France

Reuters
The Russian icebreaker Admiral Makarov after she suffered an onboard fire while undergoing repairs at a shipyard in Saint Petersburg on September 5, 2026
Incidents

VIDEO | Fire ignites on Soviet-era icebreaker undergoing repairs in Saint Petersburg

Jens Karsten
Security Vessel News Roundup | September 8 – North Korean destroyer commissioning, UK naval supply ship keel-laying and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | September 8 – North Korean destroyer commissioning, UK naval supply ship keel-laying and more

Baird Maritime
Kellutuq
Police

VESSEL REVIEW | Kellutuq – Shallow-draught waterjet patrol boat for Alaska State Troopers

Baird Maritime
An Australian Army bridge erection boat during trials off Port Macquarie
Other Workboats

Australian Army takes delivery of new bridge erection boats

Will Xavier
Filo Jet in 2024
Accidents

Northern Cyprus ferry tragedy death toll now at 14 following recovery of additional bodies

Gareth Havelock
Port of Fujairah, UAE
Tankers

UAE rejects being held "hostage" in escalating US-Iran war

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

Manila says scaled-back US-South Korea drills invite Chinese aggression

Reuters
Read More
logo
Baird Maritime / Work Boat World
www.bairdmaritime.com