Maritime Security & Emergency Response

Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

80 nations call for Hormuz reopening, slam Iran and Houthis

Reuters
Pratas/Dongsha Island
Non-Naval Security

Taiwan sends larger ships to Pratas Islands to bolster patrols amid Chinese pressure

Reuters
Kurtarma 10, an emergency response tug of the Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety Pexels
Harbour Tugs and Operation

COLUMN | Being careful out there: understanding crew health risks and rising threats to maritime rescuers [Tug Times]

Alan Loynd
James Fulford
RIBs and RHIBs

VESSEL REVIEW | James Fulford – Compact patrol RIB for Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment

Baird Maritime
Russian "shadow fleet" tanker in flames after Ukrainian drone strike in the Azov Sea
Security

Ukraine and Russia open to limited energy and grain truce, US says

Reuters
Rugen – LNG-fuelled patrol boat joins German customs enforcement fleet
Non-Naval Security

Contract awarded to maintain four new German LNG customs ships

Alan Bosworth
Presumed wreckage of the missing fishing vessel Mistress found near an offshore wind turbine in Rhode Island
Maritime Archaeology

Presumed wreck of missing fishing vessel found near Rhode Island wind turbine

Alan Bosworth
Map of Falkland Islands
Non-Naval Security

Argentina's Milei heads to UN as dispute with UK grows over Falklands

Reuters
US Navy Underwater Construction Team (UTC) 1 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 conduct arctic exercise missions at Thule Air Base in Greenland
Security

Trump inks Greenland pact allowing larger US military deployment

Reuters
Ocean Alliance
Harbour Tugs and Operation

VESSEL REVIEW | Ocean Alliance & Ocean Mystique – India's Ocean Sparkle welcomes locally built ASD harbour tugs into service

Baird Maritime
The Taiwan Coast Guard Administration Anping-class catamaran cutter Chenggong
Weaponry

Taiwan conducts test launch of supersonic anti-ship missile from coast guard catamaran

Will Xavier
Artist's impression of a Rampart modular launcher fitted on a naval vessel
Weaponry

French Navy begins at-sea trials of new modular multi-purpose launcher

Will Xavier
US Apache gunships over the Strait of Hormuz
Security

Trump hints at US-Iran deal, Tehran says Hormuz could open "within days"

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

France revives failed UN bid to clear Strait of Hormuz

Reuters
Map showing both the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Shipping

Russia, Saudi Arabia stress need for safe passage in key Middle East straits

Reuters
XV Excalibur underway
Unmanned Security Systems

UK Royal Navy unmanned submarine fires heavyweight torpedo during trial

Will Xavier
The German Navy frigate Hessen escorts a cargo ship through the Red Sea.
Naval

EU Red Sea mission needs over 10 warships, members urged to contribute

Reuters
Visualisation of precision strike missile (PRSM)
Weaponry

US Army commits up to $1.2b for new anti-ship missile variant

Reuters
Security Vessel News Roundup | September 22 – Dutch coast guard patrol boat delivery, submarine rescue ship construction and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | September 22 – Dutch coast guard patrol boat delivery, submarine rescue ship construction and more

Baird Maritime
BOOK REVIEW | Blunting the Spear: The Pacific Carrier War from Pearl Harbor to the Doolittle Raid
Naval Ships

BOOK REVIEW | Blunting the Spear: The Pacific Carrier War from Pearl Harbor to the Doolittle Raid

Dr Neil Baird
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