Maritime Security & Emergency Response

Ro-Pax ferry Blue Carrier 2 on fire
Incidents

Fire breaks out on Ro-Pax ferry off Greece, all 29 on board evacuated safely

Alan Bosworth
Black Sea
Ports & Terminals

Black Sea truce could revive 80 per cent of Russian grain port capacity

Reuters
Greenland map
Non-Naval Security

Greenland deal likely to place US forces at remote Arctic post

Reuters
Map of Kazakhstan
Accidents

Kazakhstan detains defence officials after 14 swept to sea in drill

Reuters
Signing of MOU between TKMS and EDGE Group
Naval

TKMS and EDGE Group to explore underwater defence cooperation

Alan Bosworth
The Philippine Navy tank landing ship BRP Sierra Madre at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, July 27, 2023. The ship was deliberately grounded on the shoal in 1999 and has since remained there as a forward outpost to support Manila's territorial claim in the area.
Non-Naval Security

Manila blames Chinese aggression for aborted South China Sea mission

Reuters
German Navy Royal Danish Navy NATO
Naval

EU not rearming fast enough to face Russia by 2030, report says

Reuters
The pure car and truck carrier Felicity Ace after it was damaged by an onboard fire while off Portugal's Azores region on February 16, 2022. The ship, which was ultimately abandoned, had electric vehicles fitted with lithium-ion batteries among its embarked cargo on the day of the incident. The exact cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
Shipping

COLUMN | The hazards of our all-electric future: detailing the risks of battery transport by sea [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Havendienst 1
Other Workboats

VESSEL REVIEW | Havendienst 1 – Electric harbour and canal workboat for Netherlands' Haarlem municipality

Baird Maritime
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
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