Maritime Security & Emergency Response

The US Navy cruise missile submarine USS Ohio after entering drydock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Washington, April 25, 2017
Naval

US Navy seeks contractors for $15b Puget Sound shipyard dry dock project

Will Xavier
From front to back, the Philippine Coast Guard Gabriela Silang-class offshore patrol vessel BRP Gabriela Silang, the Philippine Navy Jose Rizal-class guided-missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna, and the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey steam in formation in the Philippine Sea, during the multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity alongside Japan and the Philippines in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, February 25, 2026.
Security

OPINION | The US needs its own grey-zone tactics in the South China Sea

William Price
The suspect boat following its seizure
Crime & Piracy

One suspect dead following high seas drug interdiction off Portugal

Will Xavier
FDI frigate
Research, Environment & Training

French-Swedish pact signed to advance naval defence research

Alan Bosworth
Black Sea
Incidents

Second cargo ship sinks off Bulgaria in a week after drone strike, 11 missing

Reuters
Master-at-Arms 1st Class Everest Austerman operates a Drone Restricted Access Using Known Electromagnetic Warfare (DRAKE) anti-drone system during a simulated straits transit aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter.
Weaponry

US Navy fitting counter-drone systems to Ohio-class submarines

Will Xavier
Security Vessel News Roundup | October 13 – Indian Navy and Coast Guard patrol ships, US amphibious vehicle orders and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | October 13 – Indian Navy and Coast Guard patrol ships, US amphibious vehicle orders and more

Baird Maritime
Jackup platform at sea (representative photo only)
Incidents

Russian investigators open criminal case after damaged jackup platform sinks in Baltic Sea

Jens Karsten
DF Peak as seen from a French Navy aerial asset during the boarding operation, October 12, 2026
Crime & Piracy

VIDEO | French forces board sanctioned tanker in Indian Ocean

Will Xavier
Ivyan
Incidents

Chemical tanker suffers engine failure in Bosphorus, prompting traffic suspension

Alan Bosworth
Royal Moroccan Navy frigate Mohammed VI
Naval

Spanish PM downplays Moroccan naval incursions after illegal migrant surge

Reuters
Wilhelmshaven naval base, Germany
Naval

Germany plans Emden naval base as it doubles MEKO frigate order

Alan Bosworth
Taiwan, China and Matsu Islands
Naval

Taiwan watches Chinese coastal live-fire drills as no-sail zones set

Reuters
USS Pinckney
Naval Ships

US Navy awards $209m contract modification for shipboard electronic warfare systems

Alan Bosworth
COLUMN | Back on track? US icebreaker construction; Anduril invests in naval submarine manufacturing; war and how it creates business opportunities for billionaires [Offshore Accounts]
Security

COLUMN | Back on track? US icebreaker construction; Anduril invests in naval submarine manufacturing; war and how it creates business opportunities for billionaires [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
IH Blue Marlin
Harbour Tugs and Operation

VESSEL REVIEW | IH Blue Marlin – India's Industrial Handling adds ASD tug to port services fleet

Baird Maritime
Map showing the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman
Incidents

Danger zone widens as unknown projectile strikes vessel off UAE

Reuters
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and US Navy test in the mid-Pacific.
Weaponry

Pentagon continues to replenish US Navy missile stocks with $6.3b deal

Reuters
A Seahawk medium displacement unmanned surface vessel sails by the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald during US Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem, April 21, 2021.
Naval

OPINION | Not like the old days: modern sea control will be episodic and local

Sean Andrews
Amphibious combat vehicle
Non-Naval Security

US Marine Corps awards $230m contract for new amphibious recovery vehicles

Will Xavier
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