Maritime Security & Emergency Response

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
Map showing Iran's "expanded" area of control in the Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

Iran to unveil new Persian Gulf restricted zone and Hormuz corridor

Reuters
Map showing the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman
Shipping

FEATURE | US economic chokehold exposes limits of Iran's Hormuz strategy

Reuters
The Port of Mersin in Turkey
Incidents

35 injured following chemical leak at Turkey's Mersin Port

Jens Karsten
Filo Jet in 2024
Accidents

Northern Cyprus ferry tragedy death toll climbs to 12

Gareth Havelock
Some of the participating ships in Exercise Northern Viking 2026
Naval

US, NATO forces wrap up Exercise Northern Viking in Iceland

Will Xavier
COSCO Shipping Huangpu
Non-Naval Security

China's COSCO dismisses US military spying claims as false

Reuters
US Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy vessels in formation during Freedom Edge 24
Naval

Troops to Hormuz? South Korea weighs options but insists no decision made

Reuters
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