Maritime Security & Emergency Response

The USS Charleston, a US Navy Independence-class littoral combat ship
Naval

Tensions flare as China tracks US warship and clashes with Taiwan in disputed waters

Reuters
A Swiss Army Ribcraft RIB
Accidents

Three injured in army training boat accident on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland

Will Xavier
Security Vessel News Roundup | October 20 – US foreign military sales boat orders, German naval infantry craft and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | October 20 – US foreign military sales boat orders, German naval infantry craft and more

Baird Maritime
Ship-launched variant of Kongsberg's naval strike missile
Weaponry

Denmark orders more naval strike missiles in $42m deal

Alan Bosworth
Test-firing of the weapons system of North Korea's new Choe Hyon-class warship
Weaponry

North Korea touts success in latest test of AI-powered torpedo system

Reuters
ITS Thaon di Revel
Naval

EU extends Mediterranean naval mission to 2029 with focus on Russian "shadow fleet"

Alan Bosworth
US forces boarding the Iran-linked tanker Tifani
Crime & Piracy

FEATURE | How Iran is slipping gas and jet fuel past the US naval blockade

Reuters
Black Sea
Security

Bulgaria asks NATO for jets and drone defences after Black Sea strikes

Reuters
ROKS Chungnam – Republic of Korea Navy's newest frigate boasts improved air defence and anti-submarine capabilities
Naval

South Korea weighs broader naval mission near Strait of Hormuz

Reuters
A container vessel believed to be the Singapore-registered GFS Pride on fire after she struck a mine in the Strait of Hormuz, October 14, 2026. The ship later sank though her entire crew were all safely rescued.
Shipping

COLUMN | Cold War memories: why the world was actually much safer for seafarers back then [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
AFDM 15
Other Workboats

VESSEL REVIEW | AFDM 15 – US Navy acquires medium floating dry dock for surface ship maintenance

Baird Maritime
Wine Trader
Incidents

Seven sailors missing after tanker erupts in flames off Romania

Reuters
Tugs and other vessels at an unidentified port
Accidents

COLUMN | Tugs feature prominently in UK marine accident reports [Tug Times]

Alan Loynd
ROKS Chamsuri-231
Naval Ships

VESSEL REVIEW | ROKS Chamsuri-231 – Rocket-armed fast patrol boat for Republic of Korea Navy

Baird Maritime
Photograph of a purported launch of a cruise missile from a submerged submarine
Weaponry

North Korea claims it tested two types of submarine-launched cruise missiles

Will Xavier
Three US Navy Freedom-class littoral combat ships under various stages of construction at Fincantieri Marinette Marine's shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin
Naval

Wisconsin shipbuilder to receive $9.6m in US Navy and MARAD funding for production upgrades

Will Xavier
Pratas/Dongsha Island
Non-Naval Security

"Bear the consequences": Beijing's furious warning to Taiwan after sea clash

Reuters
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
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