Maritime Security & Emergency Response

Security Vessel News Roundup | August 18 – Croatian fire boat order, Chilean Navy landing ship construction and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | August 18 – Croatian fire boat order, Chilean Navy landing ship construction and more

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Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) in support of Operation Epic Fury, February 28, 2026
Security

US will not extend interim deal with Iran, Trump says

Reuters
MP 6
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

VESSEL REVIEW | MP 6 – Hong Kong fisheries agency's new patrol boat with firefighting capability

Baird Maritime
A China Coast Guard ship obstructs the Philippine Coast Guard Parola-class multi-role response vessel BRP Malabrigo during a Philippine Navy resupply operation near Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, June 30, 2023.
Coast Guard

OPINION | A next step for Australia in Southeast Asia: help nations communicate what's happening at sea

Joy Dianne Gumatay
A US Army MSV(L) landing craft built by Vigor at its Vancouver, Washington facilities
Security

Lone Star Funds completes sale of Vigor Marine Group

Will Xavier
Strait of Hormuz
Security

Iran warns of trouble in Hormuz if US stalls on interim peace deal

Reuters
The crew of the US Navy fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis successfully launches Tomahawk cruise missiles off the coast of southern California as part of a Tomahawk Flight Test, June 26, 2018.
Weaponry

US military awards $22.9b contract to replenish sea-launched missiles

Reuters
Taiwan's first domestically developed submarine, Narwhal, undergoing sea trials
Security

Taiwan set to unveil record trillion-dollar defence budget

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Shipping

Hormuz traffic slows to a crawl after attacks and stalled diplomacy

Reuters
Philippine Coast Guard personnel aboard a small boat observe houses being razed by fire in one of the coastal areas of Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, August 14, 2026. The coast guard crews and personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources successfully rescued 32 individuals whose homes were affected by the blaze.
Search and Rescue

Philippine Coast Guard, partners respond to coastal fire in Zamboanga City

Will Xavier
Strait of Hormuz
Tankers

ADNOC says one of its vessels came under attack while transiting Hormuz

Reuters
The Taiwan Coast Guard joined forces with the Ministry of National Defense and the Air Service Corps to carry out the Haian 12 military exercises in June 2025
Naval

China dismisses Taiwan's 10-day military drills as "wasteful charade"

Reuters
Finland, Estonia, Sweden map atlas
Security

Gulf of Finland traffic restricted as NATO jets intercept drone

Reuters
Knyaz Oleg, a Project 955A nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine assigned to the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet, February 1, 2022
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | Russia's Pacific submarine fleet could tip the scales in China's favour

Carl Janz
Container vessels at the Port of Rotterdam
Incidents

Blast kills one, injures six at Port of Rotterdam

Jens Karsten
A US Navy warship with an unnamed tanker in the background
Naval

Hegseth says US Navy ready to lock down Iran indefinitely through ship rotations

Reuters
Fire at Huahai shipyard in China, August 14, 2026.
Incidents

VIDEO | Blast at Chinese shipyard kills firefighter, injures 12

Reuters
Map of the Red Sea
Security

Turkey outlines plans for Saudi-Pakistan military pact and Red Sea security talks

Reuters
The Taiwan Coast Guard joined forces with the Ministry of National Defense and the Air Service Corps to carry out the Haian 12 military exercises in June 2025
Naval

Taiwan simulates Chinese blockade defence amid growing tension

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Security

Iran and US trade conflicting statements over Strait of Hormuz control

Reuters
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