Maritime Security & Emergency Response

Taiwan Coast Guard vessel PP-10081
Non-Naval Security

Charting its own course: Taiwan minister urges control over maritime data

Reuters
Black Sea
Security

Limited Black Sea ceasefire gains ground while broad peace deal stalls

Reuters
COLUMN | Broken Britain: policy failures leave UK offshore sector adrift [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | Broken Britain: policy failures leave UK offshore sector adrift [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
ASC 1
Naval Auxiliary/Support

VESSEL REVIEW | ASC 1 – Beaching logistics craft prototype for US Marine Corps

Baird Maritime
Scarborough Shoal
Naval

China ratchets up tensions with patrols around disputed shoal in South China Sea

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

Boat with explosives rams tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Reuters
Qingrong China State Shipbuilding Corporation.jpg
Unmanned Survey & Research

VESSEL REVIEW | Qingrong – Fast multi-role USV for Chinese marine technology firm

Baird Maritime
Mediterranean Sea
Security

Greek PM says seas cannot become "a jungle" after drone sinks cargo ship, calls for truce

Reuters
Satellite imagery of oil spill off the UAE
Pollution Control

FEATURE | UAE grapples with coastal oil spill as water supply risks emerge

Reuters
Sea of Azov
Bulkers

Sea of Azov reopens to grain export ships after months-long shutdown, Russian naval escorts involved

Reuters
Ukrainian naval drones hit the tanker Kairos in the Black Sea, November 2025
Security

Turkey warns Russia and Ukraine of legal action over Black Sea ship attacks

Reuters
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth addresses delegates of the Shangri-La Dialogue, May 2026
Security

US vows firm defence of regional allies as Hegseth addresses ASEAN ministers

Reuters
Black Sea
Security

France moves military aircraft to Romania as Black Sea navigation dangers escalate

Reuters
Hengli Heavy Industry's shipyard in Dalian, China
Shipbuilding

COLUMN | Bringing shipbuilding back from the dead [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Illegal immigrants on boats are rescued by EUNAVFOR MED personnel as part of Operation Sophia, November 3, 2017. On that date, a total of 263 illegal immigrants on boats were rescued within Operation Sophia's area of responsibility in the Central Mediterranean.
Crime & Piracy

EU eyes granting Frontex sweeping new powers over illegal migration

Reuters
Map showing Greece
Non-Naval Security

Arab nations side with Greece against Turkey-Libya sea accord

Reuters
UHL Freedom
Incidents

United Heavy Lift denies ship’s engine failure in North Sea incident

Alan Bosworth
An Indian Navy Kalvari-class submarine sails alongside the French Navy aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle during Varuna 2021, a series of bilateral exercises in the Indian Ocean held from April 25 to 27, 2021.
Weaponry

French Navy trials counter-drone laser aboard aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle

Will Xavier
Security Vessel News Roundup | October 27 – UK warship proposal for US Navy, Israel-Cyprus OPV agreement and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | October 27 – UK warship proposal for US Navy, Israel-Cyprus OPV agreement and more

Baird Maritime
UHL Freedom
Incidents

Three crew injured as heavy lift vessel loses propulsion in the North Sea

Alan Bosworth
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