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Two BlackSea Technologies unmanned surface vehicles
Unmanned Security Systems

USV manufacturer BlackSea Technologies acquired by new owner

Gareth Havelock
Keel-laying ceremony for the future Rapa Nui, the Chilean Navy's second Magallanes-class landing platform dock
Naval Ships

Keel laid for future Chilean Navy landing platform dock

Will Xavier
RS178
Search and Rescue

Sea trials completed for Norwegian hybrid rescue boat

Jens Karsten
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
Kratt
Other Workboats

Estonian State Fleet christens biomethane-powered workboat

Gareth Havelock
The sailing catamaran Ocean Time as seen from a US Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry maritime patrol aircraft, August 13, 2026
Search and Rescue

US Coast Guard, partners save overdue boater in Caribbean waters off Sint Maarten

Will Xavier
Peruvian giant squid being unloaded
Fishing & Aquaculture

Peru's economic growth slows in June as El Niño hits fisheries

Reuters
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 44 people dead.
Ferry

Zimbabwean boat accident death toll rises to 72 as more bodies recovered

Reuters
Port of Mocha (Mokha), Yemen
Ports & Terminals

Yemen's Mocha port halts operations after Houthi attacks, port director says

Reuters
Basarnas rescue team following the 2026 Flore earthquake
Search and Rescue

Twenty dead after Indonesia's magnitude-7.7 earthquake

Reuters
Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement that a large number of ballistic missiles targeted "Saudi" military concentrations and weapons, as well as "warboats" operated by its affiliates and mercenaries in Mocha
Acts of War

Yemen Government says Houthi missiles kill four civilians in port city

Reuters
Located in the north of Brazil, between the states of Amapá and Rio Grande do Norte, the Equatorial Margin has important oil potential
Exploration & Development

Petrobras finds hydrocarbons in Foz do Amazonas basin

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Tankers

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

Reuters
The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln underway in the Atlantic Ocean during a strait transit exercise, January 30, 2019.
Naval Ships

Trump: USS Abraham Lincoln deployment "not nearly long enough"

Reuters
Hanwha Philly Shipyard
Naval Ships

Hanwha, Fincantieri shares rise after Trump opens navy shipbuilding to foreign yards

Reuters
Wheat shipment
Bulkers

EU wheat ends week higher as Black Sea export disruption persists

Reuters
Viking Glory
Ferry

Viking Line reports wider H1 2026 loss amid higher energy costs

Alan Bosworth
Middle Rhine section of the Rhine River
Inland Shipping

Parched Rhine forces ships to lighten loads and shift cargo ashore

Reuters
Strait of Hormuz
Pollution Control

Oil slicks in Iranian waters raise environmental damage concerns

Reuters
Serbia starts removal of sunken World War II patrol boats from Danube River
Research, Environment & Training

Low Danube waters reveal ghostly remains of World War Two German fleet

Reuters
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