Search and Rescue (Emergency Services, Security)

Kratt
Other Workboats

VESSEL REVIEW | Kratt – Estonia's new biomethane-powered workboat for maintenance, research and emergency response

Baird Maritime
South Sea Rescue 152
Search and Rescue

VESSEL REVIEW | South Sea Rescue 152 – Coastal and offshore response ship for China Rescue and Salvage Bureau

Baird Maritime
Philippine Coast Guard personnel aboard an inflatable boat patrol Mapanuepe Lake in Zambales province to search for the missing passengers of a small boat that had capsized in the area, August 27, 2026. The white structure on the left is the steeple of a church that had become submerged when the 600-hectare lake was formed in 1991 following a volcanic eruption in nearby Pampanga province.
Accidents

VIDEO | Six dead, three others missing after lake boat capsizes in Zambales, Philippines

Will Xavier
Representatives of Goa Shipyard and the Indian Coast Guard during the delivery ceremony of the Adamya-class fast patrol vessel ICGS Ajit, August 25, 2026
Coast Guard

Indian Coast Guard takes delivery of seventh Adamya-class patrol vessel

Will Xavier
Sabang Port, Indonesia
Ports & Terminals

OPINION | India and Indonesia are developing Sabang as a port, not a base

Premesha Saha
An Indian Coast Guard boarding team inspects an empty lifeboat that was aboard the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Winner when it sank in the Bay of Bengal on August 22, 2026. Only two survivors have been reported among the ship's 24-strong crew as of August 26, 2026.
Search and Rescue

Chinese vessels join search for missing cargo ship crew in Bay of Bengal

Gareth Havelock
Security Vessel News Roundup | August 25 – US Marine Corps support craft prototype, Romanian Baltic Sea fire and rescue boat and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | August 25 – US Marine Corps support craft prototype, Romanian Baltic Sea fire and rescue boat and more

Baird Maritime
Chantier Davie Canada
Icebreaking

Canadian builder secures order for six icebreakers

Jens Karsten
Fire Boat 55
Firefighting

VESSEL REVIEW | Fire Boat 55 – Fast response boat to serve California's San Francisco International Airport

Baird Maritime
Decommissioning ceremony of the Indian Coast Guard Sarojini Naidu-class fast patrol vessel ICGS Meera Behn at Okha, Gujarat, August 21, 2026
Coast Guard

Indian Coast Guard decommissions patrol vessel Meera Behn

Will Xavier
The former US Coast Guard Marine Protector-class patrol boats USCGC Bluefin (left) and US USCGC Marlin repainted in Philippine Coast Guard livery. The vessels will be recommissioned as BRP Patag and BRP Pag-Asa, respectively.
Coast Guard

Philippines receives two ex-US Coast Guard patrol boats

Will Xavier
The bulk carrier Sun Winner II (later renamed Ocean Winner) in 2023
Accidents

22 missing after bulk carrier sinks off India's east coast

Gareth Havelock
The burning fishing vessel Drennec while approximately 527 miles southwest of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador, August 20, 2026. All 27 of her crew were safely rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel that had diverted to the area to assist.
Accidents

27 rescued from burning fishing vessel off Ecuador's Galapagos Islands

Will Xavier
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 92 people dead as of August 17, 2026.
Accidents

Zimbabwe launches formal inquest into Lake Kariba ferry tragedy as death toll climbs to 97

Jens Karsten
MAI 0101
Firefighting

Romanian emergency services agency welcomes new fire and rescue boat

Will Xavier
The fisheries patrol vessel Equinox
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

New patrol vessel to be used for fisheries enforcement off Western Australia

Will Xavier
A Hellenic Coast Guard patrol boat (representative photo only)
Accidents

Six injured after tour boat crashes into concrete blocks off Zakynthos, Greece

Jens Karsten
Swedish maritime and air rescue service
Search and Rescue

Swedish Maritime Administration seeks to retain maritime rescue services

Alan Bosworth
Port Kembla 20
Search and Rescue

VESSEL REVIEW | Port Kembla 20 – Compact fast rescue boat optimised for Australia's Lake Illawarra

Baird Maritime
Philippine Coast Guard personnel board the grounded tug SL Sual 1 off Botolan municipality in the Philippines' Zambales province, August 14, 2026. The tug was deliberately run aground after her crew discovered that a hull breach had caused her engine room to become flooded with seawater.
Accidents

VIDEO | Tug runs aground off Zambales, Philippines; all nine crew rescued

Jens Karsten
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