Non-Naval Security

BRP Gabriela Silang
Non-Naval Security

Philippines willing to work with Taiwan to shield vital sea cables, despite "one-China" policy

Reuters
Mediterranean Sea
Non-Naval Security

Egypt, Israel dismiss Libyan parliament's Turkey maritime pact as dispute simmers

Reuters
The Philippine Navy tank landing ship BRP Sierra Madre at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, July 27, 2023. The ship was deliberately grounded on the shoal in 1999 and has since remained there as a forward outpost to support Manila's territorial claim in the area.
Non-Naval Security

China shadows Philippine resupply mission at disputed shoal

Reuters
Pratas/Dongsha Island
Non-Naval Security

China claims coast guard is "keeping order" near disputed Taiwan atoll

Reuters
A 40-foot multi-mission reconnaissance craft (MMRC) built by the Whiskey Project Group. One example of the MMRC has been supplied to the US Marine Corps.
Non-Naval Security

Whiskey Project Group opens North Carolina vessel manufacturing facility

Will Xavier
Other vessels attempt to extinguish the blaze on the ferry Batumandi near Indonesia's Merak Port, October 20, 2026
Accidents

Multiple vessels respond after ferry catches fire off Merak, Indonesia

Gareth Havelock
Greenland map
Non-Naval Security

EU scrambles for Arctic influence as US, Russia, and China circle new sea lanes

Reuters
Concept rendering of standarised vessels for Norwegian Navy
Naval Ships

Norway to split standardised vessel buy into separate naval and coast guard contracts

Alan Bosworth
Map showing Greece
Non-Naval Security

Greece fumes as eastern Libya backs disputed Turkey maritime pact

Reuters
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
Two China Coast Guard vessels underway
Coast Guard

US panel chair warns Chinese patrols east of Taiwan are "warfare"

Reuters
A Swiss Army Ribcraft RIB
Accidents

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

Will Xavier
The US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Active during an interdiction operation in the Pacific Ocean in late 2020
Accidents

US Coast Guard suspends search for 11 missing following boat sinking off Mexico

Will Xavier
The charred wreck of the Philippine ferry June Aster. The vessel caught fire while underway off Palawan province on the late evening of September 9, 2026. Seventy-seven people who were on the ferry perished in the tragedy while 43 were rescued and another eight remain unaccounted for as of September 28, 2026.
Accidents

Philippine officials link fatal ferry fire to unsecured chemical cargo

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
The crew of the US Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Tampa pose with seized contraband during a drug offload at Port Everglades, Florida, October 14, 2026. The crew offloaded approximately 29,600 pounds of cocaine and 3,355 pounds of marijuana, valued at an estimated US$226.7 million, resulting from six interdictions in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Coast Guard

US Coast Guard offloads drugs totalling nearly 15 tonnes at Port Everglades, Florida

Will Xavier
Rendering of the Canadian Coast Guard polar icebreaker CCGS Imnaryuaq
Icebreaking

Keel laid for new Canadian Coast Guard polar icebreaker

Will Xavier
Pratas/Dongsha Island
Non-Naval Security

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

Reuters
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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