Non-Naval Security

Screenshot of video footage of the burning ferry June Aster off Palawan province in the Philippines, September 9, 2026. Of the 134 people who were on board the ferry, five are confirmed dead while only 42 have been safely rescued as of September 10, 2026.
Accidents

VIDEO | Five dead, over 80 missing after underway ferry catches fire in Western Philippines

Jens Karsten
Seized packages containing cocaine
Crime & Piracy

Boat carrying three tonnes of cocaine seized near Canary Islands

Will Xavier
The Philippine Coast Guard 97-metre multi-role response vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua during sea trials
Coast Guard

Detail design work begins on large patrol vessels for Philippine Coast Guard

Will Xavier
The seized fishing vessel, August 21, 2026
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

Six foreign nationals found guilty of illegal fishing in Australian waters

Jens Karsten
Security Vessel News Roundup | September 8 – North Korean destroyer commissioning, UK naval supply ship keel-laying and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | September 8 – North Korean destroyer commissioning, UK naval supply ship keel-laying and more

Baird Maritime
Kellutuq
Police

VESSEL REVIEW | Kellutuq – Shallow-draught waterjet patrol boat for Alaska State Troopers

Baird Maritime
Arctia's icebreaker Nordica upon arrival in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, September 4, 2026
Icebreaking

Finnish icebreaker arrives in Canada to support coast guard Arctic operations

Jens Karsten
An Australian Army bridge erection boat during trials off Port Macquarie
Other Workboats

Australian Army takes delivery of new bridge erection boats

Will Xavier
Filo Jet in 2024
Accidents

Northern Cyprus ferry tragedy death toll now at 14 following recovery of additional bodies

Gareth Havelock
A US Army temporary pier system enables ship-to-shore offloading and provides a mooring point for US Coast Guard Port Security Unit 309’s 32-foot transportable port security boats at Yeongil Bay, Pohang, South Korea, during CJLOTS 26, July 13, 2026.
Coast Guard

US Coast Guard unit concludes joint logistics exercise in South Korea

Alan Bosworth
A Hellenic Coast Guard patrol boat (representative photo only)
Accidents

One hospitalised after yacht collides with fishing boat off southern Greece

Jens Karsten
Filo Jet in 2024
Accidents

Northern Cyprus ferry tragedy death toll climbs to 12

Gareth Havelock
Crewmembers aboard the US Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Joseph Doyle repatriate and transfer 75 migrants to Dominican Republic Navy authorities in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, September 4, 2026. The crew interdicted the group on September 2, 2026, after intercepting a grossly overloaded makeshift boat in the Mona Passage off the coast of Puerto Rico.
Coast Guard

US Coast Guard repatriates 75 migrants to Dominican Republic following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage waters off Puerto Rico

Will Xavier
Philippine Coast Guard personnel help rescue some of the survivors of the capsizing of the banca-type boat San Agustin IV off the Philippines' Antique province, September 6, 2026. All but one of the boat's nine occupants survived the incident.
Accidents

VIDEO | Boat capsizing leaves one dead off Antique, Philippines

Jens Karsten
Some of the participating ships in Exercise Northern Viking 2026
Naval

US, NATO forces wrap up Exercise Northern Viking in Iceland

Will Xavier
COSCO Shipping Huangpu
Non-Naval Security

China's COSCO dismisses US military spying claims as false

Reuters
Map of Falkland Islands
Drilling & Production

Argentina revives Falklands dispute with sanction threat on oil drillers

Reuters
Tongji
Subsea Surveying

China surveys waters off eastern Taiwan for "one map" project

Reuters
Korea Coast Guard personnel inspect the hull of the capsized tug TNS Catcher off Busan, September 2, 2026. Only one of the tug's eight-strong crew has been rescued while another individual is confirmed dead and six others are unaccounted for.
Accidents

One dead, six missing after tug capsizes off Busan, South Korea

Jens Karsten
A Ribcraft RIB
RIBs and RHIBs

RIB builder to establish sovereign manufacturing capability in Philippines

Gareth Havelock
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