Coast Guard (Non-Naval Security, Security)

Rendering of a US Coast Guard Heritage-class offshore patrol cutter
Coast Guard

Construction begins on third US Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter

Alan Bosworth
US Coast Guard personnel stand guard over the 37 interdicted aliens before they are handed over to the US Border Patrol.
Coast Guard

US Coast Guard interdicts 37 illegal aliens southwest of Channel Islands Harbor, California

Will Xavier
Security Vessel News Roundup | September 1 – Swedish and Turkish frigates, US Navy expeditionary sea base and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | September 1 – Swedish and Turkish frigates, US Navy expeditionary sea base and more

Baird Maritime
Filo Jet in 2024
Accidents

Ferry capsizing leaves eight dead off Northern Cyprus; 18 others missing

Gareth Havelock
A makeshift vessel carrying 19 aliens onboard just before being interdicted by the US Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Richard Dixon in Mona Passage waters off Puerto Rico, August 24. 2026.
Coast Guard

US Coast Guard repatriates 16 aliens to Dominican Republic following vessel interdiction off Puerto Rico

Will Xavier
Philippine Coast Guard personnel recover the body of one of nine people who perished after a boat capsized while transiting Mapanuepe Lake in Zambales province three days prior, August 30, 2026.
Search and Rescue

VIDEO | Rescuers find bodies of missing victims of Philippine lake boat capsizing

Will Xavier
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
Cocaine seized from a drug-smuggling boat interdicted by the crew of the US Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Richard Dixon 50 miles off Puerto Rico, August 21, 2026
Crime & Piracy

Boat carrying over $54m in cocaine seized off Puerto Rico

Will Xavier
Multi-purpose icebreaker Nordica
Icebreaking

Finnish icebreaker to support Canadian Coast Guard's Arctic operations

Gareth Havelock
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
The US Navy littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara sails in formation with the Philippine Navy frigate BRP Diego Silang while Philippine Air Force FA-50PH fighter jets fly overhead during a multilateral maritime cooperative activity in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, August 24, 2026.
Naval

Australia, Philippines, US conduct multilateral maritime cooperative activity

Will Xavier
The China Maritime Safety Administration patrol boat Haixun 1003 during the first trial navigation of the 134-kilometre-long Pinglu Canal
Shipping

China to open new 130-kilometre inland canal

Jens Karsten
Chantier Davie Canada
Icebreaking

Canadian builder secures order for six icebreakers

Jens Karsten
The tug SL Sual 1 shortly before it sank off the Philippines' Zambales province during an unsuccessful salvage attempt, August 24, 2026. All 10 people who were on board the tug during the salvage operation jumped overboard and were safely rescued.
Accidents

VIDEO | Refloated tug sinks during salvage attempt off Zambales, Philippines

Jens Karsten
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
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