Coast Guard (Non-Naval Security, Security)

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
Tongji
Research, Environment & Training

Chinese research ship reappears near Taiwan, triggering standoff

Reuters
Taiwan Coast Guard vessel PP-10081
Security

Drones, coast guard funding in Taiwan's trillion-dollar defence budget

Reuters
The Port of Argostoli in Greece
Accidents

Three arrested following vessel collision in Greece's Ionian Islands

Gareth Havelock
A Hellenic Coast Guard patrol boat (representative photo only)
Accidents

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

Jens Karsten
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
A US Coast Guard Station Miami Beach boat crew rescues a mariner after the latter's personal watercraft began taking on water near the Government Cut channel, August 17, 2026. Coast Guard Sector Miami watchstanders received notification from Miami-Dade dispatch at approximately 14:30 local time reporting a green and white personal watercraft taking on water with two people aboard.
Accidents

US Coast Guard rescues two people from sinking personal watercraft near Government Cut, Florida

Jens Karsten
Representatives of Iceland, the US and other participating nations at the opening ceremony of Exercise Northern Viking in Keflavik, August 18, 2026
Naval

US forces arrive in Iceland for Exercise Northern Viking

Will Xavier
Security Vessel News Roundup | August 18 – Croatian fire boat order, Chilean Navy landing ship construction and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | August 18 – Croatian fire boat order, Chilean Navy landing ship construction and more

Baird Maritime
A China Coast Guard ship obstructs the Philippine Coast Guard Parola-class multi-role response vessel BRP Malabrigo during a Philippine Navy resupply operation near Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, June 30, 2023.
Coast Guard

OPINION | A next step for Australia in Southeast Asia: help nations communicate what's happening at sea

Joy Dianne Gumatay
Lieutenant (junior grade) Madeline Mee (closest to camera), a boarding team member assigned to the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Midgett, inspects a fishing vessel during a law enforcement boarding under the regional fisheries management organisations (RFMO) authority in the Pacific Ocean, July 1, 2026. RFMO boardings ensure compliance with international fisheries regulations and counter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in the Pacific Ocean.
Fishing Regulation & Enforcement

US Coast Guard, international partners conclude joint anti-IUU fishing patrol in Northern Pacific

Will Xavier
A US Army MSV(L) landing craft built by Vigor at its Vancouver, Washington facilities
Security

Lone Star Funds completes sale of Vigor Marine Group

Will Xavier
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
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
Imparator Atila in 2024
Accidents

VIDEO | Over 100 evacuated after sightseeing vessel catches fire in Aegean Sea off Turkey

Jens Karsten
CCGS Mira Bay
Search and Rescue

Canadian Coast Guard officially welcomes new rescue boat into service

Will Xavier
The motor yacht Angiola listing heavily before eventually capsizing and sinking off Sardinia, August 11, 2026
Accidents

Yacht capsizes off Sardinia, Italy; all on board rescued

Gareth Havelock
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