Coast Guard (Non-Naval Security, Security)

Pratas/Dongsha Island
Non-Naval Security

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

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
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
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
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
Molly Pitcher in 2017
Accidents

Commuter asks US Coast Guard to probe NY Waterway ferry that hit pier and sailed on

Jens Karsten
A Silver Ships-built US Coast Guard 36-foot rigid inflatable boat
Coast Guard

Alabama builder secures US Coast Guard foreign military sales boat projects worth up to $12.2m

Will Xavier
A MARTAC USV
Unmanned Security Systems

Taiwan Coast Guard to acquire unmanned surface vessels from US firm

Alan Bosworth
Response boat small III demonstrator built by Metal Shark Boats for the US Coast Guard
Coast Guard

US Coast Guard orders 38 patrol boats for Cameroon and Georgia

Alan Bosworth
Odyssey of the Seas
Search and Rescue

Containership locates overboard cruise passenger after 20 hours in Ionian Sea

Alan Bosworth
Security Vessel News Roundup | October 13 – Indian Navy and Coast Guard patrol ships, US amphibious vehicle orders and more
Security

Security Vessel News Roundup | October 13 – Indian Navy and Coast Guard patrol ships, US amphibious vehicle orders and more

Baird Maritime
Rem Andes
Accidents

Seismic survey vessel abandoned off Louisiana following onboard fire; all 42 crew reported safe

Gareth Havelock
Port of Gulfport, Mississippi
Ports & Terminals

Gulfport and Pascagoula ports return to normal operations after Hurricane Isaias

Alan Bosworth
COLUMN | Back on track? US icebreaker construction; Anduril invests in naval submarine manufacturing; war and how it creates business opportunities for billionaires [Offshore Accounts]
Security

COLUMN | Back on track? US icebreaker construction; Anduril invests in naval submarine manufacturing; war and how it creates business opportunities for billionaires [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
The Indian Coast Guard Adamya-class fast patrol vessel ICGS Ajit at her commissioning ceremony, October 9, 2026
Coast Guard

Indian Coast Guard commissions seventh Adamya-class fast patrol vessel

Will Xavier
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