Coast Guard (Non-Naval Security, Security)

A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel
Accidents

Independent inquiry finds Japanese school officials at fault for boating tragedy off Okinawa

Gareth Havelock
An Indian Coast Guard Aadesh-class fast patrol vessel
Accidents

One dead, one missing after fishing boat capsizes off Kerala, India

Gareth Havelock
Rescue boats comb the waters of the Kattegat just off the Swedish coast for any sign of a recreational vessel that had been struck by the Norwegian-flagged cargo ship Misje Verde on the night of July 28, 2026.
Accidents

Cargo ship captain arrested following deadly collision off Sweden

Jens Karsten
A boat carrying suspected illegal aliens just prior to being intercepted and boarded by US Coast Guard and US Customs and Border Protection personnel near San Clemente Island, California, July 29, 2026. A 56-year-old male who was among the suspected aliens was found unresponsive and was later pronounced deceased.
Coast Guard

Suspected illegal alien dead following interdiction near San Clemente Island, California

Jens Karsten
Scarborough Shoal
Coast Guard

China conducts naval, air patrols around disputed shoal in South China Sea

Reuters
Two China Coast Guard vessels underway
Coast Guard

Taipei calls China Coast Guard patrols "fake law enforcement"

Reuters
A China Coast Guard vessel (representative photo only)
Search and Rescue

Rescuers find body of Vietnamese sailor who died after cargo ship sank near Spratly Islands

Jens Karsten
The Utkilen-operated tanker Bergstraum off the coast of Norway after she suffered an onboard explosion and a subsequent fire on July 28, 2026. The blaze has since been extinguished and none of her 15-strong crew suffered injuries from the incident.
Incidents

VIDEO | Tanker carying sulphuric acid suffers explosion off Norway

Gareth Havelock
A small boat crew from the US Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Charles Sexton interdicts a suspected drug smuggling vessel approximately 80 miles southwest of Great Inagua, Bahamas, July 25, 2026. In coordination with the Royal Bahamas Defense Force, Sexton's crew seized approximately 2,380 pounds of presumptive marijuana worth an estimated US$2.8 million.
Crime & Piracy

US Coast Guard, partners seize nearly $3m in marijuana in Caribbean

Will Xavier
The US Coast Guard national security cutter USCGC Stone during builder's trials in the Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard

US, Norwegian coast guards conclude interoperability exercise in North Atlantic

Will Xavier
A China Coast Guard vessel (representative photo only)
Accidents

14 missing after Vietnamese cargo ship sinks near Spratly Islands

Jens Karsten
Members of US Coast Guard Station Bellingham and the Bellingham Fire Department prepare to transfer a survivor to emergency medical services personnel in Bellingham, Washington, July 23, 2026. The US Coast Guard, along with the US Navy, the Canadian Coast Guard, and local partner agencies responded to a seaplane emergency landing in Shallow Bay on Washington's Sucia Island earlier that day.
Search and Rescue

US Coast Guard, partners respond to aircraft crash on Sucia Island, Washington

Will Xavier
Excerpt of video showing China Coast Guard vessel firing water cannon at Philippine vessel
Incidents

VIDEO | China fires water cannon at Philippine ships for second straight day

Reuters
Screenshot of video showing a China Coast Guard vessel firing a water cannon at a Philippine fisheries vessel, July 23, 2026.
Incidents

VIDEO | China Coast Guard blasts Philippine ship with water cannon in disputed waters

Reuters
Photograph showing the damaged stern of the container vessel Yihang Mingyuan after it suffered an onboard explosion and a subsequent fire at the Port of Yangluo in China's Hubei province, July 22, 2026. One of the ship's crew remains unaccounted for as of July 23, 2026.
Incidents

One missing following explosion on containership at China's Yangluo Port

Gareth Havelock
Elyros
Accidents

Departing ferry collides with cargo ship in Greece's Souda Port

Gareth Havelock
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.
Naval

China summons Philippine envoy after heated confrontation in disputed shoal

Reuters
A Turkish Coast Guard Command patrol boat (representative photo only)
Accidents

One dead after tour boat hits bridge in Istanbul

Jens Karsten
A China Coast Guard patrol ship discharges its water cannon against a small boat attempting to transport supplies to Philippine troops deployed on Second Thomas Shoal, December 10, 2023.
Naval

Tensions flare as China and Philippines trade blame over sea clash

Reuters
A China Coast Guard vessel (representative photo only)
Coast Guard

Taiwan data shows sharp increase in Chinese maritime presence, blockade fears heighten

Reuters
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