Coast Guard (Non-Naval Security, Security)

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
The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (left) sails alongside the Royal Australian Navy Anzac-class frigate HMAS Ballarat during a bilateral training exercise in the South China Sea, September 16, 2025.
Naval

OPINION | Australia must not be distracted as Beijing ramps up in the South China Sea

Jennifer Parker
Firefighters attempt to help put out the blaze in the engine room of the reefer ship Dole Colombia at the Port of Wilmington in Delaware, August 10, 2026.
Incidents

Fire ignites on reefer ship in Wilmington, Delaware

Gareth Havelock
USCGC Vincent Danz, the US Coast Guard's 62nd Sentinel-class fast response cutter
Search and Rescue

Search suspended for missing boat with nine people aboard in Federated States of Micronesia

Will Xavier
MSC Michigan VII
Accidents

Vessel operator, chief engineer sentenced over runaway ship incident in Charleston, South Carolina

Gareth Havelock
The sanctioned Russian tanker Marinera being intercepted by US forces in the Atlantic
Crime & Piracy

"Shadow fleet" tanker captain gets 10 months' jail time in US for evading arrest

Gareth Havelock
Liberty Island with the Statue of Liberty
Crime & Piracy

Documents reveal boat involved in fatal capsizing in New York Harbor was used for illegal charters

Jens Karsten
Taiwan Coast Guard vessel PP-10081
Security

Facing China pressure, Taiwan plans 16 per cent jump in military budget

Reuters
Liberty Island with the Statue of Liberty
Accidents

Boat capsizing leaves two dead near Liberty Island, New York

Gareth Havelock
Min Jiang Kou COSCO Shipping COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research Institute Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group
Accidents

Fire ignites on car carrier off Costa Rica; all on board rescued

Jens Karsten
The President boarded 64 missile fast attack boats and used onboard broadcasts to encourage navy officers and coast guard staff
Naval

Taiwan's President oversees coastal strike drill during annual war games

Reuters
Screenshot of video footage of the collision between a China Coast Guard vessel and a People's Liberation Army Navy warship off Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, August 11, 2025
Coast Guard

After a year, Beijing finally acknowledges fatalities in South China Sea collision

Reuters
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