Security Features/Opinion (Security)

Some of the plastic nurdles that are believed to have originated from a stack of containers that had fallen overboard from the feeder ship BG Orange at the Port of Tyne in the UK on July 19, 2026. The containers fell after BG Orange was accidentally struck by the wind turbine installation vessel Wind Orca as the latter was manoeuvring to depart the port on the said date.
Shipping

COLUMN | Transporting hazardous cargo: are today's shippers taking on too much risk? [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
Black Sea
Shipping

FEATURE | Escalating Black Sea attacks threaten global grain and oil trade

Reuters
Whispering Death book cover
Security

BOOK REVIEW | Whispering Death: The Fascinating Story of the World War II Beaufighter Squadrons

Dr Neil Baird
A missile launched from a US warship at its forces conduct strikes against Iran
Weaponry

FEATURE | Has the US exhausted its long-range missile stockpile in Iran war?

Reuters
Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia, where the Royal Australian Navy's future nuclear-powered submarines will be built
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | AUKUS Pillar One will be won or lost on workforce

Raelene Lockhorst
Map showing Iran's "expanded" area of control in the Strait of Hormuz
Security

FEATURE | Iran plays for time by turning Middle East energy routes into leverage

Reuters
COLUMN | End of the road or a new beginning? Global Marine Group, Orange and the global cable opportunity [Offshore Accounts]
Offshore

COLUMN | End of the road or a new beginning? Global Marine Group, Orange and the global cable opportunity [Offshore Accounts]

Hieronymus Bosch
Map of border between the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and Morocco
Crime & Piracy

FEATURE | Spain calls in the military after border controls break down in Ceuta

Reuters
Caspian Pipeline Consortium's SPM-3
Acts of War

FEATURE | Just two days after reopening, drone attacks shutdown Caspian Pipeline terminal again

Reuters
A QW-12 man-portable air defence system
Weaponry

FEATURE | Exposed by US war, Iran rushes to secure Chinese missiles

Reuters
Middle East map
Security

FEATURE | Tensions escalate as US and Saudi strikes pro-Iran groups in Iraq

Reuters
A missile launched from a US warship at its forces conduct strikes against Iran
Security

FEATURE | Trump sees chance of Iran deal but warns strikes could resume

Reuters
A US Navy Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine
Naval Submersibles

OPINION | Australia must discuss war planning before hosting a US submarine force

Michael Pezzullo
Asef missiles Houthis
Crime & Piracy

FEATURE | Iran quietly sends top advisers and missile gear to boost Houthi operations

Reuters
Firefighters work to extinguish the blaze on the Turkish-flagged LPG tanker Orinda after it was hit by a Russian drone at the Port of Izmail in Ukraine, November 17, 2025.
Shipping

COLUMN | Seafarers: another category of non-combatants who always seem to be in the line of fire [Grey Power]

Michael Grey
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Security

FEATURE | Rubio, Wang discuss managing US-China ties at ASEAN summit on the backdrop of Iran and South China Sea tensions

Reuters
Map of the Red Sea
Security

FEATURE | Houthis' Red Sea blockade could overextend US forces

Reuters
An unmanned underwater vehicle of suspected Chinese origin that was recovered off the Philippines' Masbate province on December 30, 2024. Indonesia has been reporting discoveries of similar craft in its waters.
Unmanned Security Systems

OPINION | Someone is showing a lot of underwater interest in Indonesia's straits

Chong De Xian
Indian Navy ships conducting exercises as part of the International Fleet Review in February 2026
Naval

OPINION | India at sea: the partner ASEAN can afford to trust

Premesha Saha
Map showing both the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Acts of War

FEATURE | Iran asks Houthi proxies to block Red Sea if US strikes power grid

Reuters
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