Focus on Emergency Service Vessels

The emergency services sector is one of the most diverse within the global maritime industry, and we are delighted to be once again featuring the highly capable vessels that perform vital roles in the areas of maritime safety and security. This week, we review law enforcement vessels for police and coast guard use in the Middle East and the United States as well as rescue craft for operators in Europe, Australia, and South-East Asia.

Firefighting • Search and Rescue • Police • Coast Guard

It is interesting to note that nearly all of this week’s featured vessels are noticeably small in size with some even measuring no more than 20 metres in length. This indicates that emergency service providers place just as much emphasis on being able to access remote, restrictive areas as they do on ensuring vessels are durable and capable of carrying as much of their kit as possible.

We invite readers to continue to visit Baird Maritime for the latest news and features covering emergency service vessels in operation worldwide.

Vessel Reviews:

• Dr Radjiman Wedyodiningrat – Second hospital ship in series for Indonesian Navy
• Jacob Frederiksen – Rescue boat to be based at Denmark’s Anholt Island
• Frikken – Compact hovercraft for Norwegian sea rescue agency
• Gintaras Zagunis – New patrol boat for Lithuanian border guard
• Tuggerah Lakes 21 & Batemans Bay 21 – Australian volunteer rescue group expands RIB fleet
  
• CVLS 45-01 – All-weather rescue boat to serve Norfolk, UK
• Port Stephens 30 – New 10-metre boat joins Australian rescue charity
  
• Balchik – Bulgarian Border Police acquires multi-role vessel
• Fast river response boat for Louisiana sheriff’s office
• Durable RIB pair delivered to UAE Coast Guard
• Haixun 08 – Survey and patrol ship to operate in Chinese offshore waters
• AFP10 – Australian Federal Police acquires locally-built patrol RIB

News and Gear:

• Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | August 11 – Patrol vessels for Bulgaria, Canada and Guyana plus US Navy submarine construction
• One killed after tug collides with LPG carrier in Suez Canal
• Nearly 200 evacuated from grounded Indonesian ferry
• NASA completes first recovery test for Artemis II space mission
• GEAR | International Maritime Rescue Federation launches new online learning platform
• Philippine Coast Guard condemns Chinese vessel’s harassment of resupply effort in Spratlys
• One dead after passenger boat suffers hull damage in Romblon, Philippines
• 23 dead in Uganda lake boat capsizing
• Inadequate lookout led to deadly 2022 collision involving US Coast Guard cutter off Puerto Rico
• Six more bodies recovered following Philippine lake boat tragedy
• 21 dead, others missing after passenger boat capsizes in Rizal, Philippines

Recent Important Features:

OPINION | US and Chinese military hospital ships: a growing competition across Pacific islands?

– “Regardless of which country provides them, military medical missions do not address the significant health system issues that people living in Pacific Island countries currently face.”

– by Dr Eileen Natuzzi, Solomon Islands co-coordinator for the Australia New Zealand Gastrointestinal International Training Association

Remember to come back every day to see the latest news, opinion and vessel reviews!

Call for content!

Any news or views about the global emergency services industries? Send it through to [email protected] ASAP (between now and August 11), so we can add it to this current edition of Emergency Services Week!

We are after:

• Vessels – Orders, new deliveries, under construction
• Gear – Latest innovations and technology in the emergency services sectors
• Interviews – Owners, operators, equipment manufacturers, etc.
• Reminiscences – Do you have any exciting, amusing or downright dangerous anecdotes from your time in the emergency services world? (example here)
• Other – Any other relevant news

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