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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | October 3 – Italian and Australian...
The US Navy welcomes a surface combatant into service while the Italian Navy takes delivery of a new offshore patrol ship. Construction continues on a future US Navy aircraft-capable amphibious ship....
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One dead, three injured in demasting mishap on schooner near Rockland Harbor,...
One passenger is confirmed dead while three others suffered less severe injuries on a schooner after its mast broke and fell while off the coast of Maine on Monday, October 9. The US Coast Guard First...
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OPINION | China’s “blue dragon” strategy in the Indo-Pacific
To compete strategically with the United States and undermine President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific policy, China has quietly been advancing its stealthy divide-and-conquer foreign policy agenda on four...
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | October 11 – A new Hellenic Navy...
The US Navy and the Papua New Guinea Defence Force formally welcome new vessels into service. A future multi-role frigate for the Hellenic Navy is floated out. Finally, Brazil starts building its first...
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Presumed human remains included among debris found near wreckage of Titan...
Marine safety engineers with the US Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) recovered and transferred remaining Titan submersible debris and evidence from the North Atlantic Ocean seafloor...
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Focus on Maritime Security
We once again take a closer look into the maritime security sector by featuring the capable vessels and the related technology – weaponry, sensors, and propulsion systems – that comprise this sector....
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VESSEL REVIEW | Berbice – New patrol vessel for Guyana Defence Force
US boatbuilder Metal Shark Boats has delivered a new aluminium-hulled patrol vessel to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) for operation by its Coast Guard component. Named after a river in Guyana, the...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Empire State – Training ship with secondary disaster response...
Philly Shipyard in Pennsylvania has delivered a new training vessel to the State University of New York Maritime College (SUNY Maritime College). Empire State is owned by the US Maritime Administration...
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | October 19 – New US Navy submarine,...
The US Navy commissions a new submarine into service as the US Coast Guard and the Royal Australian Navy take delivery of new patrol vessels and a Russian border guard boat completes another series of...
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VESSEL REVIEW | US builder unveils new series of compact landing craft
US-based Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, through its Lyman-Morse Fabrication (LMF) division, recently introduced a new series of landing craft workboats to serve customers in the marine research, maritime...
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NTSB recommends engine room fire detection and extinguishing systems for...
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that engine room fire detection and fixed fire extinguishing systems be installed in small passenger vessels previously exempted from...
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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | October 31 – Chinese sea rescue ship,...
Deliveries include a large rescue ship to a Chinese government agency and three flood response workboats to an Australian volunteer organisation. A future US Coast Guard cutter is launched into the...
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Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for September/October 2023
WORK BOAT WORLD: Silver Ships has recently promoted Jason Powers to the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Previously, he held the role of Director of Business Development and has been a member of...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Ranger James P. Fleetwood – Firefighting boat delivered to US...
Alabama boatbuilder Silver Ships recently delivered a new firefighting vessel to the US National Park Service for operation in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area that sits between Arizona and...
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | November 23 – Philippine and...
The Philippine Navy, the Samoa Police Service, and a law enforcement agency in the US state of Pennsylvania take delivery of new vessels while a future Royal Australian Navy patrol ship is launched...
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US Navy destroyer foils tanker hijacking in Gulf of Aden
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has confirmed that a US Navy warship and naval vessels of partner nations responded to a distress call by the crew of a commercial ship that had been boarded by five...
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | November 30 – US-built electric...
The Russian Navy acquires a submarine while a future Italian Navy surface combatant is launched into the water for the first time. A US builder unveils a new series of battery-powered patrol boats....
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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | December 7 – Spanish Navy’s newest...
The Spanish Navy takes delivery of a new submarine as a future Israeli Navy patrol boat is launched into the water for the first time. The US Navy christens an amphibious assault ship. Finally, a...
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US military reports attacks on commercial ships in Red Sea
Four attacks occurred against three separate commercial vessels operating in international waters in the southern Red Sea on Monday, December 4, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a recent press...
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VESSEL REVIEW | Nahshon – Israeli Navy landing craft with 2,000-tonne...
The Israeli Navy recently welcomed a new landing craft into service. Built by Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana, INS Nahshon has an LOA of 95 metres, a beam of 20 metres, a draught of 4.2 metres, and a...
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