The Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) recently took delivery of two new patrol boats in a series built by Metal Shark Boats of Jeanerette, Louisiana. The vessels are the seventh and eighth vessels overall that Metal Shark has delivered to the PRPD since 2016. Each of the new patrol boats has...
Taiwanese news outlets RTI and CNA report that two people were killed and another two have gone missing after a Chinese fishing vessel capsized and sank near Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands on Thursday, March 14. The vessel identified as Min Long Yu 61222 was approximately 1.1 nautical miles off Dongding...
Polish shipbuilder Baltic Operator laid the keel of a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) slated for the Finnish Border Guard in a ceremony in Gdansk on Tuesday, March 12. Construction of the OPV is being undertaken by Baltic Operator in cooperation with Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku and in compliance...
Two Asia-Pacific flashpoints – the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait – stand at a critical juncture, but their connection is not always well understood. In the South China Sea, China has ramped up its military assertiveness against the Philippines while at the same time holding out the prospect of...
Swedish builder Marell Boats has completed conducting sea trials of a new high-speed craft fitted with a hybrid electric propulsion system. The 17-metre vessel is designed to enable high-speed performance in heavy seas. Strong webs and longitudinal framing ensure extremely high hull performance at...
Following a brief pause. Beijing has resumed its pressure on Manila over the South China Sea (SCS). On Tuesday, March 5, a five-strong flotilla of China Coast Guard (CCG) patrol ships intercepted a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) resupply convoy that was on passage to the Philippine Marine Corps...
WORK BOAT WORLD: Philip Malone has joined UK-based maritime nuclear energy company Core Power as its new Vice President of Engineering. In his new position, Malone is responsible for providing the strategic, technical, and design leadership required to bring advanced nuclear energy technologies to...
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The Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, Washington, has entered into a strategic partnership with Anchorage, Alaska-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Coastwise Corporation wherein the latter will become a new division under EBDG. Coastwise Corporation has been rebranded as Coastwise Engineering. This division will continue to provide superior naval architecture services to […]
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French boatbuilder Sillinger recently handed over a new rigid inflatable boat (RIB) to the French Directorate General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture (La direction générale des affaires maritimes, de la pêche et de l’aguaculture; DGAMPA). The boat has a deep V aluminium hull, a...
Deliveries include a rescue boat for an Australian volunteer organisation, a firefighting launch for a government operator in the US state of Virginia, and two ambulance boats for a Norwegian shipping company. A Russian rescue and patrol vessel is unveiled for the first time. Finally, a Saudi customer places orders for new fireboats to be […]
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