Three people suffered varying degrees of injury as a result of an explosion and a subsequent fire on board a cargo vessel off Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 12. The locally-registered, 52-metre coastal carrier Hui Feng was approximately 27 kilometres off the coast when the blast and the...
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COLUMN | Beijing’s evolving multi-pronged strategy in the South China Sea [Naval Gazing]
China’s headlong maritime expansionism depends heavily upon achieving dominance of the South China Sea (SCS) and its environs. This dominance demands the establishment of control of many areas of the sea that are currently claimed by other nations. Beijing’s chosen tools to negate such claims are...
Two dead, two missing after Chinese fishing vessel capsizes off Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands
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...
Two dead following boat pursuit near Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands
Two Chinese nationals were killed after their vessel capsized while being pursued by Taiwanese authorities in the waters off the Kinmen archipelago on Wednesday, February 14. The unnamed vessel that originated from mainland China had approached to within one nautical mile off Kinmen when it was...
Cargo ship catches fire while undergoing repairs in Taiwan
A foreign-flagged cargo vessel caught fire while undergoing repairs at the Taiwanese port of Kaohsiung on Wednesday, September 13. The Cameroon-registered, Chinese-owned general cargo vessel Wan Lung was at the Kaohsiung facilities of Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Company for repairs when a blaze ignited...
Beijing carries out calibrated air and sea operations off Taiwan
April 7 to 9 saw a further deployment of Chinese warships and warplanes around Taiwan. This move was in response to the official visit to the United States by Taiwanese P ..
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US, Philippine Coast Guards join search for missing Taiwanese fishing vessel
The Coast Guards of the United States and the Philippines have joined a search and rescue (SAR) effort led by the Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (TCGA) to attempt to l ..
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Emergency Service Vessel News Roundup | August 2 – SAR boats in China, Australia and Finland, a long-range patrol ship for Taiwan, Italian-built police craft fleet for Libya
Emergency response vessels have been delivered to operators in Taiwan and mainland China while construction is nearly complete on two rescue boats for Iceland and New Sou ..
COLUMN | Taiwan boosting maritime forces to counter possible attack from the PRC [Naval Gazing]
War in Ukraine continues to be the focus of much media attention, with coverage frequently including speculation as to whether the Russian invasion might prove to be a ca ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | PP-3595 – Highly versatile coast guard craft for Taiwan’s eastern waters
The Taiwan Coast Guard Administration (TCGA) recently took delivery of two new patrol vessels slated for operation on the country’s east coast. Built locally by the Jon ..