On 25 March the Russian Navy's future Papanin (Project 23550)-class Arctic patrol ship Ivan Papanin (400) transited the Great Belt on its way out of the Baltic.

BRP Cabra — a 44-meter Parola-class patrol vessel — has resumed its conduct of routine patrols off the coast of Zambales to counter what the PCG describes as China’s attempts to normalize ...

A Spanish patrol vessel christened: “Relámpago” has docked at the Sekondi Naval Base in the Western Region as part of the Spanish Navy’s support to enhance maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea. The ...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries launched the second 3,200-ton patrol vessel for the Philippine Navy successfully into the sea. The patrol vessel is set to be delivered to the Philippine Navy in September.

Quetzal and its sister ships were specifically designed to accommodate a variety of container sizes, including 300 refrigerated container unit plugs. The Avance Class – pronounced in Spanish "ah ...

MANILA, Philippines — A China Coast Guard ship made a dangerous maneuver to block a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel on patrol off Zambales on Monday. In a report yesterday, the PCG said the ...

Offshore patrol vessels represent a crucial piece of any given nation’s naval capabilities. They play a particularly important role in enforcing maritime law, safeguarding territorial waters ...

On April 14, the BRP Gabriela Silang, the most advanced offshore patrol vessel in the Philippine Coast Guard fleet, arrived at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang, marking the start of its goodwill visit to ...

Japan has begun construction work on the first four of a planned fleet of 12 next-generation offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) for the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF). Equipped with state-of-the ...

UAE hands out contracts to build anti-piracy and smuggling naval craft The UAE has awarded contracts to build naval patrol vessels to conduct missions including pirate and smuggler monitoring. Al Seer ...

The critical design review puts the vessels on course to be fully upgraded by the end of 2030. The Franco-Italian Horizon-class destroyers have completed their critical design review stage in the ...

In late 2014 the Argentine government reportedly accepted a Chinese offer to meet its long-standing requirement for a new class of offshore patrol vessel. Over the last decade Argentina has ...