
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), has transited the Strait of Dover into the North Sea.

US-based start-up Saronic Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to explore autonomous technologies for maritime applications.

The US Coast Guard has commissioned Earl Cunningham, the 59th fast response cutter (FRC) and the second of three FRCs to be homeported in Kodiak, Alaska.

Leonardo DRS has completed the first series of open-water demonstrations of its maritime mission equipment package (MEP), designed for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C‑UAS) naval fleet protection.

The US Coast Guard has commissioned the polar icebreaker USCGC Storis (WAGB 21) in Juneau, Alaska.

The Brazilian Navy has held a naming ceremony for the second Tamandaré-class frigate, named F201 – Jerônimo de Albuquerque.

Shipbuilder Irving Shipbuilding has marked the official naming ceremony of the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, the sixth and final Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS) for the Royal Canadian Navy.

Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has begun the next step in the design and engineering phase of the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) multi-purpose icebreakers (MPI) program.

South Korean shipbuilding major HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has secured a contract for the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) of a US Navy auxiliary ship.

Austal USA has started the construction of the second Heritage-class offshore patrol cutter being built for the US Coast Guard.

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), has arrived in Marseille, France, for a scheduled port visit with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).

The US Navy has exercised an option to add an additional DDG 51 destroyer to a multi-year contract awarded in 2023 to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works.

Seaspan Shipyards has partnered with shipbuilders Bollinger Shipyards and Rauma Shipyards, and engineering and design company Aker Arctic to deliver the ‘best solution’ for Arctic security cutters.

US shipbuilder Bollinger Shipyards has begun contract negotiations with the US Coast Guard for the construction of at least ten additional fast response cutters (FRCs).