25 OCT 1983 Glomar Java Sea Drillship disaster, killed all 81 onboard during a typhoon in the South China Sea (see tweet below). -- 25 OCT 2026 BW Energy jack-up drilling rig, Vanuatu-flagged 🇻🇺 Prospector 5 (IMO 8771813), owned and operated by Borr Drilling "During jacking operations in preparation for a planned drilling campaign, the rig experienced a loss of stability and subsequently sank." bwenergy.no/en/bw-energy-dri… -- @mercoglianos @johnkonrad

Maybe this is the most important USN #ShipSpotting picture of the year. (📷by @Gov_Vessel_fan) USN DDG reloading VLS missile by barge & crane in the waters of Tokyo-wan, off Yokosuka. -- If US PACOM & Pacific Fleet have developed a lessons learned list from the Red Sea & Strait of Hormuz campaigns that does not put "VLS Reload" at the very top, then we should all be worried. - Congress has provided the direction: FY25 NDAA: Sec. 1027 Congress formally mandated that SECNAV submit a strategy to deliver a rearm-at-sea capability to the surface fleet FY26 NDAA: Sec. 323 & Sec. 334 Congress designated USTRANSCOM as the global manager responsible for mitigating vulnerabilities in contested logistics, including overseeing global deployment, distribution, ammunition stock posture, and intra-theater resupply - What is actually happening to improve this capability? -- @cdrsalamander @mercoglianos @BDHerzinger @MarSec_Bradford @graham_euan @CavasShips @CSSProvision @WarshipCam

ADMM & ADMM-Plus meets this week in Cebu 🇵🇭 Meanwhile, the 🇨🇳 PLAN Aircraft Carrier sailed around 🇵🇭 and via the Basilan Strait, sending a clear strategic signal before the meeting. In 2024, 🇵🇭 passed: 1. Philippine Maritime Zones Act (Republic Act 12064) 2. Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act (Republic Act 12064) and submitted them to the 🇺🇳 Sec Gen for circulation to parties of UNCLOS. The Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act required, among other things: 🚢Foreign ships or aircraft shall keep their automatic identification systems (AIS) turned on in designated Archipelagic Sea Lanes (including the Basilan Strait) 🚢 Foreign ships exercising the right of archipelagic sea lanes passage shall not engage in threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity, or political independence of the Republic of the Philippines, or in any other manner, act in violation of the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations. At the ADMM-Plus meeting in 🇲🇾in 2025, the parties, including 🇨🇳 said they: REAFFIRM the importance of mutual respect for the independence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity and national identity of our nations, maintaining and promoting peace, security, stability, prosperity, safety and freedom of navigation and overflight, as well as the need to enhance mutual trust and confidence, exercise self restraint in the conduct of activities and avoid actions that may further complicate the situation, and pursue peaceful resolution of disputes, in accordance with international law, including the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); -- bnc.bilyonaryo.com/chinese-w… -- @CollinSLKoh @ChongJaIan @graham_euan @JeffreyOrdaniel @BDHerzinger @EvanLaksmana @VeerleNouwens @wps_ph @wpstransparency @SeaLightFound @GordianKnotRay

24 OCT 2026 @CopernicusCMS #Sentinel2 🛰️📷 Strait of Hormuz & #Sentinel1 🛰️RADAR📷 Kharg Island -- The 138th @IMOHQ Council meets in a few days, the same week as the US election, and perhaps renewed hostilities. The IMO states: "Despite clear commitments by Member States reflected in these IMO resolutions, repeated calls from the Secretary-General, and persistent appeals from industry and the broader maritime community, innocent seafarers continue to bear the human cost of maritime crises in different regions of the world." "Regrettably, seafarers continue to lose their lives, suffer serious injuries, face abandonment, are denied repatriation and are deprived of basic human necessities, including water, food and medical care, resulting from the ongoing geopolitical conflicts. Too often seafarers are becoming pawns in geopolitical disputes in which they have no stake and over which they have no control, bearing a heavy human cost for keeping global trade moving." -- See @UANI Iran Shipping Update for details: unitedagainstnucleariran.com… -- @JemimaShelley @mercoglianos @TankerTrackers @tom_bike @brentdsadler @captsingh @MikeSchuler @MarcusHand1 @IMOSecGen

Someone dropped their jellybeans on the floor.

A memorable Trafalgar Night at the historic Singapore Cricket Club with the Royal Navy, and all the partners of the Five Power Defence Arrangement #FPDA 🇦🇺🇲🇾🇬🇧🇸🇬🇳🇿 Honouring Admiral Nelson, the Battle of Trafalgar, and the enduring traditions of naval service, camaraderie, and maritime partnership. 🇬🇧⚓🇸🇬 Thank you and BZ to @BDSSU_UK, @BDS_SEA and @hms_tamar

23 OCT 2026 @CopernicusCMS #Sentinel2 🛰️📷 8 🇮🇷-flagged tankers spotted in imagery today loitering near Sri Lanka 20 🇮🇷 tankers have been loitering in international waters near Sri Lanka after passing their cargo of 🇮🇷🛢️by Ship-to-Ship (StS) transfer over in the Malaysian EOPL anchorage. They have been sitting here for months. Today some maneuvered back down to vicinity of Galle, maybe for logistics support from ashore? The tankers have been here between 60 - 100 days. -- More details at @UANI Iran Shipping Update unitedagainstnucleariran.com… -- @JemimaShelley @TankerTrackers @AsiriFernandoLK @JonathanEmont @nilanthis @brentdsadler @captsingh @tom_bike @mercoglianos

23 OCT 2026 @CopernicusCMS #Sentinel2 🛰️📷 Kharg Island No tankers at berth. No crude oil has left 🇮🇷 due to the US blockade. Blockades require patience. As @imannasseri said in the @WSJ : The regime has proven resilient in the past. “Let’s wait another year and see if the system can stand.” wsj.com/world/middle-east/ir… -- See @UANI Iran Shipping Update for details: unitedagainstnucleariran.com… -- @JemimaShelley @TankerTrackers @mercoglianos @brentdsadler @RebeccaYFeng @JonathanEmont