RAN conducts ASWEX 25
Four of Australia’s seven Anzac-class frigates sailed in formation off the Western Australian coast for ASWEX 25 this month. Their mission: to hunt Australian...
Singaporean OPVs Laid Down
On 7 April the Keel-Laying Ceremony for two Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) was held at Western Baltic...
Restoring America’s maritime dominance
On 9 April 2025 President Donald Trump issued the following Executive Order:
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the...
Russia’s new nuclear ice-maker heads north
Russia's newest icebreaker is heading to Murmansk. Built at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg, the Yakutiya is the fourth in the class of...
Importance of amphibious warfare
By Erik Davis*
2027 may still not be the year of war it’s been prophesised as, but we only have two years left to prepare....
Breaking China’s grip on shipping
By Blaine Worthington*
The United States has a shipping problem and everybody knows it. From combatant commands to congress and maritime security outlets to the...
Planned fuel levy on international shipping
By Georgia Hammersley*
This month, member countries to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the United Nations body responsible for regulating international shipping, will negotiate on...
RAN takes first of two big tugs
The first of two new Damen Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) 2111 50-foot Large Harbour Tug boats was quietly delivered to the Royal Australian Navy...
AUKUS n-sub program on track
By Jennifer Parker*
Since the announcement in September 2021 that Australia intended to acquire nuclear-powered submarines in partnership with Britain and the United States, the...
China’s exercise in intimidating Taiwan
The Chinese aircraft carrier CNS Shandong (17) made its first deployment to the Western Pacific for 2025 and was a major unit in Tuesday’s...