Ships

New Spirit of Tasmania heads south

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Spirit of Tasmania IV has departed Scotland and is bound for Hobart, with its expected arrival announced as "late-August". In a statement, ferry operator...

Inside a British shipbuilding yard

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Inside a conference room in a building overlooking the Janet Harvey Hall on Glasgow’s River Clyde, Sir Simon Lister laid out a clear ambition...

KRI Brawijaya Handed Over to Indonesian Navy

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On 2 July 2025 the handover ceremony of the first of two multi-purpose combat ship (MPCS) KRI Brawijaya into the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) was...

HMAS Arafura commissions

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The Royal Australian Navy commissioned the first of its new class of offshore patrol vessels, HMAS Arafura, at Fremantle Passenger Terminal on Saturday 28...

Russia nuclear ice-breakers clear way for LNG

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Two nuclear icebreakers are making way for a tanker and two cargo ships in this year's first transit shipment on the Russian Arctic route. Icebreaker...

India commissions lead anti-submarine shallow-water craft

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On 18 June 2025 the Indian Navy commissioned the first of the class of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), INS Arnala, at the...

First of new UK frigate class takes to sea

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The Royal Navy's newest warship has taken to the water for the first time. HMS Venturer is the first of five Inspiration class or...

Merchant fleet size leaves us vulnerable

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By Peter Court* Australia’s ports may be busy, but we have no way of ensuring that ships will keep coming to them in wartime. In...

Mogami-class frigate docks in Darwin

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Japan's latest Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate made a port call in Darwin, northern Australia, on Thursday for training, as Japan competes with Germany for...

Mogami to boost Defence ties with Japan

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On May 23 ADM interviewed Sayako Sumomo, Director of the International Cooperation Division of ATLA’s Department of Equipment Policy, to discuss why the Mogami...