12 bodies found after vessel snapped in two
Chinese search and rescue officials pulled 12 bodies on Monday from waters southwest of Hong Kong after an engineering vessel snapped in two as...
Israeli navy knocks out Hezbollah drones
Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Saturday it had sent three unarmed drones towards an Israeli Mediterranean gas rig, which the Israeli military said it had...
Austal wins contract to build US cutters
Austal USA has been awarded a contract with a potential value of US$3.3 billion (A$4.35 billion) for the detail design and construction of up...
Russian missile hits ‘ecological bomb’
A Russian missile has hit a tanker that has been drifting in the Black Sea for over four months and had been carrying diesel,...
IAEA wants more work on n-subs
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has warned there is a lot of technical work to be done before Australia's AUKUS submarine...
Sails added to bulk tanker
A newcastlemax bulk carrier belonging to Singapore-based Berge Bulk will be fitted with four WindWings sails in the second quarter of 2023, gCaptain reports.
The...
The aim of China’s third carrier
By Sam Roggeveen*
China’s launch of a new aircraft carrier, its third and the second built entirely at home, speaks to Beijing’s ambitions to become...
Australian Pacific patrol boats defective
Pacific island countries may halt the use of Australian-provided patrol boats after potentially serious defects were discovered, in a blow to a $2.1bn maritime...
Russian gas takes the Arctic route
According to the ship-tracking website Marine Traffic, the arctic LNG tanker Nikolay Yevgenov has arrived in the Pacific Ocean after transiting the Northern Sea...
Broader approach to undersea warfare
By Marcus Hellyer*
The hottest topic in Australia’s defence community right now is how to develop the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine capability. The decision to...