Trilateral passage bolsters ties
Australia, Japan and the United States conducted a trilateral passage in the Philippine Sea en route to participate in Exercise Rim of the Pacific...
US carriers exercise in South China Sea
The Nimitz and Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike groups picked up high-end dual-carrier exercises in the South China Sea again July 17 — a move...
China uses stadium-style lights to scoop $560m of squid
Hundreds of ships from China's distant-water fishing fleet have hoovered up more than 160,000 tonnes of Pacific flying squid, worth more than $560 million,...
Taking China-India clash to the high seas
By David Brewster*
Last month’s clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh was the most significant conflict between the two countries since 1967. Despite...
Time to decolonise Diego Garcia
By Peter Harris*
The United States military base on Diego Garcia has a problem: it is housed inside an unlawful jurisdiction, the British Indian Ocean...
Crisis: seafarers forced to stay at sea
By Jim Wilson, Policy & Communications Officer, Shipping Australia Limited*
Readers who live near ports may have wondered why merchant ships were sounding their horns...
Seafarers’ grim plight in the pandemic
By Sam Bateman*
Amid the many consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of seafarers around the world are now locked onboard their ships with expired...
China’s likely response if Vietnam takes legal action
Laura Zhou, Beijing Bureau, South China Morning Post, asked:
Over the past week there have been more open discussions in China about how China should...
China plants long-term seeds in South China Sea
By Ben Werner
China is tightening its grip on disputed claims in the South China Sea by beefing up its military capability and planting the...
Diego Garcia: India’s conundrum
By Abhijit Singh
The tug-of-war between the United Kingdom and Mauritius over Chagos archipelago – and the US military base on Diego Garcia – is...