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The strategic potential of Submarine Rotational Force-West, the AUKUS initiative that commits the United States and United Kingdom to forward-deploy a small flotilla of nuclear-powered attack submarines to HMAS Stirling, near Fremantle, isn’t adequately appreciated.
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Harold Macmillan was supposedly once asked what the most troubling problem of his time as British Prime Minister was. “Events, my dear boy, events,” was his reply.
The vulnerability of Australia’s trade routes to military coercion was highlighted by both last year’s Defence Strategic Update and by government commentary on the rationale for AUKUS.
It’s a mark of our turbulent times that China’s dangerous and illegal actions against the Philippines at the Second Thomas Shoal currently only sit in the second tier of international security headaches confronting the United States and allies such as Australia.
Baird Maritime once more highlights the ever important fishing and aquaculture sector by reviewing newbuild vessels entering service around the world.
Twelve people are confirmed to have died after a tour boat capsized in a river in Hebei province in northern China on Saturday, April 13.
Iranian forces seized a containership operated by Switzerland-based MSC in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, April 13.
Officials of the Royal Thai Navy said the captain of a warship that sank in bad weather in late 2022 had taken “imprudent” actions that resulted in the ship’s loss along with at least 24 of its crew.
Twelve people are confirmed to have died after a tour boat capsized in a river in Hebei province in northern China on Saturday, April 13.
Iranian forces seized a containership operated by Switzerland-based MSC in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, April 13.
Officials of the Royal Thai Navy said the captain of a warship that sank in bad weather in late 2022 had taken “imprudent” actions that resulted in the ship’s loss along with at least 24 of its crew.
The CMA CGM Group recently took delivery of a new containership constructed by China’s state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.
Chinese shipyard Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore and Engineering (CIMC SOE) has launched the second in a series of three LNG bunkering vessels ordered by Canadian shipping company Seaspan for operation by its Seaspan Energy division.
Dutch marine projects company Van Oord has deployed two of its vessels to dredge the harbour at the Prinses Amaliahaven container terminal located on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam.
Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry has commenced construction on a new type of semi-submersible offshore fish farming vessel to be fitted with a dynamic positioning (DP) system.
Three people were killed while four others suffered varying degrees of injury after a fishing vessel was accidentally struck by a missile fired from a Russian Navy ship in the Baltic Sea off Russia’s Kaliningrad region on Tuesday, March 19.
Taiwanese news outlets RTI and CNA report that two people were killed and another two have gone missing after a Chinese fishing vessel capsized and sank near Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands on Thursday, March 14.
On June 10, 2024, the Royal Ocean Racing Club of Cowes on the Isle of Wight will host a full day showcasing fast-working boats demonstrating the latest technology and equipment as Speed@Seawork returns for its fifth edition.
WORK BOAT WORLD: Philip Malone has joined UK-based maritime nuclear energy company Core Power as its new Vice President of Engineering.
Hong Kong Maritime Week 2023, which was held from November 19 to 25, included a range of activities that organiser Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board expects will help reinforce the special administrative region’s position as an international maritime centre.
The CMA CGM Group recently took delivery of a new containership constructed by China’s state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.
Finnish shipping company Meriaura has placed an order for two new cargo vessels in a series to be built by Netherlands-based shipyard Royal Bodewes.
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