A fire department in California welcomes a response boat into service as a Finnish builder begins construction of a new class of patrol vessels for border guard use. Orders have meanwhile been placed for an emergency towing vessel that will serve outlying islands off Australia and an oil spill response craft that will serve communities […]
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The Australian Army has christened a new specialised littoral watercraft that will be deployed at Far North Queensland’s Thursday Island by the army reserve’s 51st Ba ..
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The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has been goaded into releasing details of an incident in which a Chinese warship hit a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) patrol aircraf ..
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The Australian Department of Defence (DOD) has confirmed that on Thursday, February 17, the crew of a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol airc ..
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The United States rightly considers itself a “Pacific nation.” It has been engaged there almost since its founding—and the US west coast stretches to Guam. ..
Tug companies in the Far East might be expected to recoil in horror at a recent report published by the US National Bureau of Economic Research. Written by academics at ..
The Queensland coastal passage plan (QCPP) AMSA launched and funded has been revised and includes all the feedback that the Authority received from the coastal pilots and pilotage providers. According to it all Masters and coastal pilots transiting these areas should consider the information in the QCPP when preparing their passage plans. Vessel owners, charterers, and agents might also find the document useful in improving the readiness of ships by ensuring voyage plans, waypoints and other...
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