Maritime news headlines

Captain Matthew Flinders will be reburied in the English village where he was born in 1814, with Australian guests among those marking the event.

American real estate mogul Larry Connor says he wants to show the site of the famous liner can be explored safetly, nearly one year after the Titan disaster.

The remains of the 300-year-old warship sunk in the Caribbean is believed to contain billions of dollars worth of artifacts.

US search teams made the grim discovery, but will not positively confirm the identities of the two males found "out of respect for the families."

The grim discovery came after the small vessel was spotted drifting by local fishermen.

The ship was completely overturned by the time rescuers arrived at the scene

A missile attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden has killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel, officials said.

The high-seas confrontation comes as South-East Asian leaders meeting in Melbourne are set to discuss Beijing's aggression.

The incident came amid heightened tension between Beijing and Taipei and left passengers onboard stunned.

Defence Minister Richard Marles said there will be more warships in the water ahead of schedule.

Their vessel was pursued after trespassing in Taiwan waters, officials said.

Amid plenty of fanfare, the Icon of the Seas has set sail on its maiden voyage, but not everyone is happy.

A large chunk of global trade faces being rerouted around the Middle Eastern waterway, adding time and costs for shipping companies.

Officials said the incident caused damage and endangered Filipino crew members off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.

The hijackers descended on the cargo ship by repelling down from a helicopter, reports said.

At the height of the faceoff in the high seas, a Chinese coast guard ship blasted a water cannon toward a Philippine motorboat

Security monitoring of the commercial site will continue, the federal government said.

The 56-metre vessel will be assessed for damage, Singapore authorities said.

A superyacht owned by mining magnate Clive Palmer has run aground after colliding with a reef.

Taiwan's first homemade submarine has been greeted with a stark warning from its superpower neighbour.

The Philippines government claimed the structure destroyed coral and marine life.

Police have been asked to investigate why the ship ran aground and whether any laws have been broken.

One of the Australian passengers has described the moments leading up to the luxury vessel's grounding.

The vessel is stranded in the world's largest and most northerly national park known for icebergs.

One passenger said the giant vessel 'floated away like a paper storm' during the wild weather.

Shifting sands have revealed artefacts from colonial-era life off the coast of South Australia.

The incident came after the collapse of a deal that ensured the export of Ukrainian grain would continue.

Experts are investigating how the whale became trapped.

Two men were left injured after the unmanned vessel ran over them earlier this month.

The British government has turned to floating accommodation to house unauthorised migrants. Here is what they can expect to live in.

A British businessman is one of the crew members on board a submersible that went missing on the way to see the Titanic.

Images of artifacts laying hundreds of metres beneath the ocean offer new insights into Mediterranean culture, experts say.

The piece of jewellery hadn't been seen since the famous ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic in April 1912, causing the death of 1500 people.

There are concerns treasure hunters disturbed the designated war graves of hundreds of sailors.

Researchers came across the wreck of the ship that capsized off Tasmania in 1973.

The digital disruption has exposed a huge threat to Taiwan's national security.

Submerged indigenous cultural sites and shipwrecks are at risk, MPs have warned.

Workers of the Taiwan based company will cash in on a bumper year as global trade rebounds.

Authorities who've offered few clues about its origins say it will be 'disposed of'.

The talks come after a diplomatic row over a reported laser blinding in the disputed South China Sea.

The Philippines Coast Guard says the incident occurred in the disputed South China Sea earlier this month.

Australia will spend $1 billion on advanced sea mines to protect its waters from naval incursions by China and other potential adversaries.

A ship that sank almost 80 years ago remains a threat to thousands of people in southern England.

Ernest Shackleton's vessel Endurance was at the centre of an epic survival feat.

Thousands of dead fish including stingrays washed up on the shore of Mannering Park, Lake Macquarie, earlier this month shocking local residents.

A Chinese navy vessel has arrived at a Beijing-built port in southern Sri Lanka, after its port call was earlier delayed due to apparent security concerns raised by India.

Dredging has begun to free a cargo ship stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for more than a week, the US Coast Guard said.

While the Titanic is history's most famous shipwreck, its death toll was eclipsed by a lesser-known maritime disaster almost 80 years ago.

Twenty five years ago Australia's rescue of an English yachtsman lost in some of the world's most perilous seas captivated the world.

Australia's fleet of new nuclear-powered submarines are expected to cost up to $171 billion, a report says.