Maritime Accidents and Incidents

As survivors mark the grim anniversary of the accident that claimed 82 lives, they describe the lasting impacts and invaluable camaraderie that has helped them come to terms with what they experienced.

An extensive marine search for what was mistakenly thought to be two missing paddleboarders on the New South Wales Mid North Coast has sparked calls for greater safety protocols around the emerging water sport of hydrofoiling.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis say they have fired missiles at two more vessels in the Red Sea, causing damage to the ships.

An environmental advocate says the changing climate means its more important than ever to protect the reef from human damage. It comes after a private charter skipper is convicted of numerous maritime offences.

The last place Ralph Bender expected to wind up was southern Western Australia missing part of his hand.

Four people, including two 17-year-olds, are arrested after a man drowns during what police say was an attempt to steal a woman's handbag at Hobart's waterfront overnight.

A woman is remembering her brother as a "hero", saying he saved the lives of three children who were caught in a rip at Mary Ellis Beach, south-west of Port Lincoln on Friday. She has launched a fundraiser to support his wife and four children. 

The US military says the sailors were taking part in a January raid on an unflagged ship carrying illicit Iranian made-weapons.

The body of missing man Dan Cojocea, who was caught in a rip in waters off the SA's Eyre Peninsula on Friday, has been found.

The search resumes for missing man Dan Cojocea, who was caught in a rip near Sleaford, south-west of Port Lincoln, on Friday afternoon.

Beach safety expert Professor Rob Brander explains what flash rips are and how swimmers can stay safe if they are caught in one.

The Batavia shipwreck, with its mutiny and murder, is ingrained in Western Australian history. Now, 400 years later, a restoration project is bringing pride and new skills to a group of inmates.

Around 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a "tragic" shipwreck off Libya, according to the International Organisation for Migration. 

HMAS Matafele disappeared without a trace during a treacherous sea voyage in 1944, but a stroke of fortune meant a 19-year-old crewman missed the boat.

Danish shipping company AP Moller-Maersk will pause all container shipments through the Red Sea until further notice, a spokesperson for the company says.

The RSV Nuyina "hit" Hobart's Tasman Bridge four times during computer simulations, and would have done so another 10 times if the virtual trial wasn't aborted. It's why the ship now has to make a 660-kilometre detour to refuel at a cost of almost $1 million.

A trawler crew in distress off the Queensland coast fired off an emergency beacon. They watched their boat go down in tropical waters after a freighter came to their rescue.

The loved ones of Matthew Balange are coming to terms with the loss of a "beautiful person who put everybody above himself", as officials on the Sunshine Coast concede it's unlikely he'll be found alive.

The foreign minister and opposition leader press a top Chinese official over the "unsafe and unprofessional" conduct of a People's Liberation Army warship that confronted an Australian frigate earlier this month.

The man, in his 40s, has been missing since yesterday afternoon when he did not return from a trip to the Gneerings Shoals, off the coast of Maroochydore.

The killing of 26 men, women and children has been described as the largest murder of Europeans by Indigenous people in Australia's colonial history. Now, a new sculpture, signs and garden will give context to a monument marking the event.

A cargo ship travelling from Egypt to Turkey hit stormy seas and sank near the Greek island of Lesbos leading to a major rescue operation finding only one crewman.

A scathing report finds equipment failure, overworked crew — many who had never been in Antarctic conditions before — as well as other factors contributed to a 2021 fire on board a ship which was thousands of kilometres from help "in some of the harshest and least-forgiving oceans on the planet".

The South Australian man, who was found unresponsive while snorkelling, was pulled out of the water, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Australian maritime scientists say "two significant discoveries" provide more evidence that a shipwreck off the US coast is Captain Cook's Endeavour.