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Tokyo said Thursday it summoned Beijing's envoy after Chinese government ships entered Japanese territorial waters near islands at the centre of a row between the Asian giants.

• 08 августа 2013, 15:00

The Philippines said Saturday it is purchasing a surplus French Navy vessel to boost its forces in the South China Sea where it has an ongoing territorial dispute with China.

• 03 августа 2013, 17:01

Panamanian authorities have found two Soviet-era MiG-21 fighter jets aboard a North Korea-flagged ship seized this month as it tried to pass through the Panama Canal after departing from Cuba.

• 22 июля 2013, 11:32

UN sanctions experts will go to Panama soon to investigate a North Korean ship that was intercepted carrying weapons.

• 19 июля 2013, 13:57

North Korea said Wednesday that Cuban arms seized from a Pyongyang-flagged ship near the Panama Canal were part of a legitimate deal.

• 18 июля 2013, 18:48

The captain of the Costa Concordia has been portrayed as a villain who crashed and then abandoned his cruise ship in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives.

• 05 июля 2013, 14:33

Australian officials Friday called off a massive air and sea search for a couple who fell overboard during a cruise, as the cruise ship company involved said safety was its first priority.

• 10 мая 2013, 15:57

Two fishermen from Kiribati were rescued after surviving almost four weeks adrift in the Pacific, surviving on raw fish and rain water.

• 08 мая 2013, 15:57

Kazakhstan's Oral missile and artillery ship will be put float in Uralsk on April 30, 2013.

• 29 апреля 2013, 13:55

A US appeals court has labeled militant conservationist group Sea Shepherd as pirates, and cleared the way for Japanese whalers to pursue legal action against them.

• 27 февраля 2013, 12:59

An operation to tow a disabled cruise ship packed with desperate passengers back to the United States was delayed Thursday after one of the cables attaching it to a flotilla of tugs snapped.

• 15 февраля 2013, 18:58

Three Chinese government ships Saturday entered Japanese territorial waters around disputed islands, Japan's coastguard said, hours after a veiled US warning to Beijing not to challenge Tokyo's control.

• 20 января 2013, 11:19

Families of Italy's cruise shipwreck victims returned to the site of the disaster on Saturday as preparations got underway for a commemoration ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the fatal crash.

• 13 января 2013, 19:24

Hong Kong's name may mean "fragrant harbour", but cargo ships burning dirty fuel in what is one of the world's busiest ports add to a foul layer of pollution that kills more than 3,000 people a year.

• 12 января 2013, 10:23

A year on from the Costa Concordia tragedy in which 32 people lost their lives, the giant cruise ship still lies keeled over on an Italian island and its captain Francesco Schettino has become a global figure of mockery.

• 09 января 2013, 13:04

Sri Lanka has defended China's increased naval presence in the Indian Ocean and rejected claims that it is a threat to regional power India.

• 14 декабря 2012, 14:04

Two Iranian warships docked in Port Sudan on Saturday, a witness said, marking the second port call by the Iranian navy in Sudan in five weeks.

• 08 декабря 2012, 15:51

Kazakhstan Navy ordered a mobile deployment complex able to accept the ships at unequipped shores, similar to the one recently put into service by Russian Navy.

• 15 ноября 2012, 14:00

Four Chinese government ships entered territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands early Thursday, the Japanese coastguard said, sparking a strong protest from Japan.

• 26 октября 2012, 16:14

Singapore has opened a new cruise terminal capable of berthing the world's biggest luxury liners, in a bid to boost the city-state's position as a regional travel hub.

• 24 октября 2012, 10:21