China flexes muscles with drills amid island row
China was set to dispatch naval vessels and aircraft to the East China Sea on Friday, flexing its muscles in exercises likely to further stoke a bristling territorial dispute with Japan.
Cruise ship crew member dies of meningitis in Italy
An Indonesian cruise ship crew member died of meningitis on Tuesday, nine days after being hospitalised with three colleagues in the western Italian port city of Livorno.
Italy holds hearings into Costa Concordia shipwreck
An Italian court will hold a series of hearings starting on Monday to work out the details of the tragic night of the Costa Concordia disaster, with captain Francesco Schettino expected to attend.
Three dead, 13 missing after shipwreck off France's Mayotte
Three people were dead and 13 missing Monday after a boat carrying illegal immigrants capsized in the Indian Ocean off the French overseas territory of Mayotte.
Activists building ship in Gaza to defy Israel
A ship built in Gaza will sail next year carrying Palestinian exports to international customers, and to challenge Israel's blockade from the inside out.
China ships in Japan waters off isles: coastguard
Three Chinese government ships were in Japanese territorial waters off a disputed island chain Monday, the coastguard said, in the latest salvo of an increasingly heated international dispute.
US lifts ban on New Zealand naval ships
The US has lifted a ban that prevented New Zealand naval ships visiting US ports or bases since the 1980s, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday, hailing a "new era" in relations between the two nations.
Four dead, 12 missing as typhoon pounds South Korea
Four Chinese crew members were confirmed drowned and 12 were missing after a strong typhoon battering South Korea pushed their ships onto the rocks Tuesday.
Tongan wreck may be pirate treasure ship: official
Divers in Tonga have discovered a shipwreck believed to be a pirate vessel that folklore says sank in the 19th century with a hold full of treasure, officials in the Pacific nation said Thursday.
Titanic II to have 'safety deck' says Australian tycoon
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer Tuesday said his modern-day version of the Titanic will retain the first, second and third-class divisions of the original and include a new "safety" deck.
Kazakhstan and South Korea sign an MoU to construct a Caspian shipyard
The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the KADEX-2012 international weaponry exhibition in Astana by Kazakhstan Engineering and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
PHOTO: First Kazakhstan rocket ship floated out in Uralsk
The first rocket-gunnery ship made by Zenit Uralsk plant has been floated out in Uralsk.
Chokan Valikhanov yacht crew plans to complete their circumnavigation before summer
The yacht has reached the Malaysian port city Dixon and is waiting on Langkawi island (Malaysia) for a technical check-up.
Kazakhstan will construct drones and ships with U.S. and Ukraine
Kazakhstan is going to manufacture drones with the U.S. and ships with Ukraine.