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| UpdatedStrong winds and rough seas are hindering search efforts for a fisherman missing in waters off Fraser Island.
Topics: maritime, disasters-and-accidents, missing-person, hervey-bay-4655, qld
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A former salvage diver is intent on finding the final resting place of Australia's first submarine, AE1.
Topics: world-war-1, oceans-and-reefs, navy, history, maritime, human-interest, lifestyle-and-leisure, cairns-4870, papua-new-guinea
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Topics: maritime, history, world-war-1, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedA scuba diver missing for more than 17 hours off the north Queensland coast is lucky to be alive, according to his rescuers, after he was spotted by chance just as a helicopter searching for him was preparing to return to base to refuel.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, accidents, maritime, townsville-4810, qld
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| UpdatedAt least 18 people die when a speedboat carrying Indonesian workers home from Malaysia capsizes in stormy weather.
Topics: accidents---other, crime, accidents, maritime, indonesia, malaysia, asia, pacific
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| UpdatedPeople are dying at sea because of poorly maintained life jackets, as Tasmania's marine safety body warns less than 2 per cent are regularly serviced.
Topics: maritime, safety-education, death, tas
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| UpdatedDozens of shipwrecks, in excellent condition and the first of their kind seen from bygone empires, are a "complete bonus" discovery for researchers mapping the Black Sea.
Topics: maritime, oceans-and-reefs, history, research, bulgaria
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Somali pirates free 26 Asian sailors held captive in a small fishing village for more than four years since their ship was hijacked in the Indian Ocean, Government officials say.
Topics: maritime, law-crime-and-justice, crime, crime-prevention, prisons-and-punishment, somalia, pacific, asia
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Four men aboard a stricken super yacht are be doing well, despite spending a night on the high seas without power, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority says.
Topics: maritime, accidents, port-macquarie-2444, nsw
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Topics: sea-transport, history, maritime, townsville-4810
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Topics: sea-transport, history, maritime, townsville-4810
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Topics: sea-transport, history, maritime, townsville-4810
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The historic ketch Defender may be on the bottom of Townsville's Ross Creek, but maritime historian Colin Grazules says there is hope for the tall ship with nine lives.
Topics: history, maritime, townsville-4810
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Taxpayers could be left with a $6 million bill to clean up hundreds of abandoned boats along Queensland's coastline.
Topics: sea-transport, safety, maritime, mackay-4740, southport-4215, qld, normanton-4890, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedA family of four is winched to safety from their vessel after becoming lost during a fishing trip near Exmouth off Western Australia's Ningaloo coast.
Topics: emergency-incidents, maritime, ningaloo-6701, wa
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| UpdatedA husband and wife in the Federated States of Micronesia have been rescued after spending a week on a remote, deserted island.
Topics: maritime, disasters-and-accidents, pacific, micronesia-federated-states-of
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A tanker carrying chemicals that ran aground in waters south of Melbourne on Friday is refloated during high tide with the help of tug boats.
Topics: maritime, accidents, rosebud-3939, geelong-3220, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA tanker carrying sulphuric acid runs aground off Victoria's coast, but authorities say it poses no environmental risk.
Topics: maritime, accidents, rosebud-3939, geelong-3220, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedAn oil tanker carrying 900,000 litres of diesel, believed hijacked in Malaysia, is taken back to Indonesia by its crew following a commercial dispute, the Indonesian Navy says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, maritime, malaysia, asia, indonesia
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Topics: maritime, accidents, port-macdonnell-5291
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| UpdatedThe Transocean Winner ran aground on the Isle of Lewis
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A memorial area paying tribute to two men who died on a fishing trip and their two missing friends is setup at the University of Tasmania.
Topics: maritime, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, cremorne-7024, tas
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Topics: maritime, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, cremorne-7024
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| UpdatedThe University of Tasmania emails students acknowledging that the deaths of two fishermen who set off from Cremorne, and the fact that two more were missing was "distressing".
Topics: maritime, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, cremorne-7024, tas
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| UpdatedPolice name two fishermen whose bodies were found in southern Tasmania, as the search continues for two others.
Topics: maritime, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, cremorne-7024, tas