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Follow the oil: how Putin’s ‘ghost’ fleet brings oil to Australia.

How Putin’s ‘ghost ships’ put billions worth of blood oil into Australian cars

Australians have paid billions of dollars for petrol sourced from Russian oil – despite sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime. We’ve now managed to track exactly how it’s getting here.

  • David Crowe

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The shipping news weren’t good this week as both the US and China implemented hefty port fees on each other’s vessels.

A new ocean front opens in Trump’s trade wars

“The shipping news weren’t good this week” as both the US and China started implementing hefty port fees on each other’s vessels.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
The Houthis have released footage of their attacks on two cargo ships this week, with missiles and drones sinking both vessels using the crucial maritime trade route.
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Yemen's Houthi rebels sink two cargo ships in Red Sea

The Houthis have released footage of their attacks on two cargo ships this week, with missiles and drones sinking both vessels using the crucial maritime trade route.

Damage to the hull of the MV Cape Don , currently berthed at the former coal loading wharf in Balls Head Bay, Waverton, New South Wales, Wednesday, 28 May 2025. The expected sinking of the ship any minute could cause untold environmental damage and taxpayer expense.   Picture - Sam Mooy / The Sydney Morning Herald

The 2000-tonne ship at risk of sinking and causing chaos on harbour and across the city

The Cape Don has deteriorated to such a state that there are doubts about whether it can be towed without breaking up and jeopardising the city’s fuel supply.

  • Harriet Alexander
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Highlights from a walk in the park

Close encounters of the canine kind.

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Ship happens

Where to park the salvage rights debate.

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Johan Helberg stands next to his house with a new addition, the container vessel NCL Salten.

‘It was quite absurd’: Man awakes to find container ship wedged in his yard

Johan Helberg woke to find the ship’s towering green bow standing metres from his seaside home in Norway.

  • Vivian Ho
CORRECTS SOURCE- This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows North Korea’s new naval destroyer on May 18, 2025, in Chongjin, North Korea.  (Maxar Technologies via AP)

‘Criminal act’: Kim Jong-un demands answers after warship launch fiasco

North Korea says arrests will be made as it steps up its investigation into how the country’s most modern destroyer ended up on its side, half underwater.

  • Hyunsu Yim
A Mexican navy ship has hit the Brooklyn Bridge during a promotional tour in New York City.

Turbulent waters may have played role in Brooklyn Bridge tall ship crash

Footage of the incident shot by horrified onlookers shows the Mexican naval ship hurtling into the bridge in reverse at full speed, as dozens of sailors stood atop its masts.

  • Joshua Goodman and Susan Haigh
A ship hits the Brooklyn Bridge.

‘You could hear it snap’: Two crew killed when Mexican navy training vessel crashes into Brooklyn Bridge

Eyewitness video showed the masts of the ship snapping as they hit the underside of the bridge, injuring 19 people on board.

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