The Tan Suo Yi Hao can map the ocean floor ... remains in the Great Australian Bight off South Australia. Mr Albanese said it was not the first time the Tan Suo Yi Hao had been off Australia ...

A Chinese vessel is suspected of mapping the seafloor around U.S. allies Australia and New Zealand to support submarine ...

The 94-metre research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao could be gathering critical information about the cable that carries internet and communications capabilities in the Great Australian Bight to inform ...

But a federal government spokesperson claimed the opposition is being “reckless” by politicising the Chinese research ship’s presence in the Great Australian Bight. “Peter Dutton and the ...

It travelled west at a steady speed of 8 to 13 knots, slowing only when encountering rough weather west of the Great Australian Bight. The vessel’s speed ... Starboard Maritime Intelligence maps ...

This time it’s a “research vessel” hovering around in the Great Australian Bight which has the capacity to map the ocean floor, which would be a great asset for Chinese submarines — or ...

Civilian exploration may be the official mission of a Chinese deep-sea research ship that sailed clockwise around Australia over the past week and is now loitering west of the continent. But maybe ...