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		<title>Panama Canal Auction Hits New Record at $5.3 Million</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Ruth Liao, Lucia Kassai and Nicholas Lua (Bloomberg) &#8212; A shipper needing to transit the Panama Canal bid a record $5.3 million to secure its spot, according to people familiar...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran Vows to Resist Widened U.S. Sanctions, Says Washington Seeks Talks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran pledged to fight back against expanded U.S. sanctions aimed at isolating its economy, expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist the pressure campaign and saying that Washington was keen to revive talks.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Turkey Braces For Potential Gas Squeeze as U.S. Targets Iran Trade</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Turkey, a key US ally and Iran’s third-largest trading partner, is at risk of losing a key energy supplier if Washington makes good on a threat to economically isolate Tehran.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SpaceX to Build $100 Billion Spaceport on Louisiana Gulf Coast</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SpaceX plans to invest $100 billion in a massive new launch facility on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, a project the company says could eventually support thousands of launches a year. The...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In-depth Suezmax study makes CAPEX case for T-BOSS® sterntubeless shaftline system</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An in-depth evaluation study based on reference data from a Suezmax crude oil tanker has demonstrated the benefits of using Thordon Bearings’ innovative T-BOSS®&#160;shaftline solution instead of a conventional oil...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran and Oman Unveil Framework for Future Management of Strait of Hormuz</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/iran-and-oman-unveil-framework-for-future-management-of-strait-of-hormuz/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran and Oman have unveiled a framework for restoring safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, including a temporary shipping corridor, joint mine-clearing operations and further talks over the future...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IMO Sounds Alarm as Somali Pirates Hold More Than 90 Seafarers</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/imo-sounds-alarm-as-somali-pirates-hold-more-than-90-seafarers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The International Maritime Organization is calling for urgent action against a resurgence of piracy in the Gulf of Aden, where six merchant ships and more than 90 seafarers are now...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Says U.S. Navy Has Cleared All Mines From Strait of Hormuz</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that the U.S. Navy has cleared all mines from international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, even as the multinational maritime security center overseeing threats...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Malacca Strait States Will Keep Waters ‘Free, Open and Safe’</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore — countries that share the primary stewardship of the Strait of Malacca — said on Tuesday they were committed to keeping the narrow corridor and the waters around it “free, open and safe for international shipping.”]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Commodity Vessel Transits Through Strait of Hormuz Hit Three-Month Low, Data Shows</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just two tankers transited the key energy chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, for the lowest daily tally of commodity vessels since early May, with both entering the Gulf, shipping data showed.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran Blacklists 46 Ships On Hormuz ‘Non-Compliant’ List</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/iran-blacklists-46-ships-on-hormuz-non-compliant-list/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran has published a list of 46 vessels it says violated its arrangements for transiting the Strait of Hormuz, warning that the ships could face fines, detention, seizure or confiscation...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Threatens Iran’s Trading Partners in New Economic Pressure Campaign</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/u-s-threatens-irans-trading-partners-in-new-economic-pressure-campaign/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened economic punishment against any country doing business with Iran as part of what he called an “economic D-Day” campaign to isolate the country and end nearly six months of war.]]></description>
		
		
		
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