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		<title>Oil Spill Off UAE Widens, Satellite Images Show, Prompting More Beach Closures </title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An oil spill from a damaged tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates has widened, satellite images showed, triggering more beach closures and raising environmental concerns.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dubai’s DP World in Talks on Alliance With Northern Canada Port</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dubai’s DP World Ltd. is set to unveil a deal backing potential development of Canada’s port of Churchill, a northern outpost that Prime Minister Mark Carney aims to expand for exports to Europe and other markets.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Russia Says It Hit Two Cargo Vessels And Ukrainian Logistics Hubs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 20:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Oct 25 (Reuters) &#8211; The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday that its drones had struck a cargo vessel bound for the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk in an overnight attack and another...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sri Lanka Rescues 40 Iranian Sailors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Oct 25 (Reuters)&#160;&#8211;&#160;Sri Lanka coordinated the rescue of 40 Iranian sailors from multiple commercial ships in international waters off the coast of the country and supported...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Borr Drilling Rig Sinks Off Gabon, One Person Dead And Four Missing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Gnaneshwar Rajan and Colleen Goko Oct 25 (Reuters)&#160;&#8211;&#160;Borr Drilling&#8217;s&#160;BORR.N&#160;Prospector 5 drilling rig sank late on Saturday off the coast of Mayumba, Gabon, killing one worker and leaving four others...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Romania Blames Russia For Drone That Sinks Cargo Ship; 1 Killed, 3 Missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 01:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BUCHAREST, Oct 23 (Reuters) &#8211; Romanian President Nicusor Dan accused Russia of escalating its attacks on NATO&#8217;s eastern flank on Friday, after a drone strike sank a cargo ship off the Romanian Black Sea...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Latvia Emerges As Top-Five Country Used To Ship Russian Grain</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 01:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW, Oct 23 (Reuters)&#160;&#8211;&#160;Latvia, a member of the European Union and NATO, has emerged as one of the top five&#160;countries used to ship&#160;Russian grain this marketing season despite strained political...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UAE Shuts All Beaches As Neighbors Grapple With Oil Spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 19:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oct 24 (Reuters)&#160;&#8211;&#160;Ras Al Khaimah authorities said on Saturday that all beaches in the emirate would be closed until further notice, a day after anoffshore&#160;oil leak prompted beach closures in...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Two Wealthy Americans Face Off In Bitter Feud Over Panama Port</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By&#160;Devon Pendleton and Fabiano Maisonnave Oct 22, 2026 (Bloomberg) &#8211;To hedge-fund billionaire Louis Bacon, the crystalline waters and densely forested riverways of the Gulf of Chiriqui in western Panama are an...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Administration Unveils Seafood Strategy to Boost U.S. Fishing Fleet and Domestic Production</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration on Friday unveiled its America First Seafood Strategy, outlining plans to strengthen the U.S. commercial fishing industry through regulatory reform, investment in fishing vessels and shoreside infrastructure,...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MARAD’s Training Ship Success Offers a Blueprint for U.S. Shipbuilding</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/marads-training-ship-success-offers-a-blueprint-for-u-s-shipbuilding/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ira Breskin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Maritime Administration (MARAD) recently embraced VCM when procuring a new generation of training ships for five of the six state maritime academies. To date, MARAD contractor TOTE Services has delivered four of the five vessels.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>USTR Proposes Extending China Ship Port Fee Suspension Through January 2027</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/ustr-proposes-extending-china-ship-port-fee-suspension-through-january-2027/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration is proposing to extend its suspension of port fees targeting China-linked vessels for another two months, pushing their potential return into January 2027 as Washington and Beijing...]]></description>
		
		
		
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