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		<title>Critics Mocked Sean Duffy’s Road Trip: They Missed the Point</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Kimbrell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[He wasn’t sightseeing. He was helping America see itself. By&#160;Bruce Kimbrell&#160;(Policy Op-Ed)&#160; Why a Road Trip? They called it a vanity project that was out of touch. A family vacation...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rubio Faces Tough Task of Selling Iran Reset to Wary Gulf Allies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces a delicate mission this week pitching Washington's Iran peace deal to Gulf Arab leaders who fear excessive concessions will strengthen Tehran and reshape the region's security balance and oil flows.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IMO Launches Mass Evacuation of 11,000 Seafarers Still Trapped in Persian Gulf</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The International Maritime Organization will begin a large-scale evacuation of more than 11,000 seafarers still stranded in the Persian Gulf following last week&#8217;s U.S.-Iran peace agreement. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who Will Govern Hormuz? Iran and Oman Begin Talks on Future Navigation and Maritime Services</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran and Oman have begun formal talks on the future administration of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, including maritime services and associated costs, adding new urgency to questions raised...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pakistan’s KGTL Port Plans Up to $100 million More Investment After Iran War Cargo Surge</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pakistan's Karachi Gateway Terminal is planning up to $100 million in new investment within five years as the country tries to cut freight costs and turn a cargo surge triggered by the Iran war into longer-term regional shipping gains.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hormuz Traffic Picks Up as More Tankers Broadcast Crossings</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More ships are openly signaling their intention to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, pointing to growing confidence among shipowners and traders about sending vessels through the chokepoint as tensions ease.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Strait of Hormuz: Mines and Dual Transit Regime Complicate Return to Normal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Strait of Hormuz is open again, but shipping companies are returning to a waterway that looks very different from the one that existed before the war. Commercial traffic is...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seacor Marine’s Top Investor Pushes Board to Sell Fleet Operator</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The largest shareholder of Seacor Marine Holdings Inc. said the offshore energy services company needs to sell itself, according to a letter sent to the board.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Administration Advances Offshore Critical Minerals Development Off Virginia</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/trump-administration-advances-offshore-critical-minerals-development-off-virginia/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is moving forward with the next step in evaluating offshore critical mineral development off the coast of Virginia, issuing a Request for...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hormuz Traffic Slowly Picking Up as Oil and LNG Tankers Resume Transits</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/hormuz-traffic-slowly-picking-up-as-oil-and-lng-tankers-resume-transits/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, in a sign of traffic slowly picking up after Iran said it had again closed the waterway over the weekend, shipping data showed.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thirteen Dead, Dozens Injured, After Blast During Restart at Giant Qatar LNG Site</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/thirteen-dead-dozens-injured-after-blast-during-restart-at-giant-qatar-lng-site/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thirteen people were killed and dozens injured after an explosion at Qatar's massive Ras Laffan liquefied natural (LNG) gas complex which occurred as workers were restarting operations halted after an Iranian attack in March.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Chinese Oil Imports May Never Fully Recover From Iran War</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/chinese-oil-imports-may-never-fully-recover-from-iran-war/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(Bloomberg) &#8212; Chinese oil imports may never fully recover from the Iran war, with analysts saying the conflict accelerated a permanent shift away from fuels like gasoline and diesel. Rystad...]]></description>
		
		
		
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