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		<title>Trump’s Hormuz Blockade Has Deepened A Historic Shipping Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By&#160;Weilun Soon Apr 26, 2026 (Bloomberg) &#8211;In early April — after a month of disruption around one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints — US President Donald Trump wrote...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US-Iran Peace Hopes Fade As Trump Scraps Talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Saad Sayeed, Ariba Shahid and Steve Holland ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) &#8211; Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran faded on Sunday, as efforts to revive talks stalled and...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US Says Navy Intercepted Iran-Linked Vessel in Arabian Sea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By&#160;Sam Kim and Tony Czuczka Apr 25, 2026 (Bloomberg) &#8211;US naval forces intercepted a sanctioned vessel in the Arabian Sea on Saturday as part of the Trump administration’s blockade of...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran War Leaves Seafarers Stranded In The Gulf</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, April 24 (Reuters)&#160;&#8211;&#160;Ankit Yadav, a seafarer from India, has been stuck on a boat at an inland Iranian port for about 2-1/2 weeks, surviving with...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Strait of Hormuz Remains Near-Empty With Just A Few Iran Ships Moving</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By&#160;Prejula Prem and Julian Lee Apr 25, 2026 (Bloomberg) &#8211;The Strait of Hormuz remains largely empty of merchant ships, with only a few Tehran-linked vessels moving through the waterway, following...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>France Reaffirms Efforts To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[April 25 (Reuters) &#8211; French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated on Saturday that he was focused on efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a day after the head of TotalEnergies TTEF.PA warned of global...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>India Mulls Options On Iran Port Stake Before Sanctions Kick In</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By&#160;Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Mihir Mishra Apr 25, 2026 (Bloomberg) &#8211;India is considering various options regarding its stake in the Chabahar port in Iran, including temporarily divesting from it, ahead...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Panama Canal Pushes Back on ‘Line Jumping’ Claims as Auction Slot Prices Surge</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Panama Canal authorities are trying to debunk the misconception that auction slots are a free pass to cut the line.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hegseth Signals Mines Remain Key Obstacle to Full Hormuz Reopening</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday publicly reinforced that mines remain a central obstacle to restoring confidence in the Strait of Hormuz. In a Pentagon briefing focused largely on the...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S. Targets Major Chinese Refinery and Ships in Escalating Crackdown on Iran’s Oil Trade</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration on Friday escalated its “Economic Fury” campaign against Tehran, targeting one of China’s largest independent refineries alongside a new wave of sanctions on vessels and shipping firms accused of moving Iranian oil through the shadow fleet.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Damen and UK Dredging sign contract for advanced TSHD</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Damen Shipyards Group and Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s largest port operator, have signed a contract for the construction of a new Trailing Suction Grab Hopper Dredger. The agreement,...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>White House Extends Jones Act Shipping Waiver to August</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump’s administration has given a 90-day extension to a shipping waiver making it easier to move oil, fuel and fertilizer around the US, marking the latest effort by the White House to counter supply disruptions tied to the Iran war.]]></description>
		
		
		
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