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		<title>Maritime Cost Volatility Is Now a Financial Control Problem</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sponsored]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Global shipping has always been exposed to volatility. Schedules change. Routes shift. Ports become congested. Fuel costs rise and fall. New surcharges appear. Regulations evolve. Disruption in one region can...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Davie Breaks Ground on $1 Billion Texas Shipyard Expansion for Coast Guard Icebreakers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Davie Defense officially broke ground Monday on a massive modernization of Gulf Copper’s shipyard facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas, marking the start of what could become a $1...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MSC Containership Damaged in Apparent Attack Off Iraq</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Panama-flagged containership has been damaged in what appears to be the third reported attack off Iraq since the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran conflict in late February, raising fresh concerns...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EU May Keep Russian Oil Price Cap Unchanged at $44 per Barrel to Pressure Moscow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The European Commission may propose leaving the G7 price cap on Russian crude unchanged at its July review, in an effort to curb Moscow's windfall from the Iran war and the ensuing oil price shock, EU diplomats said on Monday.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shipping Industry Says Hormuz Peace Deal Alone Won’t Bring Ships Back</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Executives warn that freedom of navigation requires more than a ceasefire as confidence remains shattered after months of conflict Shipping executives gathered at the Posidonia maritime exhibition in Greece on...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LNG Fleet Faces Compliance Divide as EU Carbon Costs Threaten Older Carrier Economics</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A growing split is emerging within the global LNG carrier fleet as tightening European emissions regulations begin reshaping vessel economics, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran to Halt Message Exchanges With US Over Israel, Tasnim Says</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran said it would halt talks with the US in protest for Israel’s expanded ground assault in Lebanon, escalating tensions as Washington and Tehran seek to reach an interim peace agreement.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>France Intercepts Another Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker as Macron Expands Sanctions Crackdown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[French naval forces have intercepted and boarded another tanker linked to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, extending a maritime enforcement campaign that has become one of Europe’s most aggressive efforts to...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IMO Adopts MASS Code: The Autonomous Ship Moves from Drawing Board to Regulated Reality</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Morgan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The maritime industry has spent the better part of a decade debating whether autonomous ships represent genuine commercial progress or elaborately funded engineering theatre. That debate has not been entirely...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Says Deal Will ‘Work Out Well’ Even as US, Iran Clash</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump said talks with Iran over an interim peace deal will “work out well,” even as the countries’ forces clashed again near the Strait of Hormuz.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>France Intercepts Another ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker Linked to Russian Oil</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France's navy has intercepted a sanctioned tanker linked to the Russian oil trade in the Atlantic Ocean and ordered the vessel to head for the French mainland, in a move Russia said was illegal and bordered on "international piracy."]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Build the First Donald J. Trump Maritime Prosperity Zone in Alaska</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/build-the-first-donald-j-trump-maritime-prosperity-zone-in-alaska/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bruce Kimbrell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 17:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed) Over the past year, the White House’s Maritime Action Plan, the President’s FY2027 budget proposal, and a series of maritime and industrial initiatives across the...]]></description>
		
		
		
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