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		<title>Anthropic Says Iran-Linked Actor Used Claude to Compile U.S. Navy Targeting Data</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anthropic says it disrupted an Iran-linked user that used its Claude artificial intelligence models to track U.S. naval forces, compile targeting material and research vulnerabilities in shipboard systems. The activity...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>‘Merchant Mariners Delivered’: Remembering the 9/11 Boatlift 25 Years Later</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. Maritime Administrator Stephen Carmel on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by honoring the merchant mariners who answered an extraordinary call for help and helped...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Oil Tanker Rates Hit Record Highs Following Iran, US Shipping Attacks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The cost of shipping oil in the largest tankers hit record highs this week following the biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the U.S.-Iran war began in late February.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Coast Guard’s New Digital Mariner Credentialing Platform Set to Go Live</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/coast-guards-new-digital-mariner-credentialing-platform-set-to-go-live/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Coast Guard is set to launch its new digital mariner credentialing system, marking a major shift in how mariners apply for Merchant Mariner Credentials and medical certificates as...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>U.S.-Facilitated Hormuz Transits Help Lift Gulf Crude Exports Above 10 Million Bpd</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is still running far below normal, but the latest UKMTO data shows a steady flow of ships continuing to move through the waterway, much...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Yemen’s Houthis Reach Strategic Island at Mouth of Vital Shipping Lane</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, moving to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route in the widening Middle East war.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Strong Imports Push Port of Long Beach to Busiest August on Record</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/strong-imports-push-port-of-long-beach-to-busiest-august-on-record/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Port of Long Beach handled its busiest August on record as U.S. container imports remained stronger than expected through the late summer peak season. The port moved 919,992 twenty-foot...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>World Shipping Council Calls for IMO Action on Lithium Battery Cargo Safety Gap</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/world-shipping-council-calls-for-imo-action-on-lithium-battery-cargo-safety-gap/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The World Shipping Council is urging governments to close what it says is a dangerous loophole in international shipping rules that can allow containers packed with thousands of lithium batteries...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EU Imports More Yamal LNG as Russian Arctic Trade Tilts Toward Europe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[European Union spending on Russian Arctic LNG has already surpassed last year’s total, even as the bloc prepares for a broader phaseout of Russian energy imports. EU countries paid an...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IMO Urged to Give Shipping Clear Investment Signal on Net Zero Pathway</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/imo-urged-to-give-shipping-clear-investment-signal-on-net-zero-pathway/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Getting to Zero Coalition is calling on International Maritime Organization member states to preserve a strong and predictable Net-Zero Framework as negotiations over shipping’s global emissions rules head into...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hormuz Shipping Traffic Falls to Single Digits, Data Shows</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/hormuz-shipping-traffic-falls-to-single-digits-data-shows/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Vessel transits at the Strait of Hormuz fell to seven on Thursday from 11 the previous day, preliminary ship-tracking data showed on Friday, well below the 10-day average of 15.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bluecore Advances Floating Nuclear Power Project at Port of Long Beach</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/bluecore-advances-floating-nuclear-power-project-at-port-of-long-beach/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bluecore Energy is moving its floating nuclear power concept deeper into the development and regulatory phase, securing its first barge and beginning formal engagement with federal regulators as it works...]]></description>
		
		
		
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