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		<title>Russia and Ukraine Strikes Hit Key Grain Sea Export Ports</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By&#160;Bloomberg News Jul 12, 2026(Bloomberg) &#8211;Russia and Ukraine attacked each other’s key grain export gateways overnight after shipping across the Sea of Azov was disrupted the previous day, triggering a...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>South Korea Asks North Korea For Help With Finding Missing Seaman Near Border</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SEOUL, July 12 (Reuters)&#160;&#8211;&#160;South Korea&#8217;s unification ministry is seeking North Korea&#8217;s help to find a missing seaman near the two countries&#8217; border on the east coast, it said on Sunday....]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hormuz Route Open Despite Iran Declaration, Maritime Group Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By&#160;Sara Gharaibeh Jul 12, 2026 (Bloomberg) &#8211;The Strait of Hormuz’s southern route remained open to shipping on Sunday despite Iran declaring the waterway closed as tit-for-tat attacks between the US...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>One Indian National Missing After Attack On Vessel Off Oman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[July 12 (Reuters) &#8211; One Indian national is missing after an attack on the commercial vessel GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman earlier on Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs said.  &#8220;Of the...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>US Launches Fresh Iran Strikes As Tehran Declares Hormuz Closed</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By&#160;Arsalan Shahla Jul 11, 2026 (Bloomberg) &#8211;The US launched its third round of strikes on Iran this week as Tehran declared that it’s closing the Strait of Hormuz “until further...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire Over as U.S. Unveils New Sanctions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Treasury targets financier tied to Iran&#8217;s leadership and exchange houses after renewed attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz President Donald Trump declared the June ceasefire with Iran...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Countries Must Reject Iran Efforts to Control Hormuz, UN Agency Document Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Countries should reject efforts by Iran to impose sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran's "unilateral decision" to create a body to control traffic through the waterway, the U.N. shipping agency's governing council agreed on Friday.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Oil Market Recovery Hinges on Hormuz Stability as IEA Warns Renewed Fighting Clouds Outlook</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Global oil markets are beginning to recover from months of disruption, but the International Energy Agency says the outlook remains heavily dependent on whether shipping through the Strait of Hormuz...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>INTERTANKO: Hormuz Tanker Transits Via Southern Route Fall to Single Digits After Renewed Fighting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply following the latest exchange of attacks between the United States and Iran, according to tanker owners&#8217; association INTERTANKO. In guidance...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>First Nation Challenges Vancouver Port Dredging Approval Over Tanker Expansion Concerns</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Tsleil-Waututh Nation has launched a legal challenge seeking to overturn federal approvals for a dredging project in Burrard Inlet that would allow oil tankers calling at the Trans Mountain...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Container Spot Rates Edge Higher as Peak Season Faces Mid-July Test</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Loadstar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Container freight spot rates on the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades showed moderate gains this week, in the absence of carrier-led price hikes, while demand remained firm.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>American Mariners Protest Chinese Tanker as Jones Act Waiver Faces Growing Scrutiny</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[American merchant mariners staged a protest Thursday outside Marathon Petroleum&#8217;s refinery in Garyville, Louisiana, as a Chinese-flagged tanker prepared to make another domestic voyage under the Trump administration&#8217;s emergency Jones...]]></description>
		
		
		
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