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The geotechnical drilling vessel Fugro Zephyr, which was originally built as a platform supply vessel

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A Filipino sailor who survived the capsizing and sinking of the Singapore-flagged bulk carrier Devon Bay is assisted by China Coast Guard personnel after he was pulled out of the South China Sea, January 23, 2026. The incident occurred 55 nautical miles northwest of Scarborough Shoal, an atoll claimed by the Philippines, China and Taiwan.

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The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln underway in the Atlantic Ocean during a strait transit exercise, January 30, 2019.

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