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<image:caption>Ukrainian naval drones hit the tanker Kairos in the Black Sea, November 2025</image:caption>
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<news:title>COLUMN | Broken Britain: policy failures leave UK offshore sector adrift [Offshore Accounts]</news:title>
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<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Sea Archer – Surveillance and logistics USV capable of long-endurance loitering</news:title>
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<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Mount Yulong – Eastern Pacific adds LNG dual-fuel bulker trio to fleet</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/unmanned/unmanned-offshore/sakhalin-underwater-vehicle-begins-trials</loc>
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<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Sakhalin – Russia's first domestically built, heavy work-class ROV</news:title>
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<image:caption>View of the main deck as seen from the wheelhouse exterior</image:caption>
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<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | ASC 1 – Beaching logistics craft prototype for US Marine Corps</news:title>
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<image:caption>Naming ceremony for the VLCC Nervii and the bulk carriers Ruri Mirai, Ruri Sekai, and Ruri Hikari</image:caption>
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<news:title>CMB Tech names new VLCC and bulk carriers</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/accidents/msc-hannah-iii-rescues-crew</loc>
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<image:caption>MSC Hannah III</image:caption>
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<news:title>Containership crew rescue 10 after cargo vessel sinks off Cyprus</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing/catching/obituary-bill-passey-co-founder-of-australia-bay-seafoods</loc>
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<image:caption>Bill Passey, co-founder and Director of Australia Bay Seafoods</image:caption>
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<news:title>OBITUARY | Bill Passey, co-founder of Australia Bay Seafoods</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-ships/belgium-transfers-minehunter-to-bulgaria</loc>
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<image:caption>The ex-Belgian Navy Tripartite-class minehunter BNS Bellis, which has since been transferred to the Bulgarian Navy and renamed BNG Briz</image:caption>
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<news:title>Ex-Belgian minehunter handed over to Bulgarian Navy</news:title>
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<news:title>Turkey's Ozata Shipyard posts January-September loss as asset sales offset cash outflow</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ferry/scillonian-iv-begins-delivery-voyage</loc>
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<news:title>Isles of Scilly Steamship's newest ferry departs for UK on delivery voyage</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-ships/rafale-m-lands-ins-vikrant</loc>
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<image:caption>A French Navy Rafale M fighter lifts off from the Indian Navy aircraft carrier INS Vikrant following an earlier arrested landing, October 29, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:title>VIDEO | Rafale M integration begins on Indian Navy aircraft carrier Vikrant</news:title>
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<image:caption>Australian Border Force officer operating a remotely piloted aircraft system at an undisclosed location</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-02T00:36:37.896Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Australian Border Force deploys aerial drones for anti-illegal fishing patrols</news:title>
<news:keywords>Oceania, Australia, Australian Border Force, Operation Broadstaff, Queensland</news:keywords>
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