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<news:title>OPINION | The new divide between oil majors: trading versus drilling</news:title>
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<news:title>Ferretti chief lashes out at lead investor Weichai ahead of proxy vote</news:title>
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<image:caption>Port of Hirtshals, Denmark</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T10:40:49.326Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Denmark's Port of Hirtshals records 50 per cent profit increase for 2025</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/gas/private-equity-giants-go-head-to-head-over-15b-lng-canada-stake</loc>
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<image:caption>LNG Canada's Kitimat plant</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T10:33:13.296Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Private equity giants go head-to-head over $15b LNG Canada stake</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/new-us-led-initiative-invites-allies-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T10:26:33.121Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>New US-led initiative invites allies to reopen Strait of Hormuz</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T10:21:07.916Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Attention-seeking flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces near Greece</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/ports/port-houston-receives-48m-federal-grant-for-terminal-expansion</loc>
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<image:caption>Bayport Container Terminal, Houston, Texas</image:caption>
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<news:title>Port Houston receives $48m federal grant for terminal expansion</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/feature-crude-premiums-slide-back-after-hitting-record-war-time-levels</loc>
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<image:caption>Oil tankers</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Sinopec oil terminal</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Reliance Industries terminal</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T10:00:28.710Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>FEATURE | Crude premiums slide back after hitting record war-time levels</news:title>
<news:keywords>Asia, China, SINOPEC, PetroChina, MENA, Strait of Hormuz, Unipec, CNOOC, North America, Canada, Latin America, Brazil, Taiwan, Formosa Petrochemical Corporation, Saudi Arabia</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/refining-processing/chinas-hengli-caught-in-crosshairs-of-escalating-us-iran-oil-crackdown</loc>
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<image:caption>Hengli Petrochemical Dalian Refinery, China</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T09:53:53.835Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>China's Hengli caught in crosshairs of escalating US-Iran oil crackdown</news:title>
<news:keywords>Asia, China, Hengli Group, North America, United States, MENA, Iran, Middle East Conflicts, Singapore, SINOPEC, Yulong Petrochemical, Iran trade sanctions</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/marine-projects/marine-infrastructure/wreckage-and-weather-sever-taiwans-undersea-cable-link-to-strategic-island</loc>
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<image:caption>Dongyin Island, Taiwan</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T09:45:48.850Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Wreckage and weather sever Taiwan's undersea cable link to strategic island</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/exploration-development/offshore-construction/subsea-7-raises-full-year-revenue-guidance-after-strong-q1-2026</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2025-03-17/6j0lyed2/Seven-Champion-Subsea-71.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Seven Champion</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T09:38:12.319Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Subsea 7 raises full year revenue guidance after strong Q1 2026</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/exploration-development/bp-moves-into-venezuela-with-new-offshore-gas-development-deal</loc>
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<image:caption>Map of Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T09:30:06.591Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>BP moves into Venezuela with new offshore gas development deal</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/piracy/17-dead-as-illegal-migrant-boat-breaks-down-off-libya</loc>
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<image:caption>Mediterranean Sea</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T09:23:31.323Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>17 dead as illegal migrant boat breaks down off Libya</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/drilling-production/norway-oil-output-at-risk-as-labour-unions-eye-potential-strike-state-mediator-called-in</loc>
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<image:caption>Equinor's Troll A platform</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T09:19:09.784Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Norway oil output at risk as labour unions eye potential strike, state mediator called in</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ferry/russian-yard-begins-acceptance-trials-of-new-hydrofoil-ferry-for-saratov-region</loc>
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<image:caption>Politruk Klochkov</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T09:12:36.853Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Russian yard begins acceptance trials of new hydrofoil ferry for Saratov region</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, Russia, Alexeev’s Hydrofoil Design Bureau, Project 23180, Yuri Gagarin, Pyotr Stolypin (ferry), General Panfilov</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/tugs/harbour-tugs-and-operation/awards-2025-best-electric-tug-trapananda-robert-allan-ltd</loc>
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<image:caption>Best Electric Tug – Trapananda</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T08:58:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>AWARDS 2025 | Best Electric Tug – Trapananda – Robert Allan Ltd &amp; Saam Towage</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/vessels-rigs/crewboats/vessel-review-embracer-versatile-hybrid-crewboat-delivered-to-northern-offshore-services</loc>
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<image:caption>Embracer</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Embracer</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Embracer</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T08:57:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Embracer – Versatile hybrid crewboat delivered to Northern Offshore Services</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, Sweden, Northern Offshore Services, Embracer (vessel), Bureau Veritas</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/pilotage/vessel-review-hailong-bay-1-all-weather-pilot-boat-to-serve-chinas-rizhao-port</loc>
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<image:caption>Hailong Bay 1</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T08:56:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Hailong Bay 1 – All-weather pilot boat to serve China's Rizhao Port</news:title>
<news:keywords>Asia, China, Yellow Sea, Port of Rizhao, Rizhao Port Group, Jianglong Shipbuilding, Hailong Bay 1 (vessel)</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-submersibles/opinion-is-americas-submarine-production-speeding-up-not-according-to-us-navy-data</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-04-30/mctypfd2/GDEB1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>The US Navy Virginia-class attack submarine USS Idaho at her commissioning ceremony, April 25, 2026</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-04-30/1waux7iv/SSN-construction-start-to-delivery-table-Apr-26.png</image:loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-04-30/la73m5sb/SSN-deliveries-Apr-26.jpg</image:loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T08:55:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>OPINION | Is America's submarine production speeding up? Not according to US Navy data</news:title>
<news:keywords>North America, United States, US Department of Defense, US Navy, Virginia class, Columbia class, AUKUS, Oceania, Australia, Royal Australian Navy</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/dry-cargo/chinas-tianjin-haiyu-taps-local-builder-for-new-refrigerated-cargo-ships</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-04-30/tyllao6l/20260430110552313.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Contract signing between Tianjin Haiyu International Shipping and Shandong Fortune Shipbuilding</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T08:48:01.564Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>China's Tianjin Haiyu taps local builder for new refrigerated cargo ships</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/emergency-services/search-and-rescue/us-coast-guard-suspends-search-for-crew-of-capsized-cargo-ship-off-saipan</loc>
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<image:caption>The overturned cargo vessel Mariana</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T08:31:20.756Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>US Coast Guard suspends search for crew of capsized cargo ship off Saipan</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/acts-of-war/sanctioned-tanker-struck-by-ukrainian-drones-off-russias-black-sea-coast</loc>
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<image:caption>Marquise in 2023</image:caption>
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<news:title>Sanctioned tanker struck by Ukrainian drones off Russia's Black Sea coast</news:title>
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<image:caption>A portion of the wreck of the US Coast Guard cutter Tampa, which lies more than 300 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off Cornwall, UK. Tampa sank to the bottom of the Atlantic after being torpedoed by a German submarine during the final year of World War I.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T05:01:17.113Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Jan de Nul's jackup vessel Vole au Vent installing a turbine at the Îles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier offshore wind farm in France</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T04:48:15.668Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Final turbine installed at Ocean Winds-operated wind farm off France</news:title>
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<image:caption>Nexans Electra's christening ceremony, April 29, 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T04:10:52.740Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Nexans christens new cable laying vessel</news:title>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-04-30/oov0fbhi/Uganda-Pexels-Nothing-Ahead.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Map of Africa showing Uganda</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T02:43:47.852Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Over 20 feared dead after river boat capsizes in western Uganda</news:title>
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<image:caption>The Port of Klaipeda's two new hybrid electric pilot boats</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T02:16:59.919Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Hybrid pilot boats delivered to Lithuania's Klaipeda Port</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/offshore-support-maintenance/north-star-acquires-sov-quartet-from-edda-wind</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2024-11-04/15n5hpu6/Edda_Wind_2.avif</image:loc>
<image:caption>Goelo Enabler</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T01:22:40.004Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>North Star acquires SOV quartet from Edda Wind</news:title>
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<url>
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<image:caption>Response boat small III demonstator</image:caption>
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<image:caption>CCGS Donjek Glacier, the Canadian Coast Guard's first Arctic and offshore patrol ship, following her launch on April 28, 2026</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The RNLI rescue boat Roy Barker VII</image:caption>
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<image:caption>HMS Glasgow, the UK Royal Navy's first Type 26 frigate, during her christening ceremony, May 22, 2025</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The Brazilian Navy stealth frigate Tamandare at her commissioning ceremony, April 24, 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T01:13:59.765Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Security Vessel News Roundup | April 30 – Brazilian stealth frigate commissioning, Canadian Arctic patrol ship launch and more</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/non-naval-security/coast-guard/louisiana-builder-delivers-response-boat-demonstrator-to-us-coast-guard</loc>
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<image:caption>Response boat small III demonstator</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T00:59:39.402Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Louisiana builder delivers response boat demonstrator to US Coast Guard</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/non-naval-security/coast-guard/canadian-coast-guards-newest-arctic-patrol-ship-floated-out</loc>
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<image:caption>CCGS Donjek Glacier, the Canadian Coast Guard's first Arctic and offshore patrol ship, following her launch on April 28, 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-30T00:45:45.699Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Canadian Coast Guard's newest Arctic patrol ship floated out</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/vessels-rigs/fposfpsos/equinor-bw-offshore-sign-feed-contract-for-canada-bay-du-nord-project</loc>
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<image:caption>Illustration of the FPSO at Equinor's Bay Du Nord project</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T20:06:33.973Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Equinor, BW Offshore sign FEED contract for Canada Bay du Nord project</news:title>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/drilling-production/opec-plans-a-production-boost-with-one-less-member</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-03-12/fq8h4rkm/rt.webp</image:loc>
<image:caption>Total's SATORP refinery in Saudi Arabia</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T19:55:00.965Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>OPEC+ plans a production boost with one less member</news:title>
<news:keywords>OPEC Plus, MENA, United Arab Emirates</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/drilling-production/feature-shift-in-uae-oil-stance-signals-emerging-divide-with-saudi-arabia</loc>
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<image:caption>Map of Saudi Arabia and UAE</image:caption>
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<image:caption>ADNOC's Ruwais refinery</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Fires at the Port of Fujairah, March 2026</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T19:51:30.263Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>FEATURE | Shift in UAE oil stance signals emerging divide with Saudi Arabia</news:title>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/hormuz-traffic-remains-frozen-while-us-and-iran-stalemate-persists</loc>
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<image:caption>A map released by Iranian authorities showing the suggested passage route in the Strait of Hormuz. The circular zone at the centre of the strait indicates a potential minefield.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T19:39:33.714Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Hormuz traffic remains frozen while US and Iran stalemate persists</news:title>
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<image:caption>Signing of MOU between AD Ports Group and AZCON Holding</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T19:34:00.003Z</news:publication_date>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T19:19:35.054Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>The Hellenic Navy Class 214 submarine Papanikolis</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T19:01:02.276Z</news:publication_date>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T18:54:56.779Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Strong marine demand boosts General Dynamics profit outlook</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T18:48:41.385Z</news:publication_date>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T18:37:47.519Z</news:publication_date>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-29T18:14:31.582Z</news:publication_date>
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<image:caption>Oil tanker docks at Dongying Port's 100,000-tonne crude oil terminal</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Ships near the Panama Canal (representative photo only)</image:caption>
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