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<image:caption>US forces board the sanctioned tanker Davina in the Indian Ocean</image:caption>
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<image:caption>UK forces boarded the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Smyrtos</image:caption>
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<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Milky Way – Custom yacht boasts long range and maximised outdoor spaces</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-09T07:55:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Vive ut Vivas – Trafigura welcomes 319,000DWT VLCC to fleet</news:title>
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<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Thor – Compact water injection dredger for inland and marina operations</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/shaun-3-oil-tanker-review</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-09T07:53:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Shaun 3 – Indian-owned oil tanker to provide bunkering and supply services off Oman</news:title>
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<image:caption>A Seahawk medium displacement unmanned surface vessel sails by the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald during US Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem, April 21, 2021.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-09T07:52:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>OPINION | Not like the old days: modern sea control will be episodic and local</news:title>
<news:keywords>Asia, South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Taiwan, Malacca Strait, Singapore Strait, Luzon Strait</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/non-naval-security/bae-systems-amphibious-recovery-contract</loc>
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<image:caption>Amphibious combat vehicle</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-09T04:20:10.718Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>US Marine Corps awards $230m contract for new amphibious recovery vehicles</news:title>
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<news:title>Excelerate Energy taps Singapore shipbuilder for FSRU conversion</news:title>
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<image:caption>Australian and Indonesian patrol boats underway as part of Operation Jawline-Arafura, which entered its fifth year in 2026</image:caption>
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<news:title>Australia, Indonesia conduct joint anti-illegal fishing operation along shared maritime border</news:title>
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<image:caption>DP World London, a container vessel owned by Elbdeich Reederei and chartered by DP World's Unifeeder division (representative photo only)</image:caption>
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<news:title>Elbdeich Reederei orders two more containerships, taking orderbook to eight</news:title>
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<image:caption>The Russian diesel-electric icebreaker Viktor Chernomyrdin</image:caption>
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<news:title>India developing icebreaker construction capacity with Russia, shipping minister says</news:title>
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<image:caption>Moby Lines' Ro-Pax ferry Bunifazziu</image:caption>
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<news:title>Moby and Ichnusa Lines retain Santa Teresa–Bonifacio ferry route as Sardinia finds no rival operator</news:title>
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<image:caption>A new 6,600-tonne-capacity product tanker built by Wuhu Shipyard</image:caption>
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<image:caption>LPG/ammonia carrier Energy North</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-09T02:51:54.444Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Tanker News Roundup | October 9 – Focus on Asian yards: deliveries to Malaysia, China and Qatar plus orders from Greece and Turkey</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing/aquaculture/marine-fund-scotland-awards-2026</loc>
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<image:caption>A salmon farm somewhere in Scotland</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-09T00:27:24.154Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Scottish Government awards £16m to 99 fisheries and aquaculture projects</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing/regulation-enforcement/bering-sea-crab-catch-limits</loc>
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<image:caption>Fishing boats in Sitka, Alaska</image:caption>
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<news:title>Alaska sets 2026-27 Bering Sea crab catch limits</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/ports/ardrossan-ferry-terminal-fender-repairs</loc>
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<image:caption>Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland</image:caption>
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<news:title>Scotland's CMAL returns Ardrossan ferry terminal to operator CalMac after repairs</news:title>
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