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<news:title>Private equity firm backs Maritime Robotics production expansion</news:title>
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<image:caption>Bronze whaler shark (representative photo)</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-30T10:27:48.070Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Armón Navia launches hybrid longliner Oventura with rigid wing sail</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-30T10:24:36.871Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Xiamen Shipyard delivers 5,500-CEU LNG dual-fuel car carrier RS Atlantico to EPS/Suardiaz</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-30T10:24:06.236Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>OPINION | Asia's seaborne coal trade enters a gentle race to the bottom</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/marine-projects/dredging/ocean-city-beach-renourishment-contract</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-30T10:21:44.812Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>GLDD wins $25.7m contract to rebuild Ocean City beach berm</news:title>
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<image:caption>Somalia</image:caption>
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<news:title>Five crew killed aboard hijacked tanker before Somali rescue operation</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/unmanned-naval-systems/navy-orders-medium-unmanned-vessels</loc>
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<image:caption>Saronic Technologies' new MUSV prior to launch</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-30T10:13:32.503Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>US Navy orders 30 medium unmanned surface vessels after at-sea testing</news:title>
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<image:caption>Concept render of Alaska LNG liquefaction facility</image:caption>
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<news:title>South Korea's $54b pledge could soon bankroll Alaska LNG facility</news:title>
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<news:title>Amplitude commits up to $146m to unlock Australia's Otway Basin gas</news:title>
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<image:caption>Containerised sampling laboratory for integration on Azores Ocean</image:caption>
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<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Azores Ocean – Deep-sea and fisheries survey boat for deployment off Portugal</news:title>
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<image:caption>Seaboard Legend</image:caption>
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<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Seaboard Legend – Germany's AAC adds 1,208TEU methanol-ready feeder ship to fleet</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-30T08:05:22.391Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Shield AI and Kraken demonstrate coordinated USV mission in Portsmouth</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing/aquaculture/scottish-sea-farms-2025-loss</loc>
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<image:caption>A Scottish Sea Farms pen</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-30T06:48:04.376Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Scottish Sea Farms posts operating loss as 2025 turnover falls</news:title>
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<image:caption>Concept render of United Shipbuilding Corporation's new series of cargo ships</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Grande Egitto</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-30T06:23:45.485Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Dry Cargo Vessel News Roundup | September 30 – Russian unified river-sea platform, Italian car carrier delivery and more</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/accidents/eisenhower-aviators-eject-gear-failure</loc>
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<image:caption>The US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Containership at the Port of Hamburg (representative photo)</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T10:34:17.732Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Germany moves to block COSCO buyout of port logistics firm Zippel</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, Germany, Asia, China, COSCO</news:keywords>
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<url>
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<image:caption>Kaub, Germany</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T10:29:22.821Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Low Rhine water levels disrupt shipping, Kaub gauge drops to zero</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, Rhine River, Germany</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ferry/dfds-armas-ceuta-route-transfer</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2025-08-25/2zuukiwm/download.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Volcan de Tamasite</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T10:26:00.187Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Spanish regulator conditions DFDS’ Armas purchase on route asset transfer</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, Spain, Grupo Armas Trasmediterranea, DFDS, Denmark, Port of Algeciras, Ceuta, Port of Tanger Med</news:keywords>
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<image:caption>Sound of Scalpay and Sound of Sleat</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Royal Daffodil</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Bursztyn Unity</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2025-05-01/5jia4oq0/700gtlk250430411.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Desna, an electric river ferry built by Russian shipyard Emperium for operation in Moscow</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T10:23:53.327Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Passenger Vessel News Roundup | September 29 – UK ferry deliveries, Swiss cruise ship orders and more</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, United Kingdom, Balaena, Western Ferries Clyde, Sound of Scalpay, Sound of Sleat (vessel), Mersey Ferries, Royal Daffodil (vessel), Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Unity Line, Poland, Remontowa Shiprepair Yard, Bursztyn Unity (vessel), Polsca Baltic Ferries, Russia, Moscow, State Transport Leasing Company, Moscow Shipbuilding Yard, Netherlands, Explora Journeys, Scheepswerf Den Breejen Shipyard, Switzerland</news:keywords>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/vessels-rigs/fposfpsos/yinson-q2-cash-flow-fso</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-08-07/6jw8o10t/PTSC-LDV-OceanStar-Elite-Group-main1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>PTSC LDV</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T10:18:19.965Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Yinson posts $289m Q2 cash flow ahead of FSO's first oil</news:title>
<news:keywords>Asia, Malaysia, Yinson Holdings, PTSC LDV (vessel), Vietnam, PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/ports/saudi-crude-flows-again-from-red-sea-port-of-yanbu-as-key-pipeline-restarts</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-03-04/i5crc6v0/yanbu-south-terminal-capacity.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Yanbu terminal, Saudi Arabia</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T10:10:44.288Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Saudi crude flows again from Red Sea port of Yanbu as key pipeline restarts</news:title>
<news:keywords>MENA, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea, Port of Yanbu (Saudi Arabia), Saudi Aramco, Egypt, Port of Sidi Kerir</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/panama-canal-to-add-neo-panamax-booking-slot-as-water-levels-rise</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2025-01-24/1kmmbnha/Photo_Panama_Canal_Authority1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Panama Canal</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T10:07:11.223Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Panama Canal to add neo-Panamax booking slot as water levels rise</news:title>
<news:keywords>Latin America, Panama, Panama Canal Authority, Panama Canal, Neo Panamax</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/superyachts/lurssen-boardwalk-sealed-sliding-deck</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/2zexhthc/Boardwalk-Lürssen-Ruben-Grifioen-main-21.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Boardwalk</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Boardwalk</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/8jz1cai2/Boardwalk-Lürssen-Ruben-Grifioen-31.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Boardwalk</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Boardwalk</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Boardwalk</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T08:56:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | Boardwalk – 117m custom yacht built for family retreats</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, Germany, Lürssen, Boardwalk (vessel), Cayman Islands</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-auxiliary-support/turkish-shallow-water-landing-craft</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/ccamf18u/TCG-Ç-159-Anadolu-Shipyard-main1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>TCG Ç-159</image:caption>
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<image:caption>TCG Ç-160</image:caption>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-05-14/piyu8s2b/Anadolu-Shipyard1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>TCG Ç-159</image:caption>
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<image:caption>TCG Ç-159 following her launch</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T08:55:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>VESSEL REVIEW | TCG C-159 &amp; TCG C-160 – Turkish Navy's newest landing craft for ship-to-shore, ship-to-ship and pier-to-pier transport</news:title>
<news:keywords>MENA, Turkey, Turkish Navy, Anadolu Shipyard, TCG Ç 159 (vessel), TCG Ç 160 (vessel), Türk Loydu</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/opinion-a-welcome-wildcat-austal-aukus-and-an-ownership-mud-wrestle</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/mkyfn4le/Screenshot-2026-09-29-at-10-38-02-DJI0279.JPG-JPEG-Image-4000-×-3000-pixels-—-Scaled-18.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Austal's shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia. Three Evolved Cape-class patrol boats and three smaller Guardian-class patrol boats are moored pierside while a fourth Evolved Cape-class boat is mounted on a slipway.</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T08:54:00.000Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>OPINION | A welcome wildcat? Austal, AUKUS and an ownership mud wrestle</news:title>
<news:keywords>Oceania, Australia, Austal Australia, South Korea, Hanwha Group, Asia, AUKUS, Royal Australian Navy, Japan, Western Australia, North America, Wildcat Infrastructure, Mogami class, Austal USA, Alabama, US Navy, Virginia class, Columbia class, Huntington Ingalls Industries, General Dynamics Electric Boat, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, US Department of Defense</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/accidents/sea-gull-9-tanker-flooding-paradip-2026</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/l29njor6/5c7f868a_cdbb_4b03_9378_4015e303a388.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>The tanker Sea Gull 9 as seen from an Indian Coast Guard patrol aircraft</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T06:05:09.140Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Indian Coast Guard helps stabilise flooded tanker off Paradip</news:title>
<news:keywords>Asia, incidents, Belize, Sea Gull 9 (vessel), India, Indian Coast Guard, Dolphin, Paradip Port Authority, ICGS Vishwast (vessel), Vishwast class, Malaysia</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/unmanned/unmanned-fishing/orkney-lost-creel-drone-trials</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/2foezq1u/5d43ee13_c2c1_49b1_b11d_63dfac15deb0.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Creels</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T05:44:41.974Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Project proposes use of underwater drones to help recover lost fishing gear</news:title>
<news:keywords>United Kingdom, Scotland, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Orkney Islands, Orkney Fisheries Association, Heriot Watt University</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ro-pax/scottish-operator-western-ferries-names-newest-ro-pax-pair</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/bl94s0kf/Balaena1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Sound of Scalpay and Sound of Sleat</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T05:14:55.442Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Scottish operator Western Ferries names newest Ro-Pax pair</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Western Ferries Clyde, Balaena, Sound of Scalpay, Sound of Sleat (vessel)</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/accidents/sofrana-surville-rescues-yacht-sailors</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/fxy7i9rw/38c84b59_061f_4505_9cb7_e43cc14e6f52.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>The yacht Tai Tam as seen from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T05:05:06.888Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Four rescued from sinking yacht following collision with whale off Norfolk Island</news:title>
<news:keywords>incidents, Malta, Oceania, Norfolk Island, Australia, New Zealand, New Zealand Defence Force, Tai Tam (vessel), Sofrana Surville (vessel), ANL Singapore, Singapore, Asia, New Caledonia</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing/regulation-enforcement/two-foreign-vessels-apprehended-for-suspected-illegal-fishing-off-western-australia</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/77j61wom/Scott-Reef-1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>A foreign vessel apprehended for suspected illegal fishing and other offences near Scott Reef off Western Australia, September 22, 2026</image:caption>
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<news:language>en</news:language>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T03:40:10.015Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Two foreign vessels apprehended for suspected illegal fishing off Western Australia</news:title>
<news:keywords>Oceania, illegal fishing, Australia, Australian Border Force, Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Western Australia, Cape class, Maritime Border Command, ABFC Cape Wessel (vessel), ABFC Thaiyak (vessel), Darwin, Northern Territory</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-ships/uss-klakring-sunk-atlantic-thunder</loc>
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<image:caption>The decommissioned US Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Klakring after being hit during a live-fire exercise off Scotland, September 25, 2026. Ex-Klakring was expended as a target as part of the joint US-UK Exercise Atlantic Thunder 26.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T03:29:17.314Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Decommissioned US Navy frigate sunk off Scotland during joint exercise</news:title>
<news:keywords>North America, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, United States, US Navy, USS Klakring, Oliver Hazard Perry class, USS Massachusetts, USS Paul Ignatius, Arleigh Burke class, Europe, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, Scotland, Type 23, HMS Portland, Virginia class</news:keywords>
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<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/research-environment-training/greenpeace-occupies-tangaroa-seabed-survey</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/dbr2364p/5f128cc9_7b1d_4d00_9f2b_c26b6c970576.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Greenpeace protester on the New Zealand Government-owned research vessel Tangaroa. Five of the group's activists boarded the vessel without authorisation on September 26, 2026, to protest its use for seabed mineral surveys off New Zealand.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T01:23:32.831Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Attention-seeking environmental activists occupy research vessel following mineral survey off New Zealand</news:title>
<news:keywords>Oceania, environmental activism, virtue signalling, New Zealand, Tangaroa, Pacific Ocean, Clarion Clipperton Zone, The Metals Company, International Seabed Authority, United Kingdom, UK Seabed Resources, Glomar Minerals, Earth Sciences New Zealand, Europe</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/offshore-support-maintenance/windward-offshore-formally-names-third-hybrid-csov-in-series</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/qa4l8crt/Windward-Munich-Stödig-Ship-Management1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Windward Munich at her christening</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T00:56:12.882Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Windward Offshore formally names third hybrid CSOV in series</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, Germany, Windward Offshore, Windward Munich (vessel), Norway, Vard, DNV, Malta</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ferry/royal-daffodil-completes-first-public-mersey-cruise</loc>
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<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/goevvda1/Royal-Daffodil-Mersey-Ferries1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Royal Daffodil</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T00:48:09.784Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>UK's Mersey Ferries opens newest vessel to public</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, United Kingdom, Mersey Ferries, Royal Daffodil (vessel), Balaena, Liverpool, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Mersey River</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing/catching/trawling/norways-havbryn-welcomes-new-pelagic-trawler-to-fleet</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-29/4gfnqu76/Havbryn-Vard1.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Havbryn</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-29T00:29:12.987Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Norway's Havbryn welcomes new pelagic trawler to fleet</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, Norway, Havbryn, Vard, Vard Design</news:keywords>
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</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/sirius-christens-marinus-varopreem-charter</loc>
<image:image>
<image:loc>https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/2026-09-28/8jt2v30t/Marinus-VaroPreem.jpg</image:loc>
<image:caption>Marinus</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-28T23:50:57.257Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Sweden's Sirius Shipping christens first tanker in new series</news:title>
<news:keywords>Europe, Asia, Sweden, Sirius Shipping, Marinus (vessel), China Merchants Industry Yangzhou Dingheng Shipyard, China, Norway, Kongsberg Maritime, Bureau Veritas</news:keywords>
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<url>
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<image:image>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-28T22:07:01.335Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>BOOK REVIEW | Battleship Diplomat: The Enduring Legacy of the USS Missouri</news:title>
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<image:caption>The charred wreck of the Philippine ferry June Aster. The vessel caught fire while underway off Palawan province on the late evening of September 9, 2026. Seventy-seven people who were on the ferry perished in the tragedy while 43 were rescued and another eight remain unaccounted for as of September 28, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse stands as an active aid to navigation at the end of a breakwater located off the coast of Oswego, New York</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-28T18:51:40.908Z</news:publication_date>
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