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<news:title>Sierra Leone launches Chinese-majority shipping company with plans for 50-vessel fleet</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/cruise/italian-cruise-ports-plan-upgrades</loc>
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<image:caption>Cruise ship visiting Naples</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-26T01:53:12.349Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Italian cruise ports plan €1.05b in upgrades as 2027 traffic forecast to hit 16 million</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/marine-projects/dredging/xin-hai-jing-1-dredger</loc>
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<image:caption>Xinhaijing 1</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-26T01:33:13.308Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>China Communications Construction welcomes new hopper dredger to fleet</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ro-pax/eckero-operating-profit-falls-2026</loc>
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<image:caption>Finlandia</image:caption>
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<news:title>Eckero Q3 operating profit falls 37 per cent on higher fuel and emissions costs</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/marine-projects/marine-infrastructure/port-turku-rebuilds-fregatti-quay</loc>
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<image:caption>The S2 quay at the Port of Turku in Finland</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-26T00:58:33.508Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Finland's Turku Port begins 220-metre quay rebuild for Viking Line at Fregatti terminal</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/ro-pax/spirit-of-tasmania-ferry-loss</loc>
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<image:caption>Spirit of Tasmania IV arriving in Devonport</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-26T00:41:59.344Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Australian operator TT-Line reports $508m loss after ferry and terminal write-downs</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/accidents/prospector-5-sinks-offshore-gabon</loc>
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<image:caption>Prospector 5</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-10-26T00:22:54.023Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>One dead, four missing after jackup drilling rig sinks off Gabon</news:title>
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