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<news:title>Russia's State Transport Leasing Company receives government funding for hybrid inland cruise ship</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/cargo-ship-fire-crew-rescue</loc>
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<image:caption>Map showing the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-09T02:22:03.396Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>22 crew rescued from burning commercial ship in Gulf of Oman</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/naval/naval-submersibles/south-korea-nuclear-submarine-strategy</loc>
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<image:caption>A Dosan Ahn Changho-class (KSS-III) submarine of the Republic of Korea Navy</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-11-09T02:00:13.907Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>South Korea approves acquisition strategy for nuclear submarine programme</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/incidents/accidents/melbourne-dredger-kirra-partially-sinks</loc>
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<image:caption>Dredger being towed (representative photo only)</image:caption>
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<news:title>Dredger spills diesel after partially sinking near Melbourne, Australia</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/ports/railway-project-connecting-zambias-copperbelt-to-angolas-lobito-port-targets-2027-financial-close</loc>
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<image:caption>Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia (right), shakes hands with Africa Finance Corporation President and CEO Samaila Zubairu as the two sides discuss progress on the Zambia–Lobito Railway, which will link Zambia's Copperbelt to the Atlantic via the Port of Lobito in Angola</image:caption>
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<news:title>Railway project connecting Zambia's Copperbelt to Angola's Lobito Port targets 2027 financial close</news:title>
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