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<image:caption><![CDATA[ On November 6, 2025, ExxonMobil farmed in to Block 2, which is located in the northwest part of the Ionian Sea.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ An E-2D Hawkeye, attached to Airborne Command and Control Squadron (VAW) 117, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during Operation Epic Fury, March 31, 2026]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ NOV heavy lift crane]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ UUVs at China's "Victory Day" parade]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Commissioning of JS Chogei, the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force's fifth Taigei-class submarine, March 10, 2026]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The TSHD Meuse River undertaking dredging works]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/offshore/exploration-development/offshore-construction/keel-laid-for-asso-subseas-new-cable-laying-vessel-in-china</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Keel laying ceremony for Althea, Asso Subsea's new cable laying vessel]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Tarifa Jet]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Scarborough Shoal]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/gas/gazprom-sends-second-lng-shipment-from-portovaya-plant-to-china</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Satellite map of Portovaya LNG plant, Russia]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Happy Pelican]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Port of Novorossiysk]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Bulk carrier loading cargo at Port of Odesa in Ukraine]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Map of Cuba]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/exmars-newest-ammonia-fuelled-tankers-formally-named</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Naming ceremony of Antwerpen and Arlon, Exmar's new ammonia-fuelled tankers]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/south-korea-secures-273m-barrels-of-crude-oil-through-end-of-year</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Yeosu oil terminal, South Korea]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/ports/china-orders-maersk-and-msc-to-halt-operations-at-panama-canal-ports</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Port of Balboa, Panama]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/factbox-the-tankers-that-cleared-the-strait-of-hormuz-after-the-war-began</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Sinopec oil terminal]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Reliance Industries terminal]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ BW Elm]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/passenger/maritime-tourism/awards-2025-best-inland-tour-boat-silver-raven-one2three-naval-architects</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Best Inland Tour Boat – Silver Raven]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/boxships/vessel-review-snow-flower-cool-carriers-to-deploy-versatile-reefer-ship-on-global-routes</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Close-up of superstructure]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Snow Flower]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Snow Flower]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Hidramar Ultra 22000]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/sanctioned-tanker-returns-to-strait-of-hormuz-just-24-hours-after-clearing-it</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ 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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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Hormuz Strait AIS data display]]></image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/ports/argentine-grain-ports-paralysed-by-trucker-protests</loc>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Bahia Blanca grain port]]></image:caption>
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