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<image:caption><![CDATA[ HMS Queen Elizabeth at Babcock's Rosyth shipyard]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The initial USV under construction at Breaux Brothers Enterprises' Louisiana facilities]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Mercedes Pinto]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Turbines at Vineyard Wind's offshore energy area off Massachusetts]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Map showing the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Lamma IV in 2010]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Rendering of a Royal Malaysian Navy littoral mission ship]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The boat used in the illegal migration attempt off Puerto Rico, April 20, 2026]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Grande Inghilterra]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Launch of Bisan Maru, Seagate Corporation's new biofuel-powered tug, April 22, 2026]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Cadeler's jackup vessel Wind Osprey installing the first wind turbine at the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The Project FPW1 dredging support vessel Aliot]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Frederick Paup]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ La Congolaise des Voies Maritimes Director General Jeanne Blandine Kawanda Walwom and Royal IHC Chief Operating Officer Bert Jan ter Riet shake hands following the signing of the dredger construction contract, March 10, 2026.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Keel-laying ceremony for Adele, the Dutra Group's new trailing suction hopper dredger, March 3, 2026]]></image:caption>
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