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		<title>MSC Confirms Containership Was Hit Twice by Projectiles Off Iraq</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) says its containership MSC Sariska V was struck by two projectiles while departing Iraq&#8217;s Port of Umm Qasr on Sunday, confirming one of the most serious attacks on...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Denmark’s Fayard Shipyard Remains Last EU Lifeline for Russia’s Yamal LNG Fleet as Sanctions Clock Ticks Down</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Malte Humpert]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Danish shipyard Fayard is set to remain a critical service hub for Russia’s Arctic LNG trade through at least one more summer, even as European sanctions tighten and other Western shipyards withdraw from the business.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Startups Shore Up Ukraine’s Defenses With Sea Drone Swarms and Robot Trucks</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to stop Russian drones flying undetected across the Black Sea to attack Ukraine's port city of Odesa? That was the problem facing Ukraine's military that Charles Maher set out to solve.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Iran War Is Pushing the Global Gas Trade Into the Shadows</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A day before crossing the Strait of Hormuz, an Indonesian seafarer aboard the Al Rayyan tanker published a picture of a rainbow cutting across the bow. “When the dream ship becomes reality,” he wrote on social media, thanking God for the blessing. Then the liquefied natural gas carrier switched off its transponder and began to move out of the Persian Gulf.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Maritime Cost Volatility Is Now a Financial Control Problem</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sponsored]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Global shipping has always been exposed to volatility. Schedules change. Routes shift. Ports become congested. Fuel costs rise and fall. New surcharges appear. Regulations evolve. Disruption in one region can...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Davie Breaks Ground on $1 Billion Texas Shipyard Expansion for Coast Guard Icebreakers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Davie Defense officially broke ground Monday on a massive modernization of Gulf Copper’s shipyard facilities in Galveston and Port Arthur, Texas, marking the start of what could become a $1...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MSC Containership Damaged in Apparent Attack Off Iraq</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Panama-flagged containership has been damaged in what appears to be the third reported attack off Iraq since the outbreak of the U.S.-Iran conflict in late February, raising fresh concerns...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EU May Keep Russian Oil Price Cap Unchanged at $44 per Barrel to Pressure Moscow</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Reuters]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The European Commission may propose leaving the G7 price cap on Russian crude unchanged at its July review, in an effort to curb Moscow's windfall from the Iran war and the ensuing oil price shock, EU diplomats said on Monday.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shipping Industry Says Hormuz Peace Deal Alone Won’t Bring Ships Back</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/shipping-industry-says-hormuz-peace-deal-alone-wont-bring-ships-back/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Executives warn that freedom of navigation requires more than a ceasefire as confidence remains shattered after months of conflict Shipping executives gathered at the Posidonia maritime exhibition in Greece on...]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>LNG Fleet Faces Compliance Divide as EU Carbon Costs Threaten Older Carrier Economics</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/lng-fleet-faces-compliance-divide-as-eu-carbon-costs-threaten-older-carrier-economics/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A growing split is emerging within the global LNG carrier fleet as tightening European emissions regulations begin reshaping vessel economics, according to a new analysis from Wood Mackenzie.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Iran to Halt Message Exchanges With US Over Israel, Tasnim Says</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/iran-to-halt-message-exchanges-with-us-over-israel-tasnim-says/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iran said it would halt talks with the US in protest for Israel’s expanded ground assault in Lebanon, escalating tensions as Washington and Tehran seek to reach an interim peace agreement.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>France Intercepts Another Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tanker as Macron Expands Sanctions Crackdown</title>
		<link>https://gcaptain.com/france-intercepts-another-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-as-macron-expands-sanctions-crackdown/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Schuler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[French naval forces have intercepted and boarded another tanker linked to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, extending a maritime enforcement campaign that has become one of Europe’s most aggressive efforts to...]]></description>
		
		
		
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