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Trump Renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ Amid Canada Trade Fight
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the U.S. government to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” extending his administration’s campaign to rename prominent geographic features into the middle of an...

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Mike Schuler
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Coast Guard Offers 120-Day Relief for Mariners Caught in Credentialing Backlog
The U.S. Coast Guard is offering temporary relief to some merchant mariners whose credentials expired while their renewal applications were caught in a processing backlog at the National Maritime Center....

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Mike Schuler
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Black Sea Tensions Lead Grain Buyers to Tap Baltic States
Baltic grain exporters are seeing a boost in demand as blocked supplies from the Black Sea region are spurring buyers to seek alternative sources.

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Shipping Traffic Through Strait of Hormuz Rises Slightly, Data Shows
Shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuzrose slightly even as a geopolitical standoff persisted between the United States and Iran, while the market also monitored Iran-Oman talks about the waterway, data showed on Thursday.

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Mike Schuler
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Davie Adds Six Canadian Icebreakers to Growing Arctic Shipbuilding Portfolio
Davie Shipbuilding has formally secured a US $8 billion fixed-price contract to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, providing new details on one of the largest pieces...

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Mike Schuler
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Ocean Winner Sinking Leaves 22 Seafarers Missing in Bay of Bengal
Twenty-two seafarers remain missing after the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Winner sank in the Bay of Bengal, triggering a major search and rescue operation involving the Indian Coast Guard and passing merchant...

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Mike Schuler
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Höegh Autoliners Orders Six More Aurora Class Car Carriers
Höegh Autoliners is expanding its Aurora class newbuilding program with an order for six additional vessels, taking the series to 18 ships with the potential to grow to as many...

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Bloomberg
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Japan Energy Plan Seeks to Back Pipelines Bypassing Hormuz
Japan plans to support the construction of pipelines that bypass the Strait of Hormuz after the US-Iran war laid bare the country’s vulnerability to disruptions in Middle Eastern oil supplies.

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Reuters
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Iran and Oman Plan for Temporary Hormuz Corridor as Impasse With US Persists
Iran has held new talks with neighboring Oman on management of the Strait of Hormuz, blockaded over nearly six months of conflict, with Oman's foreign minister saying he was hopeful a temporary corridor through the waterway could be announced soon.

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Panama Canal Auction Hits New Record at $5.3 Million
By Ruth Liao, Lucia Kassai and Nicholas Lua (Bloomberg) — A shipper needing to transit the Panama Canal bid a record $5.3 million to secure its spot, according to people familiar...

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Mike Schuler
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SpaceX to Build $100 Billion Spaceport on Louisiana Gulf Coast
SpaceX plans to invest $100 billion in a massive new launch facility on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, a project the company says could eventually support thousands of launches a year. The...

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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Iran and Oman Unveil Framework for Future Management of Strait of Hormuz
Iran and Oman have unveiled a framework for restoring safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, including a temporary shipping corridor, joint mine-clearing operations and further talks over the future...