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    <title><![CDATA[A worrying incident ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article341451.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The MOL tanker attack revives an old question: is the threat and use of force a viable deterrent for shipowners? ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:15:29 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article341451.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Freight rates puzzle]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/containers/article341450.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The strength of recovery in freight rates so far has been somewhat bemusing ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:16:26 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Terminal thinking]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ports-and-logistics/article341241.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The return of container terminal development projects to the east coast of the US is interesting ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:39:22 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Design for boxship improvements]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/containers/article341240.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[All would gain if the shipyards could be persuaded to produce more innovative boxship designs ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/containers/article341240.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[The fight that must become all-out war]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article341198.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Piracy is now so serious that the only strategy is to engage pirates at sea under a formal declaration of war ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:49:55 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article341198.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Put your head in the cloud to see the future]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article341196.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Riveting hydrographic innovations set the pace for change elsewhere ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:46:41 +0100</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bourne’s mission]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article341122.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[There is an urgent need for some hard-headed commercial sense at the General Lighthouse Authorities ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:19:29 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article341122.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Welcome sanctions]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article341125.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The sanctions game is largely symbolic, and IRISL makes as good a scapegoat  ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:07:21 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article341125.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Investing in training ships is a matter for government]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article341106.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Investing in training ships is a matter for government ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:15:14 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article341106.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Reading the Baltic runes]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/dry-cargo/article191642.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Reading the Baltic runes ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:27:23 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/dry-cargo/article191642.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Snooping society]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article190136.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Snooping society ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:24:24 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article190136.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lifting the lid on the Baltic Dry Index]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/dry-cargo/article177567.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Lifting the lid on the Baltic Dry Index ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:13:14 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/dry-cargo/article177567.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[ISM code could add to maritime paperwork]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article177565.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[ISM code could add to maritime paperwork ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:10:48 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article177565.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[A security dead end]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ports-and-logistics/article174369.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[A security dead end ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:00:53 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ports-and-logistics/article174369.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Amnesty own goal]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article174368.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Amnesty own goal ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:58:01 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article174368.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Knowledge centre has built a broad base]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article183974.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[SIR, We read with interest Ryan Skinner’s opinion ‘There is no point just preaching to the converted’ (Lloyd’s List July 21) ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:56:37 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article183974.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Catalogue of errors fuelled Deepwater Horizon crisis]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article174299.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[An understanding of the implications is only just beginning to be possible ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:32:43 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article174299.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Patience pays off]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/containers/article174273.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Patience pays off ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:57:42 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/containers/article174273.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Flagging efforts ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article174272.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Flagging efforts  ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:52:26 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article174272.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[We must not make light of piracy’s threat]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article182410.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[SIR, We respectfully suggest that your editorial comment ‘Piracy on the Wane’ (Lloyd’s List July 16) was unnecessarily flippant ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:50:04 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article182410.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[We must not make light of piracy’s threat]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article174303.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[There are over 300 seafarers still held hostage in Somalia ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:33:02 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article174303.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Start planning for the MLC – or else!]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article174203.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Start planning for the MLC – or else! ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:47:36 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article174203.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[UK minister seeks cure to maritime complaint]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ports-and-logistics/article174199.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Mike Penning visits key ports Harwich and Felixstowe ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:38:41 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ports-and-logistics/article174199.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cable’s hasty cut ]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article174120.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Cable’s hasty cut  ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:43:56 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article174120.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Is biggest really best?]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article174121.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Is biggest really best? ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:43:13 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article174121.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Conflicting signals]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/dry-cargo/article174030.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Conflicting signals ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:38:35 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/dry-cargo/article174030.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Eurotunnel sets the pace for rail growth]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/finance/article173984.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Eurotunnel sets the pace for rail growth ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:21:46 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/finance/article173984.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Costs must be cut safely]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article173897.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Costs must be cut safely ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:55:33 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article173897.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Building for growth]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ports-and-logistics/article173896.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Building for growth ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:52:27 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ports-and-logistics/article173896.ece</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Another day in the kangaroo courts]]></title>
    <link>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article173854.ece</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Another day in the kangaroo courts ]]></description>
    <author>Nigel Lowry</author>    
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:19:16 +0100</pubDate>
    <guid>http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article173854.ece</guid>
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