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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s largest dredging project resumes at Port of Luleå after new billion-krona deal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A new billion-krona contract has been signed to resume dredging work in the fairway to the Port of Luleå.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:03:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Maritime Administration’s lapse costs nearly 26 million kronor]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Maritime Administration failed to extend a bank guarantee. This resulted in a loss of almost 26 million kronor, completely unnecessarily, reports Sveriges Radio Ekot.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Maritime Administration proposes that the state should pay for icebreaking]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Maritime Administration proposes in its three-year plan and appropriation request to the government that the state should assume full financial responsibility for icebreaking.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:16:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Maritime Administration Retains All Helicopter Bases]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Maritime Administration will retain all its helicopter bases and icebreakers, the agency announces after the news that it will receive a larger allocation in the new budget.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:36:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Allocates 71 Million Kronor to Support Helicopter Rescue Services]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Government and the Sweden Democrats propose an allocation of 71 million kronor to the crisis-stricken Swedish Transport Administration. It is important in order for the ability to save human lives not to be weakened, says Infrastructure and Housing Minister Andreas Carlson (KD).]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Minister: The Swedish Maritime Administration's situation is worrying]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Transport Agency is planning drastic cutbacks to manage this year's budget – including closing helicopter bases and taking an icebreaker out of service. Infrastructure Minister Andreas Carlson says it is "of utmost importance that the core of the Swedish Transport Agency's essential services maintains a satisfactory level".]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:17:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Helicopter bases closed - hitting defense]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Maritime Administration is in crisis and is forced to make drastic cutbacks. Two out of five helicopter bases are being closed and the authority is reducing icebreaking and maintenance of shipping lanes. It's clear that we don't want to do this, but we're being forced to, says Director-General Erik Eklund to TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:01:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[More Swedish-Finnish cooperation on icebreaking]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:37:55 GMT</pubDate>
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