RIMPAC 2026, the World's Largest Maritime Exercise, Around Hawaii

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  The Hawaii Mars Flying Boat Retires to a British Columbia Museum

  British Columbia Aviation Museum, Sidney, British Columbia, CanadaCoulson Aviation

  

  Starts 08/11/2024CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE2.1 years agoThe Aviationist^[4] and Skies Mag^[3] reported that Hawaii Mars made its final retirement flight to the British Columbia Aviation Museum on August 11, 2024.

  On August 11, 2024, the Martin JRM Mars flying boat "Hawaii Mars" made its final flight, escorted by Snowbirds jets, ending 78 years of service as the world’s largest water bomber.

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• Marine09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The Houston Ship Channel's Project 11 Widening Finishes

  Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay reach near Morgans Point, TexasPort Houston

  

  Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsPort Houston's project page describes "expediting the process to complete the work in 2029", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]

  Project 11 widens the channel by 170 feet along its Galveston Bay reach, from 530 to 700 feet, and deepens upstream segments to 46.5 feet so the largest container ships can pass one another. Dredging began in 2022; Port Houston finished its own segments in October 2025 and the US Army Corps of Engineers is completing the rest, with the spoil building bird islands, marsh and oyster reef.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Cristóbal Colón Launches as the World's Largest Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger

  La Naval Shipyard, Sestao, SpainJan De Nul Group

  

  Starts 07/04/2008CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE18.2 years agoOffshore Energy^[3] and Dredging Today both report the Cristóbal Colón was launched at the La Naval shipyard in Sestao on 4 July 2008.

  Jan De Nul's Cristóbal Colón, a 223-metre dredger with a 46,000 cubic metre hopper, was launched at the La Naval shipyard in Sestao, Spain on 4 July 2008, becoming the largest trailing suction hopper dredger ever built.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Oasis of the Seas Departs on Her Maiden Voyage From Port Everglades

  Port Everglades, 1850 Eller Dr, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, USARoyal Caribbean International

  

  Starts 12/05/2009CONFIRMED91% CONFIDENCE16.8 years agoWikipedia^[2] and contemporary cruise-industry coverage agree Oasis of the Seas departed Port Everglades on her maiden voyage on December 5, 2009.

  At over 360 meters long and 225,282 gross tons, Oasis of the Seas was the largest passenger ship ever built when she left Port Everglades on December 5, 2009. Built by STX Europe in Turku, Finland, for Royal Caribbean International, she introduced the industry's first open-air "neighborhood" ship design.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Opens as the World's Longest Sea Crossing

  港珠澳大橋香港口岸 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port, 離島區 Islands District, 新界 New Territories, 香港, 中国

  

  Starts 10/24/2018CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE7.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "On 24 October 2018 the HZMB was opened to the public after its inauguration a day earlier."

  The 55km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened to traffic on 24 October 2018, linking the three Pearl River Delta cities with cable-stayed bridges, artificial islands and an undersea tunnel.

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• Marine09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  MV Solitaire Enters Service as the World's Largest Pipelay Vessel

  Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, United KingdomAllseas

  

  Starts 01/01/1998CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE28.7 years agoAllseas^[3]' own fleet page states Solitaire has operated "since her launch in 1998"; only the year is documented, not an exact day.

  MV Solitaire, converted from a 1972 bulk carrier into a 300-metre pipelaying ship, entered service for Allseas in 1998 and became the world's largest and most powerful pipelay vessel.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Chimelong Ocean Kingdom Opens on Hengqin as the World's Largest Aquarium

  Hengqin, Zhuhai, Guangdong, ChinaChimelong Group

  

  Starts 03/29/2014CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE12.5 years agoWikipedia^[3] and contemporaneous press (HuffPost^[2], IBTimes) agree Ocean Kingdom's public opening was March 29, 2014, after a January 28 soft launch.

  Chimelong Group opened Ocean Kingdom on Hengqin Island near Zhuhai and Macao, whose roughly 48.75-million-litre aquarium set the record for the largest in the world. The glass-and-steel structure needed years of specialized marine engineering to safely hold and display that volume of water.

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• Energy09/22/2026@EnergyDesk

  Karpowership Sends the Yasin Bey on Its Maiden Voyage to Ambon

  Ambon, Maluku, IndonesiaKarpowership

  

  Starts 11/13/2016CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE9.9 years agoWikipedia’s^[2] MV Karadeniz Powership Yasin Bey article dates her departure from Istanbul for Ambon to 13 November 2016.

  Karpowership dispatched the floating power plant Yasin Bey from Istanbul on a four-week voyage to Ambon, Indonesia, where the 125 MW vessel would moor offshore to supply the island’s grid.

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• Sports09/20/2026@SportDesk

  2027 Pan American Games Open

  National Stadium of PeruPanam Sports

  

  07/23/2027 - 08/08/2027SCHEDULED78% CONFIDENCEin 299 daysWikipedia's^[1][2] article dates it "from 23 July to 8 August".

  The 2027 Pan American Games, officially the XX Pan American Games and commonly known as Lima 2027, is an upcoming international multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization. It will be held from 23 July to 8 August in Lima, the capital of Peru, eight years after the city hosted the 2019 Pan American Games. The pin sits at National Stadium of Peru.

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• Gaming09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  SeaWorld Abu Dhabi Opens

  Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSeaWorld Entertainment

  

  Starts 05/23/2023CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE3.3 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "SeaWorld Yas Island, Abu Dhabi to open its doors on 23 May 2023".

  SeaWorld's first park outside the US, built around what is billed as the world's largest aquarium habitat, opened on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.

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• Defense09/27/2026@DefenseDesk

  Balikatan 2026 Opens With Japan and Canada as Full Participants

  General P. Santos Avenue, Camp Aguinaldo, 3rd District, Quezon City, Eastern Manila District, Metro Manila, 1110, PhilippinesArmed Forces of the Philippines

  

  Starts 04/20/2026CONFIRMED81% CONFIDENCE160 days agoDVIDS caption: Lt. Gen. Christian Wortman 'addresses visitors and service members participating in Exercise Balikatan 2026 during the opening ceremony at Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, April 20, 2026'.^[1]

  The annual US-Philippine Balikatan exercise opened at Camp Aguinaldo with Japan and Canada joining as full participants for the first time alongside Australia, France and New Zealand.

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• Infrastructure09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Jakarta Sets September 2026 Groundbreaking for Its Giant Sea Wall

  Jakarta Bay, Jakarta, Indonesia

  

  Starts 09/30/2026ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEin 3 daysEstimated: the January target was September 2026, but on 3 September 2026 CNN Indonesia^[2] reported Governor Pramono is "menunggu arahan dari pemerintah pusat" (awaiting the central government's direction) rather than confirming it, and on 20 August he said "Ini kan pemerintah pusat. Kita menunggu saja" when asked if it would go ahead in September.

  Jakarta's government targeted September 2026 to break ground on its 19km stretch of a hybrid concrete-and-mangrove sea wall, part of a revised, roughly 500km national coastal defence plan that has replaced the earlier Garuda-shaped bird design.

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