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Shipping Industry News
Agri Port is your go-to source for the latest local and global industry news relevant to the shipping and grain vessel loading industry. Stay up-to-date with current events, new regulations, best practices, and essential industry updates that impact your operations.
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Sanctioned Heavy-Lift Ships Deliver Key Arctic LNG 2 Modules to Russia, Pointing to Construction Restart
Two sanctioned heavy-lift vessels carrying key top-side modules for Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project have arrived at Novatek’s Belokamenka construction yard after a journey of nearly 2½ months from eastern China, offering the clearest indication yet that work on the project’s long-stalled third production train could be resuming despite Western sanctions.
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Bruce Kimbrell
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America Is Finally Remembering the Merchant Mariners Who Carry Its Power
The Ugly Ducklings of American Power By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed) On July 17, history quietly turned on the waterfront. Admiral Karl Thomas, Commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command,...
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Reuters
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Caspian Pipeline Consortium Oil Loadings Suspended After Drone Attacks On Tankers
MOSCOW, July 19 (Reuters) – Two oil tankers were attacked at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Russia’s Black Sea coast, CPC said on Sunday, adding that oil loadings were suspended....
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Bloomberg
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Greece Offers Bounty To Catch Ravenous Fish Lured By Warming Seas
By Paul Tugwell Jul 19, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Stavros Moraitis has spent more than three decades fishing in the azure waters off the Greek island of Milos. He’s used to competition from...
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Iran’s Guards Say Two Ships Involved In ‘Accident’ After Defying Hormuz Warnings
DUBAI, July 19 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that two ships were involved in an “accident” after attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz via an “unsafe route,” while...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
TOTE, Hanwha Philly Shipyard Selected to Build New U.S. Missile Defense Vessels
TOTE Services and Hanwha Philly Shipyard have been selected to deliver the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s next-generation Missile Range Instrumentation Vessels (MRIV), extending the commercial shipbuilding model that has already...
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Bloomberg
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US Strikes Iran To ‘Punish’ It for Attack That Killed 2 Troops
By María Paula Mijares Torres and Patrick Sykes Jul 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The US launched fresh strikes on Iran Saturday, a day after two American service members were killed in Jordan...
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Sanctioned Tanker Is Leaking Oil Near Oman
By Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul July 17 (Reuters) – A vessel under sanctions for moving Russian fuel is likely leaking oil in a protected marine area off the coast of Oman,...
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Venice Protests Greet U.S. Ambassador Fertitta’s Arrival On Superyacht
By Manuel Silvestri VENICE, July 17 (Reuters) – A few hundred people in Venice protested on Friday against U.S. Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta as he arrived in the lagoon city aboard...
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Exxon-Chartered Oil Tanker Attacked By Drones Near Black Sea Terminal
MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) – An oil tanker chartered for loading oil at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal off Russia’s Black Sea coast was attacked and damaged by two drones on Friday, CPC...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Thousands Of Trucks Haul Iraq’s Oil Through Syria In Sign Of Hormuz Legacy
By Archie Hunter, Anthony Di Paola, Khalid Al-Ansary and Nicholas Lua Jul 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iraq is using a vast fleet of trucks to carry fuel oil through Syria and reroute...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Former Ship Captain Pleads Guilty to Drugging, Raping U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Cadet at Sea
A former U.S. merchant ship captain has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the drugging and sexual assault of a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) cadet aboard a commercial...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
U.S. Coast Guard Tracks Chinese Icebreakers as They Transit U.S. Arctic Waters
The U.S. Coast Guard says it is monitoring two Chinese research icebreakers as they transit north through the Bering Sea toward the Arctic, marking the first Chinese vessel movements through...
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Mike Schuler
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JPMorgan Chase Commits $24 Million to Boost Shipbuilding and Submarine Supply Chain in Philadelphia
JPMorgan Chase is investing $24 million to help strengthen the U.S. shipbuilding industry, including support for submarine manufacturing and maritime suppliers, as part of a broader effort to finance industries...
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Reuters
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US, Iran Each Attack Infrastructure in Risky Escalation
The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran on Friday and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further escalation by expanding their targets to include infrastructure.
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Reuters
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EU Softens Carbon Market to Ease Pressure on Industry
The European Commission proposed an overhaul of the EU's Emissions Trading System on Friday, allowing industries to emit CO2 longer while offering more financial support to invest in clean technologies in Europe.
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Trump Confronts Limits to US Power to Secure Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s speedboats, missiles, drones and mines have shown they can still wreak havoc in the Strait of Hormuz, defying daily strikes from the most powerful navy in the world.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Russian Drone Strikes Damage Foreign-Flagged Ships at Ukrainian Port, Killing Three
Russia attacked two Ukrainian Black Sea port cities on Friday, killing three people, officials said, as Moscow intensifies pressure on Ukraine's key trade routes.
From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
INTERTANKO Warns Threat to Shipping Now Extends Across Gulf Region as Hormuz Transits Continue to Fall
The security threat facing commercial shipping has expanded well beyond the Strait of Hormuz, according to new guidance from tanker industry group INTERTANKO, as fresh attacks on merchant vessels and...