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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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Shell Loses Lengthy Legal Fight With South African Activists
By Paul Burkhardt Aug 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Shell Plc lost the latest round of a five-year legal fight with environmental activists over a South African oil-exploration campaign that went all the...
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Smart Tugs And Trucks That Don’t Sleep. Automation Rewires US Transport
By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, Aug 14 (Reuters) – U.S. transportation has steadily become more efficient through advances in engine technology, infrastructure upgrades and increasingly sophisticated logistics networks. The next wave is...
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Hormuz Ship Attacks Mount As US Vows To Cripple Iran Economy
By Arsalan Shahla, Catherine Lucey and Sara Gharaibeh Aug 15, 2026 (Bloomberg) –More ships have come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz as talks to end the war in the...
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Hawaii Faces Rare Hurricane Strike Threatening Flooding Rain
By Brian K. Sullivan Aug 15, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Pacific storm Lala strengthened into a hurricane as it edged closer to Hawaii’s Big Island, where it will make possible landfall on Saturday,...
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Between Cartel Threats And US Airstrikes, Ecuador Fishermen Have Nowhere To Hide
By Alexandra Valencia and Yury Garcia JARAMIJO/SAN MATEO, Ecuador, August 15 (Reuters) – At first light on Ecuador’s Pacific coast, small fishing boats fan out from the villages of San Mateo and...
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UAE Says Iran Attacked Another ADNOC Vessel In Hormuz
CAIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday Iran had attacked an Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day...
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Hanwha, Fincantieri Shares Rise as Trump Opens Navy Shipbuilding to Foreign Yards
Shares of South Korea's Hanwha Group and Italy's Fincantieri rose on Friday after President Donald Trump's directive opening U.S. Navy shipbuilding to overseas yards.
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Trump Revives Global Tariffs Under New Legal Authority
The United States on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the EU and China, alleging those countries failed to curb imports made by forced labor, just as a temporary 10% global tariff expired.
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Hormuz Tanker Crossings Slip to Lowest in More Than Two Months, Data Shows
The number of tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz fell to just one on Thursday, the lowest level since May 7, according to shiptracking data, amid ongoing shipping risks in the Middle East and as oil prices surged back to $100 a barrel.
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Tanker Exits Red Sea Dark as China Ship Heads Toward Strait
A Greek tanker carrying Saudi crude exited the Red Sea with its transponder off, while another Chinese vessel and Russian cargoes headed toward the Bab el-Mandeb strait, after Houthi attacks heightened risks.
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Houthi Attacks on Saudi Tankers Constrict Crude Trade
The flow of Middle East energy trade is evolving yet again after attacks on two tankers in the Red Sea by Iran-backed Houthi militants. In a recent maritime security webinar,...
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Saronic, Samsung Heavy Industries Partner to Advance Autonomous Shipbuilding in the U.S.
Partnership combines U.S. autonomy technology with South Korean shipbuilding expertise as Saronic expands its domestic manufacturing footprint Saronic and South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have announced a strategic partnership...
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Shipowners Halt Calls at Ukraine’s Black Sea Ports, Wary of Russian Strikes
Shipowners halted vessel arrivals at Ukraine's Black Sea ports due to intensified Russian strikes, Kyiv said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow might escalate attacks in order to block the country's main corridor for grain exports.
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Iran Flew IRGC Commanders, Missile Gear to Yemen’s Houthis, Sources Say
July 23 (Reuters) – Iran flew Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-related equipment into Yemen this month, according to four sources, in a move that suggests Tehran is...
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Routine Maintenance Turns Into Toxic Gas Emergency Aboard Fishing Vessel
A routine maintenance job aboard the fishing vessel Antarctic Discovery turned into a dangerous toxic gas incident after decomposing fish waste was accidentally pumped into a machinery space, sending four workers to...
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Container Spot Rates Fall as Capacity Growth Pressures Freight Rates
Spot container freight rates continued to ease this week as additional vessel capacity and softer demand weighed on the world’s major east-west trade lanes, according to the latest Drewry World...
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Trump Administration Advances Planning for Offshore Nuclear Energy Projects
Agreement lays groundwork for possible nuclear energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf The Marine Minerals Administration (MMA) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) have signed a memorandum...
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DP World Expands UAE Gateway Bypassing the Strait of Hormuz
DP World has signed an agreement in principle with the Fujairah Ports Authority to develop two new port terminals on the UAE’s east coast, expanding capacity at a strategically located...
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Trump Warns Iran of ‘Major Military Punishment’ After Houthi Tanker Attacks
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened direct military retaliation against Iran after Yemen’s Houthi movement resumed attacks on commercial shipping, targeting two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea and...