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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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Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
Arctic Ship Traffic Hits Record High in 2025 as Resource Projects Drive Growth
Ship traffic in the Arctic reached a new milestone in 2025, with 1,812 unique vessels operating inside the Polar Code area, according to new data released by the Arctic Council Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME). The figures mark a 40% increase from 2013, when PAME began tracking traffic through its Arctic Ship Traffic Data (ASTD) system.
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The Loadstar
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gCaptain
Explainer: The US Maritime Action Plan and What It Means for Shipping Lines
The White House’s 13 February Maritime Action Plan (MAP) sets out an ambitious strategy: to rebuild US shipbuilding and reduce dependence on foreign-built and foreign-flagged vessels
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Chevron-led Consortium Signs Contracts for Gas Exploration Off Greece
A consortium led by U.S. oil major Chevron signed exclusive lease agreements on Monday to look for natural gas off southern Greece, expanding the United States' presence in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
MOL Seeks Hungarian Oil Reserves to Cover Pipeline Blockage
Mol Group Nyrt, Hungary’s largest energy company, asked the government to release strategic oil reserves to keep its refineries operating while a key pipeline route through Ukraine remains blocked.
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Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
Russia Sends Nuclear Icebreaker From Arctic to Baltic Sea as Severe Ice Chokes Shipping
Russia has dispatched two powerful icebreakers, including a nuclear-powered vessel, from Arctic waters to the Baltic Sea to help keep shipping lanes open as one of the harshest ice seasons in more than a decade disrupts traffic across northern Europe.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
India seizes Iran-linked US-sanctioned tankers, steps up surveillance
ndia has seized three U.S.-sanctioned tanker ships linked to Iran this month and stepped up surveillance in its maritime zone to curb illicit trade, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.
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Bill Allen
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Bloomberg
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Rubio Calls Chinese Presence at Panama Canal ‘Unacceptable’
By Simon Lewis and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY, Feb 2 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday warned Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino that Washington will “take measures necessary”...
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Greece’s Tourism Ports On Alert After Seismic Activity
ATHENS, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Greek authorities have warned of an increase in seismic activity around the Aegean tourist island of Santorini, advising people to avoid four ports, empty their pools, refrain from...
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Darin Newsom
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Barchart
What Were Long-Term Monthly Charts Showing at the End of January?
From a long-term investment point of view, the value of technical analysis may be diminishing, as indicated by the end of January monthly charts.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Rubio In Panama For Canal, Migration Talks
By Simon Lewis PANAMA CITY, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The top diplomat in President Donald Trump’s administration, Marco Rubio, began his first foreign visit on Sunday, meeting Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino to...
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Reuters
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Trump’s Oil Tariffs A Boost For European And Asian Refiners
By Robert Harvey and Georgina McCartney LONDON/HOUSTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil imports will offer European and Asian refineries a competitive advantage...
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Reuters
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Suez Canal Authority Says Stability Returning To Red Sea
CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) – Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie has told shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk there are signs of stability returning to the Red Sea, and urged the company to...
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Darren Carlat
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Barchart
Soybean Meal and Lean Hog butterfly spread
Soybean Meal has been drifting down the channel for all of 2024. The last few weeks, Soybean Meal has attempted to break out but has failed to hold. Given the indicators to be reviewed and seasonal strength, I expect Soybean Meal to finally break through the channel and begin to move higher.
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Oliver Sloup
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Barchart
BREAKING NEWS: Cattle and Bison Imports from Mexico Resume Under New Protocol
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the resumption of cattle and bison imports from Mexico. Imports are scheduled to resume within the next several days.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
India To Set Up $3-Bln Maritime Development Fund For Shipping Industry
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (Reuters) – India will set up a 250-billion-rupee ($2.9-billion) maritime development fund for the long-term financing of the country’s shipbuilding and repair industry, Finance Minister...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Norway Releases Ship Suspected Of Baltic Sea Cable Damage
OSLO, Feb 1 (Reuters) – A Norwegian cargo ship with an all-Russian crew suspected of damaging a Baltic Sea telecoms cable has been released by authorities in Norway after no link to...
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Nick Ehrenberg
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Barchart
Did Wheat Just bottom at a 78.6% Fibonacci Retracement? Update
Educational and Actionable information using Fibonacci and W.D. Gann analysis.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Moldova Ships First Delivery Of Gas To Transdniestria
CHISINAU, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Moldovan energy company Moldovagaz shipped the first batch of 3 million cubic meters of natural gas on Saturday to the Russian-backed separatist enclave Transdniestria, the first deliveries...