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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
UK Sanctions Five LNG Carriers in New Russia Package
The United Kingdom has sanctioned five liquefied natural gas carriers as part of a new package of measures targeting Russia's efforts to expand a maritime "shadow fleet" for LNG exports, including three Russian-built Arc7 ice-class vessels intended to support the Arctic LNG 2 project.
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Tanker Congestion Shunts Vital Oil Transfers Farther From Hormuz
Persian Gulf oil producers are shifting critical cargo transfer operations even farther out of the war-hit region as waters just outside the Strait of Hormuz become congested with tankers.
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
GAO Finds Marine Firefighting Gaps Persist at U.S. Ports
A new federal watchdog report says gaps in training, coordination and emergency planning continue to complicate the response to ship fires at U.S. ports, three years after two firefighters were...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Canada Makes Major Investment in Marine Safety as Ship Traffic Grows
Canada is committing C$1.2 billion (USD $843 million) to ocean protection and marine safety as the federal government prepares for a significant increase in commercial vessel traffic tied to new...
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gCaptain
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gCaptain
U.S. Ports Push Nuclear Power, Faster Dredging at Record AAPA Convention
The American Association of Port Authorities wrapped up its annual convention in New Orleans on Wednesday after drawing its largest attendance ever, with more than 900 participants representing over 90 ports.
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Saronic Starts Construction on $3 Billion Texas Shipyard
Saronic Technologies has broken ground on its planned $3 billion Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, moving one of the largest new U.S. shipbuilding projects in decades from the planning stage...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Russia Sends Nuclear Warning to NATO as Tensions Rise in the Baltic
Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Swedish Pilot Named Suspect in Fatal Cargo Ship Collision That Killed Two
Swedish prosecutors have expanded the criminal investigation into last month’s fatal collision between the Norwegian cargo ship Misje Verde and a pleasure boat by naming the vessel’s pilot as a criminal suspect...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Iran Says Deal With Oman on Hormuz Agreed in Principle
The wait for an Iran-Oman deal that partially reopens the Strait of Hormuz continued into Thursday, after the Islamic Republic said an agreement on proposed shipping lanes was in the final stages.
From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Panama Canal to Tighten Draft Limits Again as Water Levels Continue to Fall
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) will impose another round of draft restrictions for vessels transiting its Neopanamax locks later this month as water levels in Gatun Lake continue to decline...
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Lori Ann LaRocco
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gCaptain
Middle East Situation Remains “Predictably Unpredictable,” Lloyd’s List Intelligence
Almost six months into the U.S./ Israel war with Iran, the state of the Strait of Hormuz is still constrained. Ambrey has alerted another tanker aborted its transit through the Strait of Hormuz after two explosions were reported 37 NM southwest of Bandar-e-Jask, Iran.
From
Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
Russia Sends Arctic Oil Tanker Shadow Fleet Within 500 Nautical Miles of North Pole
Russia has dispatched an unprecedented convoy of oil tankers to within 500 nautical miles of the North Pole sending the fleet onto one of the most northerly commercial shipping routes ever attempted in the Arctic.
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gCaptain
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gCaptain
CBO: Trump-Class Nuclear Battleships Could Cost $275 Billion, Strain U.S. Shipbuilding
The U.S. Navy’s ambitious plan to design and build a new class of nuclear-powered battleships would cost an estimated $275 billion over the next three decades and place unprecedented demands on...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Europe’s Dry Rivers Set for Little Relief from August Rains
Europe’s first meaningful rains in weeks are unlikely to be widespread or sustained enough to quickly raise critically-low river levels, prolonging costly shipping and power supply restrictions as another spell of heat threatens to build.
From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Houthis Escalate Red Sea Campaign, Claim Eighth Saudi Tanker Attack
The Houthis on Wednesday claimed responsibility for another attack on a Saudi oil tanker, while UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued a fresh warning about a separate explosion near a...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Shipping Industry Warns Against Potential Hormuz Transit Fees
The global shipping industry is urging the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to oppose any attempt to impose compulsory tolls or transit fees in the Strait of...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Iran Says Hormuz Shipping Route Announcement With Oman Nears
Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and a joint announcement is being finalized, provided certain third parties did not interfere, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Draft Hormuz Deal Would Give Iran Control Over Gulf-Bound Ships, Sources Say
A proposed deal between Iran and Oman would give Tehran control over ships entering the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source and two regional officials told Reuters on Wednesday, in one of the biggest concessions yet to Iran.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
US and Iran Having ‘Very Good Discussions’, Trump Says
U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration had "very good discussions" with Iran during all-day negotiations on Tuesday, fueling expectations of an imminent end to the five-month conflict.