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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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Russia’s Black Sea Novorossiysk Port Resumes Oil Loadings After Drone Attack, Sources Say
Russia's main Black Sea oil port of Novorossiysk resumed operations on Sunday after halting loadings on Friday following a drone attack, two trading sources said.
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Asian Refiners Ask to Pick Up Saudi Oil Outside Risky Red Sea
Some Asian refiners are pushing back against Saudi Aramco’s request that they pick up their oil at Yanbu on the Red Sea, due to the difficulty of finding ships willing to sail through the dangerous waterway.
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US Commander Says Mental Health A Priority Aboard USS Lincoln
By Tony Czuczka Aug 16, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A top US military commander said mental health is a valid concern after meeting crew deployed on the USS Abraham Lincoln, where conditions aboard...
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Covert Mideast Oil Flows Are Keeping Global Prices in Check
By Alex Longley, Anthony Di Paola, Grant Smith and Weilun Soon Aug 16, 2026(Bloomberg) –Middle Eastern oil producers are pressing ahead with shuttling large volumes of crude out of the Persian...
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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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Iran Resumes Kharg Island Oil Loadings After US Blockade Lifted
By Julian Lee Jun 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iran has resumed loading crude from its Kharg island export terminal after a break of about six weeks, following the lifting of a US...
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US Forces Monitoring Strait Of Hormuz To Ensure It Stays Open
WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. military on Saturday denied Iran’s claims that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz, saying the critical waterway remained open and that U.S. forces were...
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Ships Told They Can Use South Hormuz Route With Signals On
By Weilun Soon and Alex Longley Jun 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Ships can consider transiting the Strait of Hormuz along the southern route at any time of day with their signals on,...
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Iran Says Hormuz Has Been Closed But Sends Team For Swiss Talks
By Arsalan Shahla and Alex Longley Jun 20, 2026(Bloomberg) –Iran said it has closed the Strait of Hormuz for shipping transit due to what it called a violation of the ceasefire...
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Trump Administration Backtracks On Removing Ocean Sensors
By Leslie Kaufman Jun 20, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration is dropping near-term plans to dismantle a $386 million federal ocean-observing system after encountering resistance from scientists and Congress. Read Also: U.S....
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Drone Attack On Panama-Flagged Ship In Black Sea Kills 1, Injures 2
PANAMA CITY, June 19 (Reuters) – One crew member was killed and two more injured after a drone attack on a Panama-flagged ship in the Black Sea, Panama’s Maritime Authority (AMP) said...
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Dali Chief Engineer Admits Criminal Conduct in Baltimore Bridge Allision
Federal prosecutors have reached a deferred prosecution agreement with the chief engineer of the containership Dali, with the veteran Indian mariner admitting to conduct constituting a criminal violation of the Ports...
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Genco’s Proxy Victory Caps Months of Fighting With Diana Shipping
The overwhelming re-election of Genco Shipping & Trading’s board this week marked the latest chapter in a takeover battle that has pitted two of the dry bulk industry’s best-known names...
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More Than 20 Million Barrels Leave Iran as Post-War Oil Trade Reawakens
Iran is shipping large amounts of oil that had previously been held back by a US blockade, a potential boost for Tehran after it signed an interim peace deal with Washington on Wednesday.
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Oil Shipments Rise in Hormuz Although Questions Grow Over Iran’s Transit Terms
Oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz picked up on Friday after the United States and Iran signed a ceasefire deal, with Gulf producers preparing to raise exports despite concerns over conditions set by Tehran for using the vital waterway.
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Iran Asserts Control Over the Strait of Hormuz
Less than 48 hours after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran to end the conflict and restore freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran...
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Iran’s New ‘Toll by Insurance’ Raises Stakes in Strait of Hormuz
By Lori Ann LaRocco – The already volatile security picture in the Strait of Hormuz has taken a sharp turn for the worse as Iran moves to assert de facto...