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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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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Canada’s Most Powerful Icebreaker Reaches North Pole
Canada’s largest and most powerful icebreaker has reached the North Pole as part of a multi-year effort to map the country’s continental shelf and reinforce its presence in the Arctic....
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Army Corps Greenlights Major New Container Terminal on Mississippi River
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted the federal permit needed to build the Louisiana International Terminal, clearing a major regulatory hurdle for the planned deepwater container terminal on...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Antin Acquires Vigor Marine Group as U.S. Shipyard Investment Grows
Antin Infrastructure Partners has completed its acquisition of Vigor Marine Group from an affiliate of Lone Star Funds, bringing one of the largest U.S. ship repair and marine services groups...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Trump Rejects Iran Truce Extension as Oil Tops $90
The prospects for peace in the Middle East suffered a fresh setback, with President Donald Trump saying he’s not interested in extending the expiring agreement with Iran and fighting flaring anew in Lebanon.
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Abu Dhabi Wealth Fund L’imad’s Ports Deal Signals Growing Role
Abu Dhabi wealth fund L’imad Holding is offering to buy out minority shareholders in the city’s port operator valuing the firm at 31.8 billion dirhams ($8.66 billion), potentially bolstering the emirate’s efforts to build out infrastructure that could help it bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Iran Threatens to Go On Offensive in Strait of Hormuz if Diplomacy With US Fails
Iran has decided to shift its policy from defensive to "fully offensive" due to the deadlock in efforts to agree a permanent end to its war with the United States, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday.
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Trump Administration Moves Closer to Pacific Seabed Mining Lease Sale
The Trump administration is moving closer to a potential offshore critical minerals lease sale near the Northern Mariana Islands, advancing another piece of its broader effort to develop seabed mineral...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Maritime Action Plan Takes Center Stage as Congress Reviews MARAD, FMC Budgets
The Trump administration’s push to rebuild America’s maritime industry moved back into the spotlight Wednesday as lawmakers reviewed fiscal year 2027 budget requests from the Maritime Administration (MARAD) and Federal...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Northern Lights Expands Carbon Shipping Fleet with New CO2 Carrier
Northern Lights has awarded a long-term time charter contract for a new 12,000-cubic-meter liquefied CO? carrier to a consortium of Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (“K” LINE) and Malaysia’s MISC Berhad,...
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Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
Putin Clears TotalEnergies Exit From Arctic LNG 2 as Russia’s Sanctioned LNG Project Faces Shipping Hurdles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized France’s TotalEnergies to sell its 10% stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project, potentially opening the door to one of the most significant Western exits from Russia’s gas sector since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Tankers Gather Outside Persian Gulf in Wager on Hormuz Reopening
Some Greek oil tanker owners are moving their ships closer to the Persian Gulf in a bet that the vessels will soon be able to earn sky-high rates if the Strait of Hormuz reopens.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Russia Tells France to Free Tanker Captain It Says Was Detained on False Charges
Russia is demanding that France release the captain of a tanker detained in France on what it says are false charges, the Russian embassy in Paris saidon Wednesday.
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Diana Rips Genco Board After Third Rejection, Urges Shareholders to Vote for Change
The takeover battle between two of the dry bulk shipping sector’s biggest names intensified Tuesday after Diana Shipping publicly blasted Genco Shipping & Trading’s board refusing to engage in negotiations...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
U.S. Forces Disable Sanctioned Tanker Bound for Iran as Blockade Enforcement Continues
U.S. forces disabled a sanctioned oil tanker attempting to reach an Iranian port on Tuesday, marking the sixth commercial vessel interdicted since Washington imposed a maritime blockade on Iran nearly...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Rubio Tells Congress: No Iran Sanctions Relief for Reopening Strait of Hormuz
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's negotiating team has not offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and insisted that any sanctions relief was tied to Tehran giving up its nuclear program.
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
New York Sues Trump Administration Over $795 Million Offshore Wind Buyout Deal
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul have launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s controversial agreement with TotalEnergies that canceled a major offshore wind lease...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Russia Ships Most Oil Since 2022 as Drones Strike Refineries
Russia is exporting the most crude since its invasion of Ukraine back in 2022 as Kyiv's record attacks on its neighbor's oil refineries force more barrels into the global market.
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
U.S. Begins Dismantling Major Ocean Observation Network
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has begun a major downsizing of one of the world’s largest ocean observing networks, announcing plans to remove most of the in-water infrastructure associated...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
MSC Confirms Containership Was Hit Twice by Projectiles Off Iraq
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) says its containership MSC Sariska V was struck by two projectiles while departing Iraq’s Port of Umm Qasr on Sunday, confirming one of the most serious attacks on...