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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
Davie Adds Six Canadian Icebreakers to Growing Arctic Shipbuilding Portfolio
Davie Shipbuilding has formally secured a US $8 billion fixed-price contract to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, providing new details on one of the largest pieces...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
CMA CGM Joins $434 Million Expansion of Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Port
Red Sea Gateway Terminal and CMA CGM Group have agreed to invest an initial $434 million to develop a new container terminal at Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Islamic Port, adding up...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Ocean Winner Sinking Leaves 22 Seafarers Missing in Bay of Bengal
Twenty-two seafarers remain missing after the Panama-flagged bulk carrier Ocean Winner sank in the Bay of Bengal, triggering a major search and rescue operation involving the Indian Coast Guard and passing merchant...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Canada’s West Coast Ports Eye Bigger Role as Trade Shifts Beyond U.S.
Canada’s largest West Coast ports are positioning themselves for a bigger role in the country’s push to diversify trade away from the United States, with a new study highlighting the...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Great Lakes Ports and Shipyards Formalize Partnership on U.S. Shipbuilding
he American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA) and the Great Lakes Alliance of Shipyards (GLAS) have signed a new agreement aimed at strengthening shipbuilding, port infrastructure and maritime commerce across...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Up to 70 Ships Queue Off Danube as Bottlenecks Slow Ukraine Grain Exports
Up to 70 vessels are waiting near the Danube's Sulina Canal for access to Ukrainian ports to load grain for export, traders and analysts said on Wednesday, with a shortage of pilots and priority given to other cargoes creating long delays.
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Lori Ann LaRocco
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gCaptain
Panama Canal Chief: ‘Every Drop of Water Counts’ as Prolonged El Niño Looms
The Administrator of the Panama Canal is warning that the upcoming El Niño season will be longer and is taking the necessary precautions now to conserve water.
“What we see in the future is a very, very low level of precipitation,” said Ricaurte Vasquez, Administrator of the Panama Canal. “We have to look at how long this event is going to last. We anticipate that it's going to last about eight months.”
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From
Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Soybeans Pushing Higher Ahead of Export Sales Data
Soybeans are trading with Thursday AM gains of 4 to 6 cents. They closed out the Wednesday session with contracts up 7 ½ to 12 ¼ cents across the board. First notice day for November soybean futures is on Thursday, with a total of 97 deliveries issued. Wednesday’s preliminary open...
From
Oliver Sloup
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Barchart
Another Mixed Morning in Grain Markets
Grain markets have mixed through this week's trade. In the overnight and early morning trade it has been more of the same.
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Will Rising Costs and Safety Risks Sink Ammonia’s Future as a Marine Fuel?
By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE, Oct 28 (Reuters) – At one of the world’s biggest bulk export ports in Western Australia, shippers safely completed the first transfer of ammonia from one vessel to another last month,...
From
Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Soybeans Get a Midweek Bounce
Soybeans closed out the Wednesday session with contracts up 7 ½ to 12 ¼ cents across the board. First notice day for November soybean futures is on Thursday. The average close for November soybean futures throughout October has been $10.04. That is $1.51 below the February base insurance price. CmdtyView’s...
From
Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Wheat Sneaks Out Gains on Wednesday
The wheat complex got some later day weakness but held gains across all three exchanges on Wednesday. Chicago SRW futures were up 2 3/4 to 9 cents on the day. KC HRW contracts were 1 1/4 to 4 cents higher across most contracts. MPLS spring wheat posted 2 ½ to...
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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Corn Slips Despite Export Business and Solid Ethanol Data
Corn futures ended the Wednesday session with contracts mixed across the board, but nearbys leading the weakness, down ½ to 2 ¼ cents. The average close for December corn futures so far in October has been $4.16. That is 50 cents below the February base insurance price. The national average...
From
Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
U.S. Cracks Down on Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ and Arctic LNG Project in Latest Sanctions
The U.S. continues its effort to freeze Russia’s burgeoning Arctic LNG sector. In a new round of sanctions the State Department targeted transport and shipping companies providing services to the...
From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
UECC Doubles Down on Green Fleet with Multi-Fuel Hybrid Car Carriers
United European Car Carriers (UECC) has inked a deal with China Merchants Jinling Shipyard Nanjing for the construction of up to four state-of-the-art multi-fuel battery hybrid pure car and truck...
From
Oliver Sloup
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Barchart
How High Can Lean Hogs Fly?
It was another mixed day in the grain and livestock markets. Are there any potential opportunities popping up into the end of the month?
From
Chris Swift
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Barchart
Shootin' the Bull in video
Market action is believed fueled by drought movement of cattle in a time frame that is unusual.