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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.”
The APS Information Center
For detailed updates and additional resources, explore our resources section.
From
Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Corn Starting Monday with Weakness
Corn prices are showing 3 to 3 ½ cent losses on Monday morning. Futures ended the Friday session with contracts down 1 ¼ to 3 ¾ cents across the board. December fell back 9 cents lts week. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is down 2 1/2 cents...
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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Slipping Lower Out of the Weekend
Soybeans are trading with Monday morning losses of 4 to 5 cents. They closed out the Friday session with contracts down 9 to 12 cents across the board. November added to last week’s losses, down another 32 ¼ cents last week. CmdtyView’s national front month Cash Bean price was down...
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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Wheat Pulling Back on Monday AM
Wheat futures are showing lower trade. The complex posted lower trade across the three exchanges on Friday following USDA’s increase to the world stocks projection.Chicago SRW futures were down 4 ¼ to 5 cents on the day. December was up 9 ¼ cents over the week. KC HRW contracts were...
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GCaptain
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gCaptain
LPG Tankers Explode, One Linked to Iranian Gas Smuggling
In a dramatic scene off the coast of Bangladesh, two liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers erupted in flames during a cargo transshipment operation on Sunday. Fortunately, injuries were averted thanks...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Indian Navy To Build Nuclear Submarines
NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (Reuters) – India approved on Wednesday plans to construct two of a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, two defence officials said, in a project estimated to cost...
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John Konrad
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gCaptain
US Deepens Iran Sanctions After Israel Attack
By Daniel Flatley (Bloomberg) The US broadened the scope of its sanctions on Iran’s oil and gas sectors in response to a ballistic-missile attack on Israel, ramping up economic pressure on...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
China Launches Massive Taiwan Invasion Drill
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s military started a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the “separatist acts of...
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GCaptain
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gCaptain
Carlos Del Toro – America’s Maritime Statecraft Evangelist Is On A Tear
By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed) Inspired by his vision for a “New, Bold Maritime Statecraft,” Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro spent the last year offering a master class on...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Taiwan Detects Chinese Carrier As China Declares ‘Prepared for Battle’ In Military Video
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Taiwan reported a Chinese aircraft carrier group sailing to the island’s south on Sunday, as China’s military put out a video...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
DP World’s UK Port Investment Is Going Ahead
LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Port and logistics firm DP World is going ahead with a 1 billion pound ($1.3 billion) investment in its London Gateway port, Britain’s government said on Sunday after reports...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Update: Cargo Ship ‘Pan Viva’ Beset By Fierce Storm Near Alaska
Sunday Update: The Pan Viva remains at anchor and stable. The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies remained in contact with the vessel overnight. Weather on scene reported as 30-40kt...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Cargo Ship ‘Pan Viva’ Beset By Fierce Storm Near Alaska
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a large cargo ship beset by severe weather off the Alaskan coast. The Pan Viva, a 738-foot Panama-flagged bulk carrier with 21 crew...