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.


From
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...

From
Mike Schuler
via
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...

From
Mike Schuler
via
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...

From
Mike Schuler
via
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...

From
Mike Schuler
via
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...

From
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.

From
Lori Ann LaRocco
via
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
Sean Lusk
via
Barchart
Grain Spreads: Wheat Goes Bid
Weather and Geo-political keep selling muted

From
Mike Schuler
via
gCaptain
Mechanical Sails Installed on Heavy Lift Vessel to Cut Carbon Emissions
Heavy-lift shipping Jumbo Shipping has taken a significant step towards sustainability by successfully installing two mechanical sails on its Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) Jumbo Jubilee. This wind-assisted ship propulsion (WASP)...

From
Mike Schuler
via
gCaptain
South Africa Launches Another Search for Lost Containers
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has initiated a search operation for five empty containers lost overboard by the MV MSC Taranto, a Mediterranean Shipping Company containership, off the...

From
Angie Setzer
via
Barchart
From Breadbasket to Battleground: How Global Conflicts May Impact Grain Prices
Taking a look at the geopolitical flashpoints I am watching and what they could mean for grain flow and prices.

From
Susan Stroud
via
Barchart
No Bull | The Five Spot
1 | Commodities vs Equities 50+ years of commodities vs. equities in one chart: Notable events of the past 50+ years: 1971 | Abandonment of the gold standard left its value skyrocketing until 1980 1973-74 | OPEC’s oil embargo against the U.S. during Arab-Israeli War more-than-doubled oil prices 1990 |...

From
Reuters
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gCaptain
Britain Faces ‘Once in a Lifetime’ Chance of Winning America’s Cup
By Alexander Smith BARCELONA, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Britain has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win the America’s Cup for the first time in its 173-year history, skipper Ben Ainslie said on Monday,...

From
Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Ukraine Says Russia Missile Hit Ship Loaded With Corn for Export
(Bloomberg) — A bulker loaded with Ukrainian grain for export was damaged during a Russian missile barrage in Odesa region over the weekend, according to the Infrastructure Ministry in Kyiv. ...

From
Austin Schroeder
via
Barchart
Corn Back to Slightly Higher at Midday
Corn futures are trading with 1 to 2 cent gains so far on Monday, with help from still solid shipment data and export business. The national average Cash Corn price from cmdtyView is up 1 1/2 cents at $3.94 3/4 per bu. USDA reported a private export sale of 155,000...

