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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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Darin Newsom
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Barchart
Markets: Sunday Morning Q&A
It's Sunday morning, a good time for some Q&A on the bigger picture in markets, with a little philosophy mixed in for good measure.
From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
IMO’s MEPC 82 Advances Net-Zero Framework for Shipping
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) is making strides towards reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the shipping industry. The 82nd session of MEPC, held last...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Florida in the Crosshairs as ‘Milton’ is Primed for Rapid Intensification
Tropical Storm Milton is rapidly intensifying as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico, prompting major concerns for the west coast of Florida. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports that...
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John Konrad
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gCaptain
HMNZS Manawanui Sinking: Hard Grounding, Fire, and a Broken Royal New Zealand Navy
By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In a dramatic turn of events, HMNZS Manawanui, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s newly upgraded hydrographic salvage and support ship, ran aground last night during a...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Iran’s Oil Minister Inspects Export Terminal Amid Fears Of Israeli Strike
DUBAI, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Iran’s oil minister landed on Kharg Island, home to the country’s main export terminal, and held talks with a naval commander on Sunday, the oil ministry’s news website...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Maersk Expects Ship Regulator To Approve Global CO2 Levy In 2025
By Jack Wittels Oct 4, 2024 (Bloomberg) –Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S expects the industry’s global regulator next year to approve a charge on vessels’ greenhouse gas emissions. At International Maritime...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Brazil’s Coastline Faces Accelerated Erosion As Atlantic Advances
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Sergio Queiroz ATAFONA, Brazil (Reuters) – Sonia Ferreira’s two-story house with a pool and garden on the Brazilian coast was yet another casualty of the advancing waves of...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Pentagon To Spend $1.2B To Maintain Red Sea Operation
By Tony Capaccio Oct 3, 2024 (Bloomberg) –The Pentagon will spend about $1.2 billion to maintain ships deployed as part of operations in the Red Sea and to replenish stocks of...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Levels At Amazon Port Hits 122-year Low Amid Drought
By Bruno Kelly and Jake Spring MANAUS, Brazil, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The river port in the Amazon rainforest’s largest city of Manaus on Friday hit its lowest level since 1902, as a drought...
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Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
Chinese Vessels Race to Deliver Power Plant To Sanctioned Arctic LNG Project Before Winter
By Malte Humpert (gCaptain) – A small fleet of Chinese cargo has set out from shipyards near Shanghai attempting to deliver a critically-needed power plant to Russia’s Arctic before winter....
From
Nick Ehrenberg
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Barchart
Soybeans Run into Key Resistance at 1055.00
Educational and actionable information using Fibonacci and W.D. Gann analysis.
From
Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
Royal New Zealand Navy Ship Aground Off Samoa
The Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui has run aground near the southern coast of Upolu, Samoa, during a reef survey on Saturday evening. All 78 personnel on board...