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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Soybeans Seeing Slight Monday Morning Gains
Soybeans are trading with 1 to 3 cent gains on Monday AM trade. Futures closed the Friday session with contracts down 5 to 14 ½ cents in most front months, as May was down 2 cents last week. Open interest was up 1,748 contracts on Friday. The cmdtyView national average...
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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Corn Slipping Lower on Monday Morning
Corn price action is down 1 to 3 cents early on Monday morning. Futures eased back lower into the weekend, closing Friday with contracts steady to 5 cents lower led by the nearbys. Front month May was down 3 ½ cents last week. Open interest was up 6,554 contracts on...
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Austin Schroeder
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Barchart
Wheat Falling Back on Monday AM Trade
Wheat is showing lower trade on Monday morning after weekend forecasts shifted a little wetter. The wheat complex saw mostly higher trade on Friday. Chicago SRW futures were the lagger, closing moistly within ¼ cent of unchanged, as May was up 9 ¾ cents last week. Open interest was down...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Russian Oil Tanker Arrives in Cuba as Moscow Vows to Stand by Havana
Russia said on Monday that an oil tanker carrying 100,000 metric tons of crude oil had arrived in Cuba and that Moscow would stand by its friends by working on further supplies despite a U.S. blockade of the Communist-run island.
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Two Chinese Container Ships From Cosco Attempt Hormuz Exit Again
Two container ships linked to China’s state-owned Cosco Shipping Corp. are trying again to exit the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg News, just days after aborting a previous attempt.
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
US Plans To Allow Russian Oil Tanker Into Cuba, Easing Crisis
By Eric Martin and Scott Squires Mar 29, 2026 (Bloomberg) –The Trump administration is planning to let a Russian oil tanker dock in Cuba, alleviating an energy crisis triggered when the...
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Mike Schuler
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gCaptain
NTSB Appoints Stolzenberg to Lead Marine Safety Investigations
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has appointed Eric Stolzenberg as the new director of its Office of Marine Safety, effective July 27, 2025. The Office of Marine Safety is...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
EU’s $750 Billion Energy Deal With Trump Looks Hard to Reach
The European Union’s promise to buy $750 billion of American energy imports over three years was pivotal to securing a trade deal with President Donald Trump, but it’s a pledge it will struggle to keep.
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
CK Hutchison to Invite China Investor to Join Port Deal
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. said it may invite a “major strategic investor” from China to join a group seeking to buy its global ports, as the Hong Kong-based company works toward a solution that pleases all in the geopolitically-sensitive deal.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Here’s What’s in Trump’s Trade Deal with Europe
The United States and the European Union agreed on a framework trade deal, which leaders on both sides of the Atlantic said would end months of uncertainty for industries and consumers.
From
Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
‘Newnew Polar Bear’ Containership Set to Return to Europe via Arctic After 2023 Balticconnector Incident
Two years after damaging the Balticconnector pipeline and communication cables in the Gulf of Finland, Chinese container ship Newnew Polar Bear has set sail for the Arctic again.
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Malte Humpert
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gCaptain
U.S. Coast Guard Responds to Chinese Icebreaker ‘Xue Long 2’ on American Continental Shelf off Alaska
The U.S. Coast Guard has responded to Chinese activity on the extended U.S. Continental Shelf (ECS) approximately 290 nautical miles north of Utqiagvik, Alaska. The service dispatched a Coast Guard C-130J Hercules from the Air Station Kodiak around 1100 nautical miles to the south.
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Yemen’s Houthis Threaten To Target Ships Linked To Firms Dealing With Israeli Ports
July 27 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis said on Sunday they would target any ships belonging to companies that do business with Israeli ports, regardless of their nationalities, as part of what they called the fourth...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Investors Bet Li Ka-Shing Will Clinch Controversial Ports Deal
By Shirley Zhao Jul 27, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Investors are regaining enthusiasm for CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. despite a delay in the company’s plan to sell 43 ports, with optimism fueled by...
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Editorial
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gCaptain
The 19th-Century Maritime Superstitions That Were Believed To Protect Men At Sea
Karl Bell-(The Conversation)– Maritime folklore has long been shuffled to the margins of nautical history, presented as the quaint, colourful oddities of a former age. Yet this body of beliefs, practices...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Thirteen Dead, Dozens Missing In Nigeria Boat Accident
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 27 (Reuters) – Thirteen people were confirmed dead with dozens more missing after a boat ferrying around 100 passengers capsized on Saturday in Niger state in north-central Nigeria as they headed to market,...
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Reuters
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gCaptain
Ukrainian Drones Target St Petersburg As Putin Attends Scaled-Down Navy Day
By Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones targeted St. Petersburg on Sunday, Russian authorities said, forcing the airport to close for five hours as Vladimir Putin marked Russia’s Navy Day in the...
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Bloomberg
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gCaptain
Russia’s Ust-Luga Port Orders Vessel Checks After Mystery Blasts
By Bloomberg News Jul 24, 2025 (Bloomberg) –-Ust-Luga, Russia’s largest port in the Baltic Sea, is insisting that ships’ hulls are inspected before the vessels are allowed to enter the facility,...