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Sunday, February 25, 2024
wheat bulk ship
Shipping

U.S. Rice Exports To Haiti Have Unhealthy Levels Of Arsenic

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – U.S. rice exports to Haiti, which account for the bulk of supplies of the country’s key food staple,

February 25, 2024
Total Views: 4845

U.S. Forces, Allies Conduct Joint Strikes in Yemen. Courtesy Photo Centcom.mil
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US, British Forces Carry Out More Strikes Against Houthis In Yemen

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – U.S. and British forces carried out strikes against more than a dozen Houthi targets in

February 25, 2024
Total Views: 4907

Polish farmers protest in Gdansk. REUTERS/Lukasz Glowala
Ports

160 Tons Of Ukrainian Grain Destroyed In Poland

KYIV, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Around 160 tons of Ukrainian grain was destroyed at a Polish railway station amid large-scale protests in what a

February 25, 2024
Total Views: 13084

Saturday, February 24, 2024
USS Mason file photo courtesy U.S. Navy
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Yemen’s Houthis Target U.S. Tanker Torm Thor In Gulf Of Aden

CAIRO, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthis targeted MV Torm Thor, a U.S.-flagged, owned, and operated oil tanker, in the Gulf of Aden,

February 24, 2024
Total Views: 21240

Calm Tropical Waters.Photo via storyblocks
Piracy

Caribbean Officials Search For Missing Couple After Yacht Hijacking

By Robertson Henry KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Police from two countries in the eastern Caribbean

February 24, 2024
Total Views: 7896

Soybean Ship, Paranagua port. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
Ports

Brazil’s Paranagua Port Resumes Operations After Berths Shut By Fire

SAO PAULO, Feb 24 (Reuters) – An important export terminal for agricultural commodities at the Paranagua port in southern Brazil resumed operations

February 24, 2024
Total Views: 1246

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during an interview with Reuters, in his office in Mogadishu. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
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Somalia Will Defend Itself If Ethiopia Seals ‘Illegal’ Port Deal, President Says

By Giulia Paravicini MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said his country would “defend itself” if Ethiopia goes

February 24, 2024
Total Views: 2511

sovcomflot tanker in sea ice
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US Imposes Sanctions on Russia’s Leading Tanker Company Sovcomflot

By Timothy Gardner and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Russia’s leading tanker

February 24, 2024
Total Views: 1605

Friday, February 23, 2024
A CMA CGM containership underway in the Suez Canal
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CMA CGM’s Earnings Skid on Red Sea Disruptions, Weak Demand

By Gaelle Sheehan and Michal Aleksandrowicz Feb 23 (Reuters) – CMA CGM, one of the world’s largest container shipping groups, said on Friday

February 23, 2024
Total Views: 2904

The port of murmansk russia at sunset
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U.S. Issues Sweeping Sanctions Against Russia. Here are the Key Parts:

By Daphne Psaledakis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON/LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. on Friday issued sweeping

February 23, 2024
Total Views: 2457

Thursday, February 22, 2024
Yangshan Port south of Shanghai, China.
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Red Sea Diversions Not Driving Inflation Higher, Moody’s Says

By Lisa Baertlein Feb 22 (Reuters) – Attacks on merchant vessels in the Red Sea have delayed cargo and sent shipping costs higher,

February 22, 2024
Total Views: 1684

Wind turbines off of Block Island
Offshore

Equinor Awarded Key Approval for New York ‘Empire Wind’ Offshore Wind Farm

Feb 22 (Reuters) – U.S. officials on Thursday gave Norway’s Equinor EQNR.OL approval to start building a

February 22, 2024
Total Views: 2155

The Marlin Luanda pictured January 27, 2024, in the Gulf of Aden. Photo courtesy Indian Navy
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Houthis Escalating Red Sea Attacks on Shipping

By Jonathan Saul and Nayera Abdallah DUBAI/ADEN/LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for an attack on a

February 22, 2024
Total Views: 24454

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Indian Navy's guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam responds as smoke rises from Marlin Luanda, at the location given as Gulf of Aden. Handout via REUTERS
News

Red Sea Ballistic Missile Attacks Trigger Asian Interest in Defenses

SINGAPORE, Feb 21 (Reuters) – The use of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) in the Red Sea has spurred interest in Asia

February 21, 2024
Total Views: 14251

FILE PHOTO: Houthi followers hold a Palestinian flag during a parade in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to show support to Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in Sanaa, Yemen January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah//File Photo
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Houthi-Hit ‘Rubymar’ Faces Unknown Fate

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) – A cargo ship abandoned four days ago in the Gulf of Aden after it was hit by missiles fired by

February 21, 2024
Total Views: 4826

Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey December 11, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik/File Photo
Shipping

Russia Sends Free Grain to Six African Countries

Feb 21 (Reuters) – Russia’s agriculture minister said late on Tuesday that Moscow had completed its initiative of shipping 200,000 metric tonnes

February 20, 2024
Total Views: 40291

Workers of Oil Mop Environmental Services (OMES) suction oil from a spill at Magdalena Grand Resort, in Tobago Island, Trinidad and Tobago, February 16, 2024. REUTERS/Clement George Williams
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T&T Salvage to Recover Sunken Oil Barge in Tobago

HOUSTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago has hired two remediation and salvage firms to help clean up an ongoing oil spill off Tobago

February 20, 2024
Total Views: 2532

FILE PHOTO: Houthi followers hold a Palestinian flag during a parade in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to show support to Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in Sanaa, Yemen January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah//File Photo
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Grain Ship Arrives in Yemen After Houthi Attack; Concerns Mount Over ‘Rubymar’ Fate

By Jonathan Saul, Mohamed Ghobari and Renee Maltezou LONDON/ADEN/ATHENS, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The Greek-flagged bulk cargo vessel Sea Champion arrived in

February 20, 2024
Total Views: 9336

Taiwan’s Coast guard boats can be seen at a port in Kinmen, Taiwan February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang
News

Taiwan Drives Away Chinese Coast Guard Boat as Frontline Island Tensions Rise

TAIPEI, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Taiwan on Tuesday drove away a Chinese coast guard boat that entered waters near its sensitive frontline islands, in a

February 20, 2024
Total Views: 5177

Monday, February 19, 2024
Journalists onboard a Philippines Coast Guard ship take photos of a China Coast Guard vessel, during a resupply mission for troops stationed at a grounded Philippines ship, in the South China Sea, September 8, 2023. REUTERS/Jay Ereno
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China Coast Guard Boarded Taiwanese Boat Near Frontline Islands, Taiwan Says

TAIPEI, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Chinese coast guard personnel briefly boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat near Taiwan-controlled islands next

February 19, 2024
Total Views: 4644