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Friday, April 29, 2022
Palm Oil Logistics Trucks
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Food Protectionism Hits Ports With Export Bans

By Anuradha Raghu (Bloomberg) Indonesia’s palm oil export ban kicked off Thursday in one of the most drastic cases of food protectionism since the war

April 29, 2022
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Novorossiysk Russian Oil tankers
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Russian Black Sea Oil Exports Double, Are Sanctions Still Working?

The volume of crude leaving the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk more than doubled but where is it going? By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) Asia is still snapping up

April 26, 2022
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Global Supply Chain Crisis Round Two Could Be ‘Bigger Than Last Year’
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Global Supply Chain Crisis Round Two Could Be ‘Bigger Than Last Year’

By Brendan Murray, Ann Koh and Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) China’s stringent rules to curb Covid-19 are about to unleash another wave of summer chaos on supply

April 26, 2022
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Monday, April 25, 2022
container terminal is seen in the port of Rotterdam
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Rotterdam Remains Open To Russia As Port Throughput Falls Just 1.5 Percent

By Toby Sterling (Reuters) Europe’s biggest port Rotterdam said that goods throughput fell by 1.5% in the first quarter as trade was hit by the impact of

April 25, 2022
Total Views: 3087

Sunday, April 24, 2022
Libya Says Armed Clashes at Key Oil Port Damaged Storage Tanks
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Libya Says Armed Clashes at Key Oil Port Damaged Storage Tanks

By Hatem Mohareb (Bloomberg) –Libya’s state oil company said armed clashes at the western port of Zawiya have damaged several storage tanks, as a

April 24, 2022
Total Views: 1603

Friday, April 22, 2022
MSC container-ship Port of Montreal Canada
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Montreal Makes Pitch for Ships to Head North Amid Supply Chain Snarls

By Stephen Wicary and Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) — The head of Canada’s second-biggest port has a supply-chain sales pitch few of his peers in the

April 22, 2022
Total Views: 2765

Thursday, April 21, 2022
Container ships wait off the coast of the congested Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Long Beach, California
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U.S. Ports Await Surge from China’s COVID Lockdowns

By Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — The U.S. should brace for another surge in the supply-chain crisis as manufacturers in Asia reopen their factories from

April 21, 2022
Total Views: 2919

Photo of POTUS Joe Biden
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Biden Bans Russian Ships From U.S. Ports

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the United States will ban Russian-affiliated

April 21, 2022
Total Views: 2554

Monday, April 18, 2022
Port Houston Finishes Record First Quarter
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Port Houston Finishes Record First Quarter

Port Houston on the U.S. Gulf Coast is following in the footsteps of rival ports on the West and East coast in reporting its busiest start to the year

April 18, 2022
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Saturday, April 16, 2022
Solaris, Russian superyacht linked to Russian oligarch Abramovich docks in Turkey's Yalikavak
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Turkey Welcomes Russian Oligarch Yachts

by Yoruk Isik (Reuters) A yacht linked to Russian aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska arrived in a bay near the southwestern Turkish resort of Gocek on Saturday, as

April 16, 2022
Total Views: 6296

Maersk Reefer Containers
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Maersk Says No To China Meat And Fish Exports

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) –AP Moller-Maersk A/S, one of the biggest shipping lines in the world, has stopped bookings to ship refrigerated containers into

April 16, 2022
Total Views: 63744

Friday, April 15, 2022
Maritime Veteran Beth Rooney to Take the Helm at the Port of New York and New Jersey
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Maritime Veteran Beth Rooney to Take the Helm at the Port of New York and New Jersey

Maritime verteran Beth Rooney will take over the Port Department at the Port Authoritiy of New York and New Jersey after its current director, Sam Ruda,

April 15, 2022
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Thursday, April 14, 2022
Port of Long Beach Reports Record March, Concluding Its Best Quarter Ever
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Port of Long Beach Reports Record March, Concluding Its Best Quarter Ever

The Port of Long Beach set a new monthly cargo record in March, joining the Port of Los Angeles in closing out the busiest quarter ever in the history

April 14, 2022
Total Views: 1764

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
ship anchorage
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Singapore Probe Reveals Contaminated Bunker Fuel Was Sold to Some 200 Ships

Singapore’s port authority has revealed that contaminated bunker fuel supplied by Glencore was sold to some 200 ships last month. The Maritime and Port

April 13, 2022
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West Coast Ports Will Get Labor Deal, Union Boss Says 
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West Coast Ports Will Get Labor Deal, Union Boss Says 

By Laura Curtis and Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) — Dockworkers at the U.S.’s West Coast ports and their employers will likely reach an agreement

April 13, 2022
Total Views: 1855

Russia's Port of Saint-Petersburg. Stock Photo: Aleksandr Medvedkov / Shutterstock.com
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Russia Faces Drop in Cargo Traffic, Container Shortage as Shipping Lines Pull Out

April 13 (Reuters) – Russia is bracing for a sharp decline in cargo flows and a deficit of containers after major international

April 13, 2022
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South Africa’s Durban Port Resumes Operations After Flood
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South Africa’s Durban Port Resumes Operations After Flood

JOHANNESBURG, April 13 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Transnet has begun a gradual resumption in operations at the minerals export hub

April 13, 2022
Total Views: 7401

Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Cargo containers pile up at a marine terminal at the Port of Los Angeles.
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Port of Los Angeles Reports Its Third-Busiest Month Ever in March

The Port of Los Angeles recorded its third-busiest month ever last month as work continues to clear marine terminals of cargo and reduce the number of ships

April 12, 2022
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South Carolina’s Port of Charleston Sets Latest Monthly Cargo Record in March
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South Carolina’s Port of Charleston Sets Latest Monthly Cargo Record in March

The Port of Charleston set its thirteenth consecutive monthly cargo record in March as consumers’ appetite for retail goods continues to drive record

April 12, 2022
Total Views: 3640

Monday, April 11, 2022
ships at anchor
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477 Bulkers Are Stuck Waiting To Enter China

By Ann Koh and Kevin Varley (Bloomberg) Dotting the sea off Chinese ports are 477 bulk cargo ships waiting to deliver resources from metal ore to grain into

April 11, 2022
Total Views: 14288