amazon river

Environment

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

Ports

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

Shipping

Amazon Drought Hits River Grain Shipments Harder Than Expected

(Bloomberg) — A severe drought in the Amazon region is disrupting grain shipments more than anticipated, according to one of Brazil’s top barge

Offshore

Brazilian Oil Industry Gets Support From New Congressional Caucus

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Brazilian lawmakers have set up a congressional caucus to represent Brazil’s oil and gas industry,

Shipping

Historic Amazon Drought To Get Worse

By Beatriz Amat (Bloomberg) –There is no relief in sight for a historic drought in Brazil’s Amazon that has been disrupting river transport,

Shipping

Amazon Drought Continues To Disrupt Barge Traffic

SAO PAULO, Oct 13 (Reuters) – A severe drought is disrupting barge traffic on the Tapajos river in the Amazon rainforest, shipping agencies told

Shipping

Amazon Drought Stalls Shipping

By Bruno Kelly and Ana Mano MANAUS, Oct 11 (Reuters) – A barge carrying three trucks and 2,000 empty cooking gas cylinders lies stranded

Shipping

Thinning Rivers Could Disrupt Amazonian Grain Exports

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO, Oct 9 (Reuters) – A severe drought choking major rivers in the Amazon rainforest has disrupted ship traffic near the