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Saturday, April 30, 2022
grain ship Unity N loading in Romania
Ports

First Ship With Ukrainian Corn Departs Romania

By Megan Durisin (Bloomberg) Enough grain has made its way out of Ukraine to fill an export vessel in neighboring Romania, marking a small but important first

April 30, 2022
Total Views: 9809

Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Grain is loaded onto a ship in Odessa, Ukraine, August 9, 2021
Shipping

Rising Freight Puts Heavy Burden on Grain-Importing Nations -ICS

By Ann Koh (Bloomberg) — The war in Ukraine will put further pressure on grain-importing countries in Africa and Asia as a reduced number of vessels

April 19, 2022
Total Views: 4578

Monday, April 11, 2022
ships at anchor
Ports

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: 14208

Sunday, April 10, 2022
Grain is loaded onto a ship in Odessa, Ukraine, August 9, 2021
Shipping

War To Slash Ukraine’s GDP Output By Over 45%

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s economic output will likely contract by a staggering 45.1% this year as

April 10, 2022
Total Views: 1218

Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Grain is loaded onto a ship in Odessa, Ukraine, August 9, 2021
Shipping

How the $120 Billion Global Grain Trade Is Being Redrawn by Russia’s War in Ukraine

By Megan Durisin, Pratik Parija and Irina Anghel (Bloomberg) — Across Ukraine’s farm belt, silos are bursting with 15 million tons

April 5, 2022
Total Views: 5373

Monday, March 28, 2022
bulk carrier underway
Shipping

Capital Link’s International Shipping Forum Drybulk Panel: ‘You Pinch Yourself’

The drybulk panel at Capital Link’s International Shipping Forum (now in its 16th year) proved to be lively, to say the least, as shipowner participants

March 28, 2022
Total Views: 910

Monday, March 21, 2022
ship loads grain at the port of Odessa, Ukraine
Shipping

Ukraine Could Lose $6 Billion in Grain Exports with Ports Blocked

By Silvia Aloisi and Pavel Polityuk LVIV, March 21 (Reuters) – Ukraine faces a possible grain revenue loss of $6 billion as the blockade of its

March 21, 2022
Total Views: 4155

Friday, March 18, 2022
U.S. Grain Shipping Costs Soar With War and Drought Swinging Demand
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U.S. Grain Shipping Costs Soar With War and Drought Swinging Demand

(Bloomberg) — War in Ukraine and drought in Brazil have global crop importers turning to the U.S., and the pivot means costs to ship grains and soybeans

March 18, 2022
Total Views: 3303

Wednesday, March 16, 2022
bulk carrier ballast water
Shipping

Drybulk Uptrends Bring Optimism, Exuberance and Divergence

Though uncertainty pervades all parts of the shipping markets, drybulk has found some strength, against a backdrop of shifting cargo flows- real, envisaged, or

March 16, 2022
Total Views: 719

Monday, March 7, 2022
ship loads grain at the port of Odessa, Ukraine
Shipping

Ukraine Uncertainties Cause Divergent Views for Shipping Markets

With the continued fighting in the Ukraine, and the uncertainties surrounding sanctions, port closings, embargoes, and other disrupters, the shipping markets

March 7, 2022
Total Views: 3588

Friday, March 4, 2022
Bulker carrying bauxite unloading at a port in Yantai
News

China Is Shipping Stockpiles Of Metal To Europe

By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) Commodities traders are racing to capture a rare profit from shipping aluminum out of China as the war in Ukraine creates

March 4, 2022
Total Views: 9969

Monday, February 28, 2022
India Ships Record Wheat As Ukraine Crisis Upends Bulk Trade
Ports

India Ships Record Wheat As Ukraine Crisis Upends Bulk Trade

By Pratik Parija (Bloomberg) India is set to benefit from the shifts in global wheat trade as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leaves a vital source of

February 28, 2022
Total Views: 2133

Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Ships Sit Empty for Weeks Waiting for Delayed Brazil Soybeans
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Ships Sit Empty for Weeks Waiting for Delayed Brazil Soybeans

By Tarso Veloso (Bloomberg) — A backlog of vessels waiting to load soybeans from some Brazilian ports is stretching to near-record lengths as the

February 23, 2022
Total Views: 3648

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Employees working at cargo ship Kypros Land which is loading soybeans to China at Tiplam terminal in Santos
Shipping

ADM Ships Record Soybean Cargo from Northern Brazil

By Nayara Figueiredo SAO PAULO, Feb 22 (Reuters) – U.S. grains merchant Archer-Daniels-Midland Co ADM.N said on Tuesday it has

February 22, 2022
Total Views: 5791

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
bulk carrier at sea
Shipping

Drybulk Freight: Higher Hires for Big Vessels and Supply Chain Drama Easing, Just Not Right Away

The ongoing winter Olympics, coinciding with the Lunar New Year in China, have taken some of the attention away from the drybulk markets. Just as well, because

February 8, 2022
Total Views: 1379

Monday, February 7, 2022
First LNG-Fueled Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier Fuels Up in Singapore
Shipping

First LNG-Fueled Newcastlemax Bulk Carrier Fuels Up in Singapore

The first LNG-fueled bulk carrier to transport iron ore between Western Australia and Asia has arrived in Singapore for its first bunkering operation prior

February 7, 2022
Total Views: 2297

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Rio Tinto Sees Soft Iron Ore Shipments in 2022
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Rio Tinto Sees Soft Iron Ore Shipments in 2022

By Sameer Manekar Jan 18 (Reuters) – Rio Tinto forecast slightly weaker-than-expected 2022 iron ore shipments on Tuesday, citing tight

January 18, 2022
Total Views: 1377

Friday, January 14, 2022
Indonesia Allows 37 Ships to Leave as Coal Export Ban Eased
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Indonesia Allows 37 Ships to Leave as Coal Export Ban Eased

By Fransiska Nangoy and Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia said on Thursday it would allow 37 vessels loaded with coal to depart, in the

January 14, 2022
Total Views: 2581

Sunday, January 9, 2022
Indonesia Holds Talks On Coal Export Ban
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Indonesia Holds Talks On Coal Export Ban

JAKARTA, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Indonesia is yet to reach a decision on lifting its coal export ban as authorities discussed overcoming logistic issues that

January 9, 2022
Total Views: 2646

Friday, January 7, 2022
Chinese Traders Shrug Off Indonesian Coal Export Ban
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Chinese Traders Shrug Off Indonesian Coal Export Ban

By Muyu Xu and Gavin Maguire BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Coal traders in China, the world’s top consumer and importer of the fuel, are

January 7, 2022
Total Views: 1641
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