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March 24, 2025
On April 1, an LNG tanker will arrive in Canada to cool down the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat (British Columbia), which is considered to be the final step before production of supercooled gas begins at the plant. The delivery is scheduled for early April.
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March 24, 2025
Euronext wheat dropped on Monday, to its lowest level in almost two weeks. U.S. and Russian talks aimed at a Black Sea ceasefire in Ukraine raised the expectations of increased grain shipments. Euronext's front-month May milling grain closed at 222 euros ($239.49)…
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March 24, 2025
Donald Trump, the U.S. president, said Monday that any country buying oil or gas in Venezuela would be charged a 25% duty on all trades with the United States. The "secondary tariffs" will go into effect on April 2nd, Trump stated in a Truth Social posting.
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March 24, 2025
The Moroccan government will extend the current soft wheat subsidy program until December 31, the state grain agency ONICL announced on Monday. This means that the country, which is suffering from a drought, will have to import all year. ONICL…
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March 24, 2025
Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilder, reported a net income of 27 million euro ($29.22m) in 2018 and beat expectations by the market for its core earnings. The group's industrial plan had predicted a return to profitability in 2023, but it came one year sooner than expected.
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March 24, 2025
European traders reported on Monday that the Taiwan Flour Millers' Association had issued an international bid to buy an estimated 100,000 metric tonnes of grade 1 milling grain to be sourced in the United States. The deadline for submitting price offers is the 27th of March.
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March 23, 2025
On Sunday, the defending series champions Spain dominated the second day of SailGP's fifth round. Diego Botin led his team to victory in a thrilling final against Canada and France. The Spaniards won their first race of the season by winning two of the seven races over the weekend.
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March 23, 2025
After discussions with Ukrainian diplomats on Sunday, a U.S. delegation will meet with Russian officials to discuss progress towards a Black Sea ceasefire as well as a wider cessation in violence in the Ukraine war. The so-called "technical talks" come as U.S.
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March 23, 2025
The regulatory freeze imposed by President Donald Trump has created chaos and uncertainty in a number lucrative American fisheries. This could delay the start of the fishing season on the East Coast for fleets of cod and haddock. Interviews…
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March 21, 2025
The price of European wheat fell on Friday due to Black Sea competition as well as a drop on U.S. market. Euronext's benchmark May milling grain was down by 0.3% at 1500 GMT, to 226.00 Euros ($244.42) per metric ton. The price was set to rise…
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March 21, 2025
A poll conducted on Friday revealed that 72% of Americans said the U.S. could not remain dependent on China or other foreign shipbuilders. Morning Consult conducted a survey on March 10-12 of 2,204 adults for the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
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March 21, 2025
CME Group, a financial markets operator, is developing plans to create a Black Sea Wheat Futures Contract that tracks Romanian and Bulgarian wheat prices. CME, the company that has U.S. Corn, Wheat and Soybean Futures that serve as global benchmarks for prices…
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March 21, 2025
Carnival Corp, the cruise operator, raised its profit forecast for 2018 on Friday. The company benefited from increased ticket prices, strong advance bookings, and strong customer spending on board. Although cruise ticket prices are on the rise…
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March 21, 2025
Spiegel, citing anonymous security sources, reported that Germany had confiscated an old tanker, found drifting off its northern coast, believed to be a part of the shadow fleet Russia used to circumvent oil sanction. German authorities seized the Panama-flagged vessel…
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March 21, 2025
Spiegel, citing anonymous security sources, reported that Germany had confiscated an old tanker, found drifting off its northern coast, believed to be a part of the shadow fleet Russia used to circumvent oil sanction. German authorities seized the Panama-flagged vessel…
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March 21, 2025
Here are some company news and stories that could impact the markets in France and Benelux or even individual stocks. BENETEAU: Beneteau announced on Thursday that it expects to see a drop of 5%-10% in 2025 in demand and sales. The company cited further destocking during the first half year.
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March 20, 2025
Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd, South Korea's biggest defence company, announced on Thursday that it planned to increase its equity capital by 3.6 trillion won ($2.5billion) in order to expand overseas and domestic production. Hanwha said it "plans"…
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March 20, 2025
European traders reported on Thursday that Jordan's state grain buyer had issued an international tender for the purchase of up to 120,000 tons of animal feed barley. The deadline to submit price proposals in the tender is 26 March. The traders…
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March 20, 2025
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Abiy Ahmed announced on Thursday that the government will not engage in conflict with Eritrea, a long-time enemy over the Red Sea access. This comes after officials and experts from the region warned of the possibility of war between the Horn of Africa neighbors.
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March 20, 2025
Traders said that the lowest price in Turkey's tender by TMO, Turkey's grain board, to buy about 18,000 tons of crude sunflower oil, was $1,209 per metric ton, c&f. They said that the offer is believed to have come from the company Yayla, for 6…
