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August 22, 2024
Sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday that the German government intends to buy a majority stake in Meyer Werft - one of the top cruise ship builders in the world - as part of its support for the company. Sources said that Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
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August 21, 2024
Euronext Wheat prices fell on Wednesday to their lowest level in five months as the strength of the euro and cheaper Black Sea wheat supplies pushed down prices. The December wheat position, which was the most active on Paris' Euronext exchange…
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August 21, 2024
Human rights activists reported that Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko had freed 13 prisoners who were convicted of political crimes, including an old trade unionist, and a former journalist for state television suffering from a tumor in the brain.
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August 21, 2024
Two industry sources said on Wednesday that Rosneft had resumed the loading of liquefied petrol gas (LPG), following a disruption caused by an fire last month. Data from commodity exchanges also showed this. Sources said that the shipments were resumed this week after being halted since July.
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August 21, 2024
Meyer Werft, a luxury shipbuilder, announced that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz would visit the company on Thursday. The announcement raised hopes for the luxury shipbuilder to receive support from the German government in order to close a hole of 2.7 billion euros ($3.00 billion).Thomas Gelder…
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August 20, 2024
A prominent New York attorney who is one of six passengers missing from a sunken boat off the coast of Italy was travelling with his longtime British client, British technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch. This happened just weeks after he helped him avoid conviction for a 12-year legal battle.
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August 19, 2024
Euronext Wheat fell Monday to a five-month new low, as the gains in the dollar against the euro highlighted the export struggles of western European wheat in comparison with cheaper Black Sea wheat. The poor harvests in France, Germany and other…
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August 19, 2024
A person familiar with the search operation reported that British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch was missing on Monday after his luxury yacht was hit by a violent thunderstorm and sank near the Sicilian capital Palermo. Lynch, 59 years old, was…
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August 19, 2024
Italian media reported that six people are missing and one person has died after a luxury boat was hit by a whirlwind off the coast Palermo in Sicily. The Italian coast guard and fire brigade had said earlier that divers were searching for missing people…
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August 19, 2024
Italian media reported that a 50-metre sailing boat with 22 people aboard sank early Monday morning off the coast Palermo in Sicily. Seven people remain missing. The Italian Coast Guard and firefighters saved 15 people including a young child…
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August 19, 2024
Their commander stated that two German warships are waiting for orders from Berlin to determine if they will be the only German naval vessels to have passed through the disputed Taiwan Strait in decades next month, at the risk to escalation tensions with Beijing.
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August 16, 2024
Euronext wheat recovered from near five-month-lows on Friday, led by technical gains in the front-month contracts, although cheaper Black Sea supplies restricted gains and distracted attention from poor harvests across western Europe. Euronext December wheat was up 1.6% at 219…
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August 16, 2024
Data showed that a TotalEnergies SE LNG vessel docked in Bangladesh's Chittagong Port for three weeks will now be heading to the Futtsu Port in Japan as the state-run Petrobangla was unable to offload the cargo on the spot. The ship tracking…
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August 14, 2024
Euronext Wheat fell for the third day on Tuesday, to its lowest level in over four months. Traders said that competition from cheaper Black Sea wheat supplies outweighed disappointing western European harvests. The December wheat price on Euronext was 1.3% lower at 219…
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August 14, 2024
According to the German container liner Hapag Lloyd, who spoke with analysts on Wednesday, the global order book for ships, which represents 18% of the fleet of the world, will increase but at a reasonable rate. "I expect that the 18% which is not a concern…
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August 13, 2024
Euronext Wheat Futures fell on Tuesday for the second day in a row as Egypt's ongoing efforts to secure supply highlighted the availability of Black Sea wheat at lower prices. December wheat, which was the most actively traded position on Paris' Euronext exchange…
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August 13, 2024
The defence ministry reported that the Romanian navy blew up a mine, which had drifted onto its Black Sea coast on Tuesday. Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey are working together to defuse mines that have been floating in the Black Sea since Russia invaded Ukraine 2022.
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August 13, 2024
The state assets ministry, and the bank BGK announced on Tuesday that Poland will launch a program worth nearly 5 billion euros ($5,46 billion), financed by the European Union recovery funds. This programme will provide loans to the builders of offshore wind farm on the Baltic Sea.
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August 13, 2024
Blackstone, a private equity firm, announced Tuesday that it had sold 3,00 shared-ownership houses to Britain's largest private pension fund. This is a sign that big money managers are increasingly making deals in the UK housing industry. Blackstone…
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August 12, 2024
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency (UKMTO), said Tuesday, that a ship's crew reported an explosion 63 nautical mile southwest of Yemen's Hodeidah. In a note of advice, the agency stated that the vessel and crew were safe and that the ship was proceeding to the next port.