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March 19, 2025
Three Cambridge University rowers have been barred from participating in this year's Boat Race because they do not hold degrees. An independent interpretation panel ruled, after an Oxford objection that the three Cambridge Rowers were PGCE and not degree students and were therefore ruled-out.
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March 19, 2025
ArcelorMittal South Africa announced on Wednesday that it was in discussions with the government and others parties about funding to delay the planned closing of its long-stack steel operation. After discussions with the government, the steelmaker…
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March 19, 2025
A spokesperson for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said that at least six migrants had died and forty were missing following a shipwreck near the Italian island of Lampedusa. Separately, the Italian coastguard confirmed that it intervened…
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March 19, 2025
The Turkish government announced on Wednesday a 1,000,000 metric ton limit for the import of animal feed corn. This was published in the Turkish Official Gazette. Imports within the quota are allowed at a lower customs duty. Last summer, Turkey…
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March 19, 2025
PYLOS (GREECE), March 19, 2019 - On Wednesday, the Olympic community paid tributes to World Sailing Vice-President Line Markert after she, her partner and their son died in a plane accident in Switzerland. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)…
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March 18, 2025
The benchmark wheat price on Euronext dropped on Tuesday. This was due to the continued strength of the euro, and a more subdued market in Chicago. Traders were watching U.S.-Russian negotiations aimed at a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. Euronext's…
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March 18, 2025
The Crimean Peninsula, which Russia took from Ukraine in 2014., is the focal point of the most serious East-West conflict since the Cold War. It was widely believed that the fate of Crimea, and four provinces in which Russia has taken territory since it invaded Ukraine in 2022…
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March 18, 2025
VTB CEO Andrei Kostin announced on Tuesday that the deal for VTB to buy the Zvezda Shipbuilding Yard from Rosneft has fallen through because VTB-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation cannot finance the purchase. VTB currently runs USC, Russia’s largest shipbuilder.
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March 17, 2025
Cyprus's national broadcaster reported that seven bodies were recovered from the sea off Cyprus after authorities launched a search-and-rescue operation in response to a capsize of a boat containing migrants. The broadcaster reported that an unspecified number were believed to have gone missing.
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March 17, 2025
The oil prices rose on Monday as the United States pledged to continue attacking the Houthis in Yemen until they stop their attacks on shipping. Meanwhile, Chinese economic data fueled hopes of higher demand. Donald Trump, the President of the United States…
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March 15, 2025
Peter Burling, the skipper of New Zealand's SailGP team, took two victories out of four races in the sunny and breezy conditions of Los Angeles Harbour on Saturday. New Zealand, which won the first race in Dubai, took the top spot on the final day with 31 points.
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March 14, 2025
Thyssenkrupp said it is pursuing a plan to spin off a minority stake of its warship division. The newly created holding will be listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company said it was in talks with the German Government about a possible…
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March 11, 2025
A senior executive of Nigeria's national oil company NNPC told reporters on Tuesday that Nigeria would be able meet OPEC production targets. Udobong Nitia is the executive vice president for upstream at NNPC. He said that after years of not meeting OPEC quotas Nigeria finally met them in January.
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March 11, 2025
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the top crude oil exporters in Asia, are boosting their cargoes for the region that is world's largest importer. China, which is the largest oil importer in the world, has emerged as the ground zero of the two exporters…
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March 11, 2025
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the top crude oil exporters in Asia, are boosting their cargoes for the region that is world's largest importer. China, which is the largest oil importer in the world, has emerged as the ground zero of the two exporters…
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March 10, 2025
Vitol CEO Russell Hardy stated on Monday that the recent slowdown in economic growth, both in China and worldwide, has had a negative impact on oil demand. Benchmark oil prices fell to a three-year-low of $68.33 per barrel last week, and traded below $70 on Monday.
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March 10, 2025
European traders reported on Monday that Algeria's state grain agency OAIC had issued a tender for the international purchase of milling wheat. The deadline to submit price offers for the tender is March 12th, with all offers valid until March 13th.
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March 10, 2025
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency announced on Monday that Britain's Coastguard was responding to reports about a collision involving a cargo vessel and a tanker off England's Northeastern Coast. The agency reported that a helicopter, fixed-wing aircraft and lifeboats…
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March 10, 2025
Ferretti, the Italian yacht manufacturer, plans to acquire a company or asset this year. The Chief Executive did not specify whether it would be a brand name, a yard, or something else. Alberto Galassi, CEO of the company, told journalists that there were three files.
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March 7, 2025
Trade and shipping data revealed that Russia's seaborne vacuum gasoil and fuel oil exports fell 15% from the previous months to around 3.3 millions metric tons in February due to lower production and weather conditions, including storms, delays and drone attacks.
