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February 17, 2025
Transpetro is a unit of Brazil’s state-run Petrobras. It has announced a tender to contract eight gas tankers, as part of its ongoing plans to replace the vessel fleet. Transpetro said that this move would triple its capacity to transport LPG and enable it to move Ammonia.
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February 16, 2025
China's military condemned Monday the sailing of a Canadian Warship in the Taiwan Strait. It said its air and navy forces had monitored the ship and warned it, a mission which came only a few days following a similar mission by U.S. Navy vessels. Around once a week, the U.S.
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February 13, 2025
In a dramatic video, a humpback whale briefly sucked a kayaker into its mouth before spitting it out. Last weekend, the kayaker Adrian Simancas was with his father in the waters off Punta Arenas when the whale surfaced, scooping him up into its mouth.
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February 13, 2025
A senior official patrolling the busy Gulf of Finland ship lane on Thursday said that Estonia's Navy is ready to take action against vessels that are a threat to Baltic Sea infrastructure, even if they were in international waters. After a series power…
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February 13, 2025
Euronext Wheat Futures declined for a third consecutive day on Thursday, as the strength of the euro and the results of an Algerian tender highlighted a weak outlook for exports in Western Europe. The price of a metric tonne of March wheat traded on Paris' Euronext closed 0.4% lower at 231…
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February 13, 2025
European traders reported on Thursday that Algeria's state grain agency OAIC purchased between 360,000 and 400,000 metric tonnes of milling wheat at an international auction which ended on Wednesday. The purchase was less than the estimated amount of 550…
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February 13, 2025
Five sources and shipping data indicate that a few newer Chinese terminals have recently begun receiving oil tankers sanctioned from the U.S. This has provided logistical relief after a large port operator suddenly banned such deliveries last week.
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February 13, 2025
Thyssenkrupp, the industrial conglomerate, raised its forecast for free cash flow on Thursday. It cited 1 billion euros in advance payments related to a large submarine order from the German military. The company expects to have a free clash flow between 0 and $300 million euros by 2025.
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February 12, 2025
In a press conference broadcast on television in Moscow, Sudanese foreign minister Ali Yusef Sharif announced that an agreement had been reached to create a Russian Naval Base in Sudan. There are no obstacles, we are in total agreement. Sharif…
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February 12, 2025
European traders claim that the Feed Leaders Committee of South Korea (FLC) did not purchase any animal feed wheat in an international auction for up to 65,000 tons on Wednesday. FLC received an initial offer of $267.35 per ton, cost and freight included (c&f).
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February 12, 2025
The French farm office FranceAgriMer has lowered its forecast for French soft wheat exports to outside the European Union by 2024/25, a record low in this century. This is due to a slow demand from overseas for a French crop that was reduced by rain.
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February 12, 2025
Major Feedmill Group of South Korea (MFG) bought 115,000 metric tonnes of animal feed wheat on Wednesday in private deals without issuing a tender to the international market, European traders reported. A consignment of 55,000 tons was purchased for an estimated $265.00 per ton c&f…
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February 12, 2025
The state grain buyer of Jordan has announced an international tender for up to 120,000 tons of milling-wheat, from which the origin can be chosen, European traders reported on Wednesday. The deadline to submit price proposals in the tender is February 18.
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February 12, 2025
The Russian emergency ministry announced on Wednesday that some of the 300 Russians stranded in the Sea of Okhotsk, in the Western Pacific, refused to be evacuated. The ministry posted a message on Telegram saying that 109 fishermen were rescued by helicopters and boats…
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February 11, 2025
China was furious when two U.S. Navy vessels sailed this week through the Taiwan Strait, the first time since Donald Trump assumed office in late January. About once a week, the U.S. Navy transits the Strait, sometimes accompanied by ships of allied nations.
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February 11, 2025
China was furious when two U.S. Navy vessels sailed this week through the Taiwan Strait, the first time since Donald Trump assumed office in late January. About once a week, the U.S. Navy transits the Strait, sometimes accompanied by ships of allied nations.
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February 11, 2025
According to CCTV, China's state broadcaster on Tuesday, the Chinese military has organised air and naval forces to monitor navigation operations by a U.S. oceanographic survey vessel and destroyer crossing the Taiwan Strait between February 10-12.
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February 11, 2025
The state grain agency of Algeria, OAIC, has announced an international tender for the purchase of a nominal 50,000 metric tonnes animal feed barley from origins that are optional. European traders confirmed this on Tuesday. The deadline to submit price offers for the tender is Friday, February 14.
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February 11, 2025
European traders claim that Jordan's state grain purchaser is not believed to have purchased any milling wheat in the international tender for 120,000 metric tonnes of milling which ended on Tuesday. In the coming days, traders expect a new wheat tender to be released. The deadline is February 18.
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February 11, 2025
Dylan Fletcher was determined to earn points and climb the leaderboard after his first victory as Britain's SailGP Skipper in Sydney at last weekend. He also wanted to show he could 'fly solo'. Ben Ainslie who was the British America's Cup champion but lost to New Zealand last year in Barcelona…
