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China has begun modest purchases of U.S. farm products after the leaders of both countries met last week, but traders still await significant soybean buys after the White House said Beijing pledged to buy 12 million tons by year-end. The top market for U.S. farmers, China has turned its vast appetite for crops into a ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-begins-limited-purchases-of-u-s-farm-goods-after-trump-xi-meet/A shipment of sorghum has been sent from the United States to China over the last week, Mark Wilson, chairman of the U.S. Grains and BioProducts Council, said on Thursday, the first known cargo following the recent meeting between the two countries’ leaders. “I know after the meeting, one shipment of sorghum has been loaded ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/us-sorghum-shipment-heads-to-china-after-trump-xi-meeting-grains-council-chairman-says/“Following US-China trade negotiations, China has committed to resume imports of US soya beans. The country has agreed to purchase 12m tonnes during the rest of 2025 and 25m tonnes per year during the next three years, similar to 2024 volumes. If these commitments are met, US soya bean shipments are expected to surge in ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/chinas-12m-tonnes-us-soya-bean-pledge-could-drive-demand/The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose to a more than two-week high on Thursday, buoyed by firmer rates across all vessel segments. The main index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, rose 60 points, or 3%, to 2,063 points, its ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-extends-gains-to-hit-over-two-week-high-on-strong-vessel-rates/The dry bulk segment could be one of the major beneficiaries of the trade truce between the US and China. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Xlcusiv said that “Washington and Beijing have hit the pause button. After six bruising months of tariff trench warfare, Trump and Xi agreed to a one-year truce that suspends ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dry-bulk-shipping-to-benefit-from-trade-truce/Freightos has expanded its digital freight platform from air to sea, rolling out an integrated pricing, quoting, and booking system for ocean freight forwarders. The Nasdaq-listed logistics technology firm said its new WebCargo Rate & Quote Ocean platform marks a major step in unifying air and ocean freight management under a single digital system. Already …
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https://splash247.com/freightos-expands-into-ocean-freight/AD Ports Group has struck a deal with France’s CMA CGM Group to acquire a 20% stake in Latakia International Container Terminal (LICT), Syria’s main container facility, for AED 81m ($22m). Under the agreement, the Abu Dhabi-based ports and logistics group will join CMA CGM in the management and future expansion of the terminal, which …
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https://splash247.com/ad-ports-buys-into-syrias-latakia-terminal-in-cma-cgm-deal/Scorpio Tankers is reshuffling its MR product tanker lineup, agreeing to sell four existing vessels while snapping up four modern newbuildings set to join its fleet in 2026 and 2027. The Monaco-headquartered company, led by Emanuele Lauro (pictured), has signed deals to sell four 2014-built, scrubber-fitted MRs — STI Battery, STI Venere, STI Milwaukee and …
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https://splash247.com/scorpio-tankers-refreshes-mr-fleet-with-sale-and-newbuild-swoop/Seadrill Limited announced its third quarter 2025 results.Quarterly Highlights:Secured contract awards across five rigs, adding over $300 million to Order Backlog.West Gemini, Sonangol Libongos and Sonangol Quenguela secured an estimated 1,000 days of incremental work in Angola…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/seadrill-announces-q-results-532091On September 26, NYK and Tama Art University (TAU) hosted the final presentation of their second co-creative research project, “Cozy・Comfy — Discovering Joy in Work and Life at Sea” at NYK’s head office in Tokyo. Seventeen master’s and bachelor’s…
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