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The U.S. will not send any high-level officials to the upcoming COP30 climate summit in Brazil, a White House official told Reuters, alleviating some concern among world leaders that Washington would send a team to scupper the talks.Brazil will…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-not-send-officials-cop-531862Bulgaria's parliament temporarily banned on Friday exports of some fuels, mainly diesel and aviation fuel, to EU member states to ensure the stability of the local market following U.S. sanctions on Russia's Lukoil, which runs the country's biggest oil refinery.Last week…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/bulgaria-temporarily-bans-fuel-exports-eu-531867A union representing British Border Force workers said on Friday that more than 120 staff who patrol Britain's waters, in "sometimes harrowing roles", plan to strike on November 14 to protest over pay and working conditions.The majority of the UK's around 10…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/uk-border-force-staff-plan-wage-strike-531868U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of American soybeans during the current season through January, down from 22.5 million tons in the prior season after a months-long tariff battle halted all purchases of the current U.S. harvest. China also committed to buying 25 million tons ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/china-to-buy-12-million-metric-tons-of-us-soybeans-this-season-bessent-says/According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September, the United States exported 46.8 million short tons (MMst) of coal in the first half of 2025 (1H25), an 11% decline from 1H24. Steam coal exports totaled 22.5 MMst, a 10% decline from 1H24. Metallurgical coal exports totaled 24.2 MMst, a 13% decline from ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/u-s-coal-exports-declined-11-in-the-first-half-of-2025-due-to-reduced-exports-to-china/Iron ore futures slid on Friday, weighed down by dwindling demand and rising inventories in top consumer China, but hopes of a trade deal between the world’s two-largest economies kept prices on track for weekly and monthly gains. The most-traded January iron ore contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) closed daytime trade 0.56% lower ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/iron-ore-slips-on-falling-demand-rising-stocks-eyes-weekly-monthly-gains/The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which measures rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, edged lower on Friday and recorded its weakest monthly performance since April. The main index, which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, fell 17 points, or 0.9%, to 1,966 points. It was down about 7.9% for ...
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https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/baltic-index-records-first-monthly-drop-since-april/Australia has maintained its leading position in the seaborne iron ore trade, as over half of the global iron ore exports are coming from it. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “2024 was another positive year for global seaborne iron ore trade. In Jan-Dec 2024, global loadings of iron ore increased ...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dry-bulk-shipping-australian-iron-ore-exports-command-more-than-50-of-the-global-market-share/Offshore accommodation vessel specialist Prosafe has won an extension from Ithaca Energy in the UK North Sea. Ithaca Energy exercised two weeks of options for the 1982-built and 2012-upgraded Safe Caledonia to continue providing accommodation support at the Captain field. The vessel will stay with the company until mid-December 2025. Ithaca has a further 10 …
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https://splash247.com/ithaca-exercises-option-to-keep-prosafe-flotel-longer-at-uk-field/Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has replaced Petrofac in the high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) offshore wind programme led by Germany’s transmission system operator TenneT. In partnership with Hitachi Energy, L&T will deliver HVDC converter stations for the project, which aims to accelerate the integration of large-scale renewable energy into the European power grid, particularly …
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