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May 15, 2026
Agro-Fisheries and?Food Trade Corporation, the state-backed South Korean company, has?issued an international tender for purchase of 53,800 tons of rice from the United States. The deadline to submit price offers for the tender is May 28. The tender was looking for about 27…
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April 24, 2026
State Department lawyer Reed Rubinstein argued in a statement released days before the deadline of May 1 for the Trump administration to obtain approval from Congress under the 1973 War Powers Act or move to end the war. Reed Rubinstein, State Department's Legal Adviser…
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February 4, 2026
China has called the Panama court's decision to annul CK Hutchison’s contracts to operate a pair of Panama Canal ports as "absurd, shameful and pathetic" and vowed that it would defend Chinese interests. Panama's Supreme Court annulled last…
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March 10, 2026
Sources say that a growing number of refineries in Southeast Asia, who are dependent on Middle East oil for their production, have reduced output due to the U.S./Israeli war against Iran. Sources say that the conflict has halted all shipments across the Strait of Hormuz.
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November 17, 2025
According to shipping and trade data, India exported its first ever jet fuel cargo for energy giant Chevron to the U.S. West Coast, taking advantage of a rare opportunity to fill shortages in Los Angeles. Since October, U.S. West Coast Jet Fuel…
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July 26, 2024
M exico wants to import more motor oil than originally planned for the next year to compensate for delays with its new Olmeca refining plant, according to a half dozen traders, marking a U-turn from state energy company Pemex. The purchases…
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July 23, 2024
Shipping data from LSEG & Kpler revealed that a tanker involved in a collision last week near Singapore entered the Bertam floating oil storage terminal area on Monday morning, after being intercepted on Sunday by local authorities. On Friday…
