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April 28, 2025
A security official said that the coast guard of Tunisia recovered eight bodies from the wreckage of a boat which sank near the coast on its way to Europe. He added that 29 others were also rescued. The boat capsized in the waters near Abwabed…
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August 24, 2025
A German sea rescue charity reported on Sunday that three young sisters drowned after the rubber boat they were in, along with dozens of migrants, got into difficulty on the dangerous central Mediterranean crossing between Libya and Italy. RESQSHIP reported that the bodies of three sisters aged 9…
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August 18, 2025
Future of Egypt, Egypt's state grain buyer, has announced that it has reached private agreements with French exporters to purchase at least 200,000 tons of French wheat, as well as several 30,000-ton loads of wheat from Ukraine, Romania and Ukraine.
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August 18, 2025
Future of Egypt, Egypt's state grain buyer (Mostakbal Misr), has announced that it will buy at least 200,000 tons of French wheat through recent private agreements with exporters. It also plans to purchase several 30,000-ton cargoes of Ukrainian and Romanian wheat, the company said.
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July 30, 2025
Greek sources reported on Wednesday that Libyan coastguard officers had begun training on the Greek Island of Crete, as part of an effort to improve cooperation between the two countries and stem the surge of migrants arriving. The maritime boundary agreement…
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July 28, 2025
SVR Lazartigue won the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race, a record-breaking race that will take place in France. The sleek blue trimaran was the first to arrive at Cherbourg from the 444 strong fleet. The 32-metre foiling Ultim, skippered by Tom Laperche…
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July 18, 2025
France may struggle to sell the much larger wheat crop it expects to produce this year, as its export options have been reduced due to a decrease in demand from Algeria and China. Also, Black Sea grain is cheaper. France could stockpile large amounts of wheat…
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July 9, 2025
The operator of the port said that the poor French harvest was the reason for the 40% drop in 2024/25 cereal shipments. Haropa Port, the port operator, said that 5.2 million tons of cereals were loaded in Rouen during 2024/25 compared to 8.7 millions tons in 2023/24.
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June 30, 2025
A U.N. official reported on Monday that one woman had died, two were missing, and 87 migrants were rescued after a shipwreck near the Italian island Lampedusa. Lampedusa is located between Tunisia and Malta, and the larger Italian Island of Sicily.
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May 28, 2025
On Wednesday, emergency services in the region reported that at least six people were killed when a boat carrying migrants to Spain's Canary Islands capsized as it was being escorted into port. According to the state broadcaster TVE, it was carrying around 180 passengers.
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May 23, 2025
Three sources confirmed on Friday that a Greek naval court had charged 17 coastguard officers in connection with one of the worst shipwrecks to occur in the Mediterranean two years ago. Hundreds of people were believed to have died. The shipwreck that occurred on June 14…
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April 14, 2025
The German finance ministry announced on Monday that a German court would consider a request for the release of an oil tanker believed to be a part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" used to circumvent oil sanction. In January, the Panama…
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March 27, 2025
The local governor's offices confirmed that six foreigners died when a tourist sub sank near the Red Sea resort of Hurghada in Egypt. However, they did not confirm the nationalities. The Russian consulate at Hurghada confirmed that the "SINDBAD"…
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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 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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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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January 30, 2025
The head of Morocco’s grain trade federation, FNCL, announced on Thursday that the country has halted its imports of feed from Germany due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Omar Yacoubi said that the import ban was imposed on "all non…
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January 26, 2025
The German NGO Sea Punks reported on Sunday that 17 migrants were rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of the Mediterranean while two children perished. Sea Punks released a press release stating that the rescue occurred in the early morning…
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January 22, 2025
Tanger Med Port in Morocco said Wednesday that it retained its position as the Mediterranean’s leading port, handling 10,24 million containers. This is an increase of 18.8% compared to a year ago. In June, the port reported that it expected…
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January 16, 2025
Walking Borders, a group that advocates for migrants' rights, said Thursday that as many as fifty migrants who attempted to reach Spain via boat from West Africa drowned. Moroccan authorities rescued 36 people on Wednesday from a boat which had left Mauritania in January…
