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Witnesses claim that US officials advocated sinking suspected drug-carrying boats

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 17, 2025

Former Justice Department No. 2 official Emil Bove told employees that the government should "sink the boats" rather than prosecute people on board, three witnesses said. Three witnesses said that former Justice Department No. 2 official Emil…

GRAINS: Soybeans rise on China's purchases; wheat increases on Black Sea tensions

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 2, 2025

Chicago soybean futures climbed higher on Wednesday. This was largely due to the acceleration of U.S. soybean exports to China following months of tariff-related disruptions. However, concerns remain over China's general purchase pace. As of 0305 GMT…

Grain futures are up on Black Sea tensions and US weather

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 2, 2025

Analysts said that the benchmark Chicago corn and Wheat futures gained just over 1% Tuesday. They attributed the gains to concerns about tensions around the Black Sea Export Region as well as the cold weather in the Midwest of the United States.

Grain futures are up on Black Sea tensions and US weather

Posted to Maritime Reporter on December 2, 2025

Analysts said that the benchmark Chicago corn and wheat contracts rose by about 1% on Monday, boosted by concerns over tensions in the Black Sea grain-export region, as well as the cold weather that is slowing down grain movement in the U.S. Midwest.

SailGP final to be contested by Britain, NZ, and Australia

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 30, 2025

On Sunday, Britain, New Zealand, and Australia made it to the $2 million SailGP championship grand final, while Spain, a defensive team, narrowly missed out. After racing in the final event of SailGP 2025's season, the trio secured their place in the winner-takes all final.

SailGP Abu Dhabi Final: Sailing crews aim for $2 million SailGP prize

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 28, 2025

Abu Dhabi will offer tricky light winds, a compact course and a $2 million prize for teams competing for a spot in the SailGP Grand Final this weekend. SailGP’s fifth season culminates in a race where the crew with the highest score wins it all. This is called Formula One on the water.

Hegseth visits USS Gerald R. Ford in Latin America

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 27, 2025

On Thursday, U.S. Secretary Pete Hegseth met with sailors aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford air carrier in Latin America. This visit came as the Trump administration intensifies its military buildup which has heightened tensions between Venezuela and the United States.

SailGP Abu Dhabi Final: Crews eye $2 Million Prize

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 27, 2025

Abu Dhabi will offer tricky light winds, a compact course and a $2 million prize for teams competing for a spot in the SailGP Grand Final this weekend. SailGP’s fifth season culminates in a race where the crew with the highest score wins it all. This is called Formula One on the water.

GFSA reports that Saudi Arabia has bought 300,000 metric tonnes of wheat through a tender.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 24, 2025

Saudi Arabia's General Food Security Authority, which is the main government wheat purchasing agency, announced on Monday that it had purchased 300,000 metric tonnes of wheat through a tender. The agency stated that the purchase was for hard wheat with a 12.5% protein content…

Ocean activist dodges Japanese arrest, vows to fight deep-sea mining and krill industries at COP30

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 13, 2025

At the COP30 conference in Brazil, a Canadian activist against whaling who had avoided arrest in Japan for over a decade vowed to continue his fight for marine protection – focusing on deep-sea mines and Norway's krill industries. Paul Watson, a U.N.

Taiwan's MFIG offers to purchase up to 65,000 metric tonnes corn

Posted to Maritime Reporter on November 11, 2025

HAMBURG (Germany), Nov. 11 - Taiwan’s MFIG buying group has announced an international tender for up to 65,000 metric tonnes of animal feed corn that can be sourced in the United States, Argentina Brazil or South Africa. According to the sources…

South Korea's NOFI offers to purchase up to 207,000 tonnes of corn

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 28, 2025

European traders reported on Tuesday that the leading South Korean feedmaker Nonghyup Feed Inc. has announced an international tender for up to 207,000 tons of animal feed grain. The deadline to submit price offers for the tender is also Tuesday 28th October.

US Military Strikes suspected Drug Ship in the Pacific

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 22, 2025

A U.S. official confirmed on Wednesday that the U.S. Military expanded its anti-drug campaign by striking a suspected drug ship in Pacific Ocean waters near South America late on Tuesday. This is the first U.S. military strike in the Pacific…

Trump: US to return Caribbean strike survivors in Colombia and Ecuador

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 18, 2025

Donald Trump, the U.S. president, announced on Saturday that the United States will send the two survivors from a strike Thursday in the Caribbean back to their native countries of Colombia or Ecuador for detention and prosecution. Legal experts claim that this move…

US to send Caribbean strike survivors abroad instead of detention in the POW style

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 18, 2025

Four U.S. officials said on Saturday that the Trump administration was moving to send two survivors from a strike in the Caribbean on Thursday to another country, rather than putting them in military detention. The nationalities of two detainees could not be determined definitively.

US to send Caribbean strike survivors abroad instead of detention in the POW style

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 18, 2025

Four U.S. officials said on Saturday that the Trump administration was moving to send two survivors from a strike in the Caribbean on Thursday to another country, rather than putting them in military detention. After the attack on the semi-submersible vessel suspected of illegal drug trafficking…

Trump claims Venezuelan President Maduro "doesn’t want to play around" with the US

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 17, 2025

Donald Trump stated on Friday, amid an escalating conflict between Washington and Caracas, that Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro did not want to "fuck" around with the United States. Trump's remarks followed a report citing three sources that said the U.S.

Sources say that US Navy warships are holding survivors of a Caribbean vessel strike, which was struck by a US Navy warship

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 17, 2025

Three sources with knowledge of the situation said that the U.S. military was holding two survivors on a Navy vessel after they rescued them from a suspected drugs vessel in the Caribbean, which had been hit by an American strike that also killed two other people.

US official: US strikes again in Caribbean, but there are survivors

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 16, 2025

A U.S. official revealed that the U.S. Military carried out a new attack on Thursday against a suspected drugs vessel in the Caribbean. In what seemed to be a world first, survivors were among the crew. The official who spoke under anonymity…

South Korea's MFG purchased 68,000 tons corn in a private deal, traders claim

Posted to Maritime Reporter on October 15, 2025

Major Feedmill Group of South Korea (MFG) bought 68,000 metric tonnes of animal feed corn on Wednesday in a private transaction without holding an international tender. The estimated cost and freight was $234.80 per ton plus an additional $1.50 for port unloading.

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