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October 20, 2025
China's crude stockpile fell sharply in September, as a result of lower imports and increased refinery processing. According to calculations based upon official data, China's crude surplus in September was 570,000 barrels a day (bpd), down from 1,01 million bpd during August.
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October 19, 2025
Two British women completed an 8 213 nautical mile nonstop row across Pacific Ocean. They arrived in Cairns, Australia after a nearly six-month journey from Peru. Miriam Payne, Jess Rowe and their crew spent 15 hours a day rowing to be the first female-only pair to accomplish this feat.
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October 19, 2025
UNICEF's country coordinator in Italy reported on Sunday that a boat containing around 35 migrants from Libya sank in the central Mediterranean, leaving one person confirmed dead and another two dozen people missing. UNICEF's Nicola Dell'Arciprete…
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October 19, 2025
UNICEF's country coordinator in Italy reported on Sunday that a boat carrying 35 migrants from Libya capsized near the center of the Mediterranean, leaving one person confirmed dead and another two dozen people missing. UNICEF's Nicola Dell'Arciprete…
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October 19, 2025
A document from the European Union's diplomatic branch, the EEAS (European External Action Service), shows that it is urging its member states to support a maritime declaration which would allow EU countries working with flag state to arrange inspections of Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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October 17, 2025
Port executives reported that September imports at the busiest U.S. port complex fell 7.3% compared to the previous year. This was due to rising prices caused by President Donald Trump’s changing tariff policies, and the early stockpiling of goods to avoid these duties.
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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.
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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.
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October 16, 2025
The Chinese sanctions on U.S. Hanwha Ocean affiliates this week are intended to undermine South Korea's cooperation with the United States and "to force" Washington's Asian allies, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department on Friday.
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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…
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October 16, 2025
Daewoo Engineering & Construction, a South Korean company, has started work on a $780 million project in Turkmenistan. Local television reported that Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berndymukhamedov was present at a ceremony to mark the opening of the plant.
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October 16, 2025
European traders reported on Thursday that Algeria's state grain agency OAIC purchased approximately 400,000 metric tonnes of durum wheat at an international auction which ended on Wednesday. Algeria often purchases more than the nominal 50,000 tons sought in the tender.
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October 16, 2025
QatarEnergy, a state-owned company, has cut the price of al-Shaheen oil loadings in December by more than one year, according to several sources in the trade. The market was hampered by an abundance of Middle Eastern crude oil. Sources said…
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October 15, 2025
Major Feedmill Group of South Korea (MFG) bought about 70,000 tons of animal feed in a private deal without issuing a tender on Wednesday, European traders reported. The corn could be sourced from South America, the United States or South Africa.
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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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October 15, 2025
The traders estimated that the lowest price in Bangladesh's tender to buy 50,000 metric tonnes of rice, which closed on March 23, was $355.99 per metric ton CIF. They said that offers are still being considered, and no purchases have yet been reported.
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October 15, 2025
According to traders, only one trading firm is believed to have participated in the international bid on Wednesday by Jordan's state grain buyer to buy up to 120,00 metric tons animal feed barley. Trading house Bunge was thought to be the participant.
