Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 10, 2025
The two sides have not yet released any written agreement, despite meeting just two weeks ago and announcing that they had settled months of negotiation over tariffs and other security issues. Officials in South Korea say that the apparent delay…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 9, 2025
An official reported that the coast guard of South Korea launched a search Monday following reports that nine crew were missing after a Chinese fishing boat capsized off South Korea's west coast. A coast guard official from the city of Gunsan…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 9, 2025
The Malaysian maritime agency reported on Sunday that a boat carrying Rohingyas from Myanmar sank near the Thai-Malaysian frontier, leaving hundreds of people missing. Seven people were killed and thirteen rescued. Romli Mustafa, the head of the maritime agency for the area…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 9, 2025
The Malaysian maritime authority reported that hundreds of people were still missing after a boat capsized near the Thailand-Malaysia boundary on Sunday. Ten survivors and one dead body were found, but the Malaysian maritime authorities said they were still searching for more.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 7, 2025
European traders reported that a South Korean flour milling group purchased an estimated 50,000 tons of milling grain to be sourced in the United States at an international auction on Friday. All wheat varieties were purchased on a FOB basis.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 7, 2025
China's crude imports increased 8.2% from the previous year in October, with refineries operating at their highest rates of utilisation this year. According to the General Administration of Customs, data released on Friday, the world's biggest…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 6, 2025
Legal sources confirmed on Thursday that a Greek prosecutor had extended charges against four additional senior coast guard officers in connection with one of the Mediterranean’s worst accidents: a shipwreck from 2023, which saw hundreds of people drown off the southwest town of Pylos.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 6, 2025
Uralchem Group, a Russian fertiliser manufacturer, announced on Thursday it had shipped 30,000 tons of potash as humanitarian aid to Bangladesh. The United Nations World Food Programme, which chartered the vessel, facilitated the delivery of the fertiliser, previously stored in Latvia.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 6, 2025
Philly Shipyard, owned by South Korea in the United States, does not have the capacity to build ships at the moment. Kim Min-seok, the Prime Minister of South Korea, said this on Thursday at a hearing in parliament. Donald Trump, the U.S. president, wrote on Twitter last week about his remarks.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 6, 2025
The Feed Leaders Committee of South Korea (FLC) bought around 60,000 tons of animal feed in a bid for up to 130,000 tonnes on Thursday, European traders reported. Wheat was estimated to have cost $263.00 per ton, including freight and a $1.25 surcharge per ton for port unloading.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 6, 2025
The traders estimated that the lowest price in the tender, closed on Thursday by Bangladesh's state grain buyer, to buy 50,000 metric tonnes of rice was $355.59 per metric ton CIF, liner out. They said that offers are still being considered, and no purchases have been reported.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 6, 2025
European traders reported on Thursday that the Feed Leaders' Committee of South Korea has published an international tender for up to 130,000 tons animal feed wheat. Two consignments are expected to arrive in South Korea in February and march 2026.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 6, 2025
European traders reported on Thursday that Jordan's state grain buyer had issued an international tender for the purchase of up to 120,000 tons of animal feed barley. November 12 is the deadline for pricing offers. The traders had expected a new announcement after Jordan's previous tender of 120…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 5, 2025
European traders reported on Wednesday that Bangladesh's state grain buyer has released another international tender for the purchase of 50,000 metric tonnes of rice. The deadline to submit price offers is the 20th of November. Bangladesh also released a separate tender for 50…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 5, 2025
European traders reported that Jordan's state grain buyer bought 60,000 metric tonnes of animal feed barley from optional origins during Wednesday's international auction, which sought up to 120,000 metric tons. The barley, which was to be shipped during the first half of 2026…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 5, 2025
The Turkish conglomerate Borusan Yatirim announced in a Wednesday stock exchange filing that France's CEVA Logistics had completed the acquisition of Turkish logistic provider Borusan Tedarik for $383m from Borusan Yatirim. CEVA of Marseille…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 5, 2025
The state grain buyer of Jordan has announced an international tender for up to 120,000 tons of milling whey that can come from a variety or origins. European traders confirmed this on Wednesday. The deadline to submit price proposals in the tender is 11 November.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 3, 2025
Traders said that the lowest price in the tender for 50,000 metric tonnes of rice from Bangladesh's State Grains Buyer, which closed on Sunday, was estimated to be $356.78 per metric ton CIF Liner Out. They said that offers are still being considered, and that no purchases had been reported.
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 3, 2025
According to preliminary data from Kpler, OilX and Kpler, India's crude imports from Russia should have increased slightly from the previous month, despite pressure from Washington. Kpler data shows that India's Russian crude oil imports increased to 1.48 million barrels a day (bpd)…
Posted to Maritime Reporter
on
November 3, 2025
European traders reported on Monday that Bangladesh's state grain buyer has announced a new international tender for the purchase of 50,000 metric tonnes of rice. November 13 is the deadline for price offers. Bangladesh has also released a separate tender for 50,000 tons rice.
