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November 22, 2024
The price of European wheat fell on Friday, after six sessions of gains. This was due to the improved prospects of the Australian harvest. However, the sharp drop in the euro and the intensification of the conflict in Ukraine continued to support the market.
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November 22, 2024
European traders reported on Friday that the Turkish state grain board TMO had issued an international tender for the sale and export of approximately 150,000 metric tonnes of animal feed barley. The deadline to submit price proposals in the tender is November 28. Between Dec. 18, 2020, and Jan.
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November 21, 2024
SailGP's fifth season will begin in Dubai at the weekend, with Rolex as the title sponsor. This partnership has been in place since the creation of the league. Rolex has been involved with sailing for almost 70 years and will become the title…
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November 21, 2024
The benchmark European wheat price rose for the fifth session in a row on Thursday, reaching a record high of three weeks. This was due to the fall of the euro against the dollar as well as a Russian missile attack against Ukraine that kept…
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November 21, 2024
Red Bull Italy SailGP Team, the 12th and last entry in the SailGP 2025 season, was unveiled on Thursday. The team, led by Jimmy Spithill will debut at this weekend's Emirates Dubai Sail Grand Prix. Italian driver Ruggero TITA and strategist Giulia FAVA are both double Olympic medalists.
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November 20, 2024
The European wheat futures closed higher on Wednesday as a result of a turnaround in Chicago. News that Ukraine fired more Western missiles at Russia sparked fears about a war escalate. Euronext was also boosted by the fall of the euro in relation to the dollar.
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November 20, 2024
British Defence Minister John Healey announced on Wednesday that he will free up $500 million ($633million) over the next five years for military budgets by scrapping several Royal Navy ships, a drone system, and retiring a few helicopters.
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November 20, 2024
French sailor Yoann richomme broke the record of the longest distance covered by a monohull in 24 hours. He clocked 1,021.7 km (551.84 nautical miles) during the Vendee Globe race, a solo non-stop around-the-world race. Nicolas Lunven set the record of 546.64 nautical mile a week before Richomme…
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November 20, 2024
Poland plans to allocate new areas for offshore turbine farms in the Baltic Sea. This was announced by its deputy minister of infrastructure on Wednesday. Poland has boosted its ambitions for offshore wind farms on the Baltic Sea even though…
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November 19, 2024
The energy ministry announced that Trinidad and Tobago signed a production-sharing agreement on Tuesday with a British oil and gas company BP unit for the exploration and production of natural gas in a shallow water area. The agreement comes…
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November 19, 2024
The agricultural firm Louis Dreyfus announced on Tuesday the construction of a new transshipment sugar terminal in Brazil's Sao Paulo State, which is expected to be finished by mid-2025. Executives from the company claim that the new terminal…
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November 18, 2024
On Monday, a Russian-installed Crimean governor vowed revenge against "terrorists", who had killed a Russian navy captain of high rank in an attack claimed by Ukrainian security forces last week. Valery Trankovsky was the chief of staff for the 41st brigade…
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November 18, 2024
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said that a vessel located 60 nautical miles south of Yemen's Aden reported a missile splashing in the water within its proximity on Monday. UKMTO said that both the vessel and crew were in safety.
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November 17, 2024
The Transportation Ministry reported that the Nazann tanker with a length of 114 metres had a rudder problem. This caused the suspension of both directions in the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. The coast guard sent tugboats to the strait after the vessel had mechanical issues.
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November 15, 2024
Maxime Sorel, a sailor from France, retired on Friday after five days in the non-stop, solo race around the world. The Frenchman was battling an enlarged ankle from the second day. He sustained this injury while trying to fix a broken hook or damaged mainsail tracks.
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November 15, 2024
Danish logistics and shipping firm DFDS announced on Friday that it has agreed to purchase the international transport network of Turkey's Ekol Logistics, overturning a two-week-old decision to cancel the deal. DFDS stated that the acquisition was finalized after renegotiating some terms.
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November 14, 2024
Hapag-Lloyd's CEO said that Donald Trump's election as U.S. president sends mixed signals to global shipping. Positive macroeconomic effects could be offset by damaging tariffs. When asked about the prospects of a Trump Administration, CEO Rolf Habben Jansen said…
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November 14, 2024
The Russian emergency situation ministry announced that on Thursday, Russian rescuers brought back a young female killer whaling to the Sea of Okhotsk after it washed up in the Far East. The ministry released a video showing a killer whale stranded on sand that was covered in snow.
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November 13, 2024
Traders said that the European Union is increasingly focusing its wheat exports on the west side of Africa, after Russia dominated major markets in North Africa and Middle East. EU shipments of soft wheat or common wheat are 30 percent below their previous year's level.
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November 13, 2024
The European wheat price fell on Wednesday as a result of the continued competition between Russia and Ukraine. Benchmark December milling grain on Paris' Euronext dropped by 1.5% at 1613 GMT to 211.00 Euros, also being dragged lower by a fall in Chicago wheat futures.
