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December 8, 2025
China's crude imports increased by 4.88% from a year ago, according to government data released Monday. Daily import volumes reached their highest level since August 20,23. According to the General Administration of Customs, the world's biggest…
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December 7, 2025
The G7 plan to ban tankers from transporting Russian oil raises the stakes in the West-Moscow economic standoff, but whether governments ratchet sanctions up on those who skirt the sanctions will determine the final outcome. The West will need to move quickly…
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December 5, 2025
The transport ministry announced that the rescue operation was put on hold because of bad weather. The vessel has been identified as the sanctioned tanker Kairos. It was struck in the Black Sea by a Ukrainian drone last week in Turkey's Exclusive Economic Zone…
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December 5, 2025
The G7 plan to ban tankers from transporting Russian oil raises the stakes in the West-Moscow economic standoff, but whether governments will increase punishments for those who skirt sanctions is the real question. The West will need to move quickly…
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December 4, 2025
The European traders reported on Thursday that a group of animal feed importers from Thailand purchased animal feed wheat with optional origins during a Wednesday-closed tender. Although the exact volume was not known, traders believed that the purchase was near the 240…
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December 4, 2025
Hapag-Lloyd's chief executive, who is the fifth-largest container company in the world, said that there was no set date for the return of shipping through the Suez Canal. In an online chat with customers, CEO Rolf Habben Jansen said that no date has been set for a return to normal operations.
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December 4, 2025
European traders reported that the MFIG buying group in Taiwan did not make any purchases at an international tender which ended on Thursday for approximately 65,000 metric tonnes of animal feed corn. The lowest price was estimated as a premium cost and freight included of 206.90 U.S.
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December 4, 2025
Eramet, the French mining company, said that it aims to increase its manganese and lithium deliveries from Gabon, as well as from Argentina, in order to improve its finances which has been affected by declining profits and increasing debt. Early December…
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December 3, 2025
According to shipping documents and data, Venezuelan oil exports increased slightly in November to 921,000 barrels a day (bpd), the third highest monthly average this year. The country used more diluting agents to produce exportable grades.
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December 3, 2025
European traders reported that Algeria's state grain agency OAIC bought milling wheat at an international auction which ended on Wednesday. They said that the initial price for first purchases was around $256 per metric ton, including freight. Some estimated the lowest price as $255 per ton, c&f.
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December 3, 2025
European traders reported that Algeria's state grain agency OAIC bought milling wheat at an international auction which ended on Wednesday. They said that the initial cost of a metric tonne, including freight and costs (c&f), was around $256.
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December 3, 2025
S&P Global Energy Platts, at a London briefing on Wednesday, said that the Dated Brent crude oil global benchmark works well and there is no need to make significant changes in its methodology. Dated Brent is the benchmark for physical crude oil and it's used to price over 60% of global oil traded.
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December 3, 2025
European traders reported on Wednesday that Taiwan's MFIG buying group had issued an international tender for up to 65,000 metric tonnes of animal-feed grain from the United States or Argentina, Brazil, or South Africa. They said that the deadline…
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December 3, 2025
European traders reported that a South Korean group of flour mills bought approximately 30,300 metric tonnes of milling grain to be sourced in the United States at an international auction on Wednesday. All wheat was purchased on a FOB basis.
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December 3, 2025
Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation, a state-owned company in South Korea, has announced an international tender for the purchase of an estimated 58.244 metric tonnes of rice, mainly from China. European traders reported this on Wednesday.
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December 3, 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 different origins. The deadline to submit price proposals in the tender is 9 December. Traders had expected a new…
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December 2, 2025
Malaysia's Transport Ministry announced on Wednesday that the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 would resume on December 30. This comes more than a year after the flight, bound for Beijing, disappeared in what is considered one of aviation's biggest mysteries.
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December 2, 2025
In response to drone strikes on Russian "shadow fleets" of tankers in the Black Sea, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday threatened to cut off Ukraine's sea access. In a televised statement, Putin stated that the most radical solution would be to cut Ukraine from the sea.
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December 2, 2025
European traders reported that Jordan's state grain purchaser did not make any purchases in the international tender for 120,000 metric tonnes of milling wheat which ended on Tuesday. It is believed that only one trading firm, CHS participated in the Tuesday tender.
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December 2, 2025
European traders reported that the leading South Korean animal feed manufacturer Nonghyup Feed Inc., (NOFI), purchased approximately 65,000 metric tonnes of animal feed wheat at an international auction on Tuesday. The wheat of optional origin was purchased at an estimated price per ton of $261.65…
