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Methanol-Fueled CMA CGM Monte Cristo Delivered

Jan 22, 2026

The CMA CGM Group recently received its 400th owned vessel, the CMA CGM Monte Cristo, the first in a series of six methanol container ships.This key milestone reflects the Group’s long-term investment strategy, built on asset ownership and the…

China’s Crude Oil Imports Spike 5%

Jan 21, 2026

'In 2025, China’s total import of crude oil rose nearly 5% -- 4.9% to 11.6 million barrels per day (mbpd) from 11.1 mbpd in 2024 according to data released by the General Administration of Customs (GACC) in China. Seaborne imports increased an estimated 4…

Inland Port Dillon Posts Highest Rail Container Moves in 2025

Jan 20, 2026

Inland Port Dillon marked its busiest calendar year on record, completing 48,761 rail containers in 2025, a 33% increase from the prior year. Retail growth and a successful soybean season for regional farmers accounted for the additional volume…

Xeneta Warns Unpredictability Could Hurt Ocean Supply Chains as CMA CGM Reverses Red Sea Return Decision

Jan 20, 2026

CMA CGM has announced its FAL1, FAL3 and MEX services connecting Asia and Europe, which recently began transiting Suez Canal again on backhaul voyages, will return to sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.CMA CGM cited the 'the complex and uncertain…

Cocoa Falls to Two-Year Low, Excess Beans Pile Up at Ivory Coast Ports

Jan 20, 2026

Cocoa futures on the ICE exchange tumbled to two-year lows on Tuesday on talk that excess beans were piling up at ports in top grower Ivory Coast.COCOA* London cocoa closed the session down 8.3% at 3,347 pounds per metric ton after earlier hitting 3…

Interferry Demands Pause on EU ETS Implementation at 70% Coverage

Jan 20, 2026

Interferry is calling for an immediate halt on the further implementation of the EU ETS for the ferry sector, maintaining the surrendering obligation for maritime emissions frozen at the 70% level scheduled for 2025, and halting the planned increase to 100% in 2026…

Robusta Coffee Prices Rise Slightly, Cocoa Falls

Jan 19, 2026

Robusta coffee edged up on Monday, consolidating last week's 2% gains in quiet trade with U.S. markets closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, while London cocoa headed lower.COFFEE* Robusta coffee closed up 0.3% at $4,013 a metric ton, having gained 2% last week…

Brazil Beef Exports Projections Released

Jan 19, 2026

Brazilian beef exports will remain stable in 2026 compared with last year, beef lobby ABIEC said on Monday, projecting shipments between 3.3 million and 3.5 million metric tons this year.That compares with 3.5 million tons of beef exported in 2025…

Urals Freight Rates to India Rise Due to Bad Weather, War Risks

Jan 16, 2026

Freight rates for tankers to ship Urals crude from Russia’s western ports to India have risen this month, as bad weather made fewer vessels available, disrupted loading and unloading and the cost of insuring for war risks increased, industry sources told Reuters on Friday…

FranceAgriMer Cuts Non-EU Wheat Export Forecast, Increases EU Shipments

Jan 14, 2026

Farm office FranceAgriMer on Wednesday cut its forecast for French soft wheat exports outside the European Union in 2025/26, to 7.50 million metric tons from 7.60 million expected last month, but still more than double the volume shipped in 2024/25…

Genco Rejects Diana Shipping Offer

Jan 14, 2026

Genco Shipping & Trading Limited has firmly pushed back on takeover interest from Diana Shipping Inc., with its board unanimously rejecting a non-binding $20.60-per-share cash proposal that it says 'significantly undervalues' the company and carries unacceptable execution risk…

China's Coal Imports Slump

Jan 14, 2026

'In 2025, seaborne coal shipments to China fell 10% as domestics supply increased and demand from steel manufacturing and electricity generation weakened. The decline affected shipments out of Indonesia, the US, Australia and Colombia in particular…

US Files for Warrants to Seize Dozens More Tankers

Jan 13, 2026

The U.S. government has filed for court warrants to seize dozens more tankers linked to the Venezuelan oil trade, four sources familiar with the matter said, as Washington consolidates control of oil shipments in and out of the South American country…

Spanish Police Seize 10 Tons of Cocaine in Salt Cargo

Jan 12, 2026

Spanish police have made their largest-ever cocaine seizure on the high seas, intercepting a vessel carrying almost 10 metric tons of the drug concealed in a shipment of salt en route from Brazil to Europe, police said on Monday.The operation led to the arrest of 13 people on board…

Russian Drone Hits Two Foreign-Flagged Vessels Near Odesa

Jan 09, 2026

Russia has attacked two foreign-flagged civilian vessels with drones in the southern Odesa region, killing a Syrian national and injuring another, Ukrainian officials said on Friday.Moscow has stepped up attacks on Ukraine's maritime export…

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