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Trade promotion authority (TPA) will soon help create and strengthen international trade agreements, opening valuable markets and providing an advantage for U.S. farmers. Read More »

Robusta coffee exports from Cameroon rose to 12,607 tonnes in the six months to end May 31, up from 8,087 tonnes in the same period in the previous season, National Cocoa and Coffee Board (NCCB) data showed on Wednesday. Read More »

Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas intends to cancel its iron ore shipment contract with the Sudeste Port, a private terminal near Rio de Janeiro, the port said on Friday. Read More »

Flooding halted barge traffic on the Illinois River on Wednesday and high water levels prompted futures market operator CME Group Inc to declare force majeure for all corn and soybean shipping stations for the first time in more than two years. Read More »

CME Group Inc declared force majeure for all corn and soybean shipping stations because of flooding on the Illinois River, according to a notice from the exchange operator on Wednesday. Read More »

A wheat surplus in Pakistan is likely to mean little appetite for imports this year, although it will purchase more oilseeds due lower crop prospects, a leading local trader said. Read More »

Safe Bulkers, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today its unaudited financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2015. The Board of Directors of the Company also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.01 per share of the common stock for the first quarter of 2015. Read More »

Australia’s iron ore exports to China from Port Hedland rose 5.2 percent in May from a month earlier, while total shipments from the port hit a record high, figures released on Thursday showed. Read More »

Grains crushers in Rosario, Argentina’s main export hub, agreed a pay deal late on Friday to end a three week strike that had delayed some soy export shipments. Read More »

Pressure grew on Friday for a resolution to wage talks between exporters and striking crushers in Argentina’s Rosario grains hub, with another powerful union threatening to launch its own industrial action on Monday that would paralyze exports. Read More »

Brazilian miner Vale SA plans to start exporting coal along the Nacala rail and port corridor in Mozambique and Malawi in the third quarter after heavy rains damaged the rail line, the firm’s head of coal told Reuters on Friday. Read More »

Dry bulk shipping firm Golden Ocean reported first-quarter earnings below forecasts on Thursday and said its market had gone from “bad to worse” with market conditions not seen in three decades. Read More »

Rates for capesize bulk carriers are likely to remain soft in the absence of coal cargoes and significant charter volumes from Brazil, ship brokers said. Read More »

Dry bulk shipping firm Golden Ocean reported first-quarter net earnings below forecasts on Thursday due to a large impairment charge and said its market went from “bad to worse” during the quarter. Read More »

Company also Concludes Sale of Two Vessels, Places Mortgage on One Vessel, and Enters Into Long-Term Bareboat Charters Read More »

Brazilian miner Vale said on Tuesday it agreed to sell four large iron ore carriers to China Merchants Energy Shipping Co (CMES) , as it looks to raise cash in the midst of an iron ore price slump. Read More »

Cameroon cocoa exports jumped 24 percent to 181,893 tonnes year-on-year by end-April since the start of the 2014/15 season on Aug. 1, data from the sector’s regulator showed on Tuesday. Read More »

Aluminium stocks held at three major Japanese ports stood at 470,200 tonnes at the end of April, up 2.9 percent from 457,000 tonnes a month earlier, trading house Marubeni Corp said on Friday. Read More »

South Africa’s Transnet said it will shut down its coal export line over a 10-day period for annual maintenance but this would not affect tonnages delivered as the halt was factored into its schedule. Read More »

Dry bulk shipping companies are scrapping more of their vessels of all sizes in a bid to support a market that has been blighted by low freight rates and overcapacity, shipping analyst Peter Sand from shipping association Bimco wrote in a note on Monday. Read More »