Freight News

by hellenicshippingnews… on 17 October 2025 at 9:00 pm

Taiwan’s CPC Corp seeks two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), with deliveries scheduled for November and December, two industry sources said on Friday. The cargoes are sought on a delivered-ex-ship (DES) basis in a tender that will close later in the day. Source: Reuters

by hellenicshippingnews… on 17 October 2025 at 9:00 pm

Two Indian refiners have bought 4 million barrels of Guyanese crude oil from U.S. major Exxon Mobil XOM to be delivered at the end of 2025 or in early 2026, in rare imports from the South American producer, trade sources said on Friday. Indian Oil Corp IOC, the country’s largest refiner by capacity, has bought …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 17 October 2025 at 9:00 pm

Cocoa purchases in Ivory Coast have stalled at the start of the 2025/26 season, as a record farmgate price and poor-quality stocks deterred buyers and exporters, industry sources told Reuters. The world’s top cocoa producer raised its state-guaranteed price to 2,800 CFA francs ($5.05) per kilogram on October 1, a level traders described as unusually …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 17 October 2025 at 9:00 pm

On Thursday, the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy and on International Trade approved draft plans to ban imports of Russian natural gas – both pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) – from 1 January 2026, with limited exceptions for existing short-term contracts (until 17 June 2026) and long-term contracts (until 1 January 2027), provided …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 17 October 2025 at 10:00 am

Oil deliveries are being disrupted by congestion at the Belgian Port of Antwerp-Bruges after a harbour pilots’ strike, analysts said, with the port authority counting up to 188 vessels still waiting to berth or depart. Analysts said oil deliveries and other cargo flows were still being disrupted even though Flemish sea pilots, who play a …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 17 October 2025 at 10:00 am

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which exports oil from Kazakhstan via a Russian Black Sea terminal, will slightly reduce supplies in 2026 due to maintenance at some fields, a stakeholder in the project said on Thursday. Vladimir Kalanda, a vice president at Russia’s oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, told reporters that the CPC would export more than …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 17 October 2025 at 10:00 am

China’s state-owned oil company Sinopec is undertaking a logistic overhaul, rerouting crude supplies and adjusting refinery operations to mitigate the feedstock supply disruptions from the Rizhao Shihua Crude Oil Terminal due to the recent US sanctions, refinery sources told Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights over Oct. 13-15. Market analysts estimated the shutdown of …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 17 October 2025 at 10:00 am

Chinese buyers seem to be actively seeking Pakistani rice, with recent transactions indicating active demand for white rice and broken rice, Pakistani sellers and traders told Platts. Strong demand from China is expected to help stabilize Pakistani prices, preventing significant declines, even as international markets, including Pakistan, struggle with oversupply and weak demand. According to …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 17 October 2025 at 10:00 am

Kazakhstan exported 60.5 million tons of oil between January and September 2025, up 14.9 percent year on year, the Kazinform news agency reported Tuesday, citing the country’s Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov. Speaking at a government meeting, Akkenzhenov said the national oil export plan for 2025 stands at 70.5 million tons. During the reporting period, Kazakhstan …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 16 October 2025 at 9:00 pm

India plans to cut imports of liquefied petroleum gas from the Middle East as its state refiners look to boost purchases from the U.S., sources with knowledge of the matter said, bolstering New Delhi’s efforts to secure a broader trade deal with Washington. The state refiners have already informed their traditional suppliers of LPG in …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 16 October 2025 at 9:00 pm

Russia, the world’s top wheat exporter, resumed shipments to Indonesia in October, the state agriculture watchdog said on Wednesday, after a pause since January due to negotiations between the two countries over access for Russian grains. The watchdog said that Indonesia’s Quarantine Agency agreed in August to extend safety certificates for Russian grains, paving the …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 16 October 2025 at 5:00 pm

India’s Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals MRPL is scouting for oil from alternative sources sold at a discount while hoping to continue buying Russian oil, its managing director Mundkur Shyamprasad Kamath said on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured that India will stop buying oil from Russia, India’s …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 16 October 2025 at 5:00 pm

India has told the US it will soon stop purchasing Russian oil, US President Donald Trump said Oct. 15. Speaking to reporters at a White House event, Trump said he and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi continue to have a positive relationship despite trade tensions centered on India’s Russian oil imports, and that Modi recently …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 16 October 2025 at 10:00 am

Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, shipped 7.1 million metric tons of wheat during over July-September, the first quarter of the 2025-26 marketing year (July–June), down 18.4% from 8.7 million mt in the same period last year, according to data from S&P Global Commodities at Sea. Shipments remained sluggish throughout the quarter, weighed down by …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 16 October 2025 at 10:00 am

India’s Russian oil imports between April and September fell 8.4% on year due to narrower discounts and tighter supplies, with refiners seeking more oil from the Middle East and the United States, according to trade sources and shipping data. The South Asian nation is also under pressure from Washington, which has doubled tariffs on Indian …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 16 October 2025 at 10:00 am

U.S. ethane exports are poised for significant growth through 2026, driven by robust global demand for ethane as a petrochemical feedstock, substantial U.S. export capacity expansions, and larger vessels to carry ethane exports. In our October Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast U.S. ethane net exports will grow 14% in 2025, followed by a 16% rise …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 15 October 2025 at 9:00 pm

The US Trade Representative has scrapped a proposal to suspend LNG export licenses if operators fail to meet requirements for transporting a share of exports on US ships. But US LNG producers remain concerned that requirements for US exporters to ship LNG on US-built ships are unworkable, potentially creating a hurdle higher than the year-long …

by hellenicshippingnews… on 15 October 2025 at 5:00 pm

GAIL (India) GAIL has issued a tender seeking a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo for delivery in November, two industry sources said on Wednesday. GAIL is seeking the cargo for delivery on November 21-23 to the western Hazira terminal. It is seeking the cargo on a delivered-ex-ship basis, added one of the sources. The tender …