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A The report says the disruption to Black Sea wheat exports from July through August drove destination buyers to seek Australian supplies, lifting price assessments.
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A The report says the disruption to Black Sea wheat exports from July through August drove destination buyers to seek Australian supplies, lifting price assessments.
The board of Kalmar Corporation has authorised planning for a reorganisation that will combine its Terminal Tractors and Horizontal Transportation divisions, a move the company says is intended to speed growth, strengthen customer focus and improve efficiency.
SMM figures reported show a modest fall in iron ore stocks across 35 Chinese ports to 143.91 million mt on 4 September, while daily port pick-up rose to 3.145 million mt.
The Singapore-listed group sold its loss-making shipyard in May 2017 and completed the purchase of Cogent Holdings in March 2018, moves that provided warehouses and operational capacity to accelerate its push into Southeast Asian logistics.
Wirana Shipping has cautioned that Indian recyclers are bidding at levels that could cause substantial losses due to fierce competition for a smaller pool of end-of-life vessels, sources indicated on 6 September 2026.
A reports summary of Windward’s Q2 2026 monitoring records thousands of prolonged dark activity events and more than 171,000 vessels affected by GPS jamming, highlighting the distinction between area-based anomaly counts and vessel-level identification.
A The report dated 6 September 2026 says Germany’s maritime cluster continues to shape international decisions and that local expertise remains essential even as the sector globalises and digitalises.
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