Insights and Stories on Shipping

Baltic Dry Index at 18-month high

Dec. 5, 2023 at 12:28 pm CST

The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a major indicator of bulk shipping rates, has climbed sharply higher over the past few weeks to hit its highest level in 18 months.

Low water on Mississippi to persist despite improved drought outlook

Oct. 19, 2023 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

UN working on guarantees for Russia to restore grain deal, Moscow skeptical

Sep. 7, 2023 at 3:27 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols

Panama Canal water levels at historic lows, restrictions to remain

Sep. 6, 2023 at 4:29 am CDT

By Elida Moreno

Panama Canal’s drought-induced bottleneck eases

Aug. 22, 2023 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Elida Moreno Marianna Parraga

Ukraine announces ‘humanitarian corridor’ for other stuck ships

Aug. 10, 2023 at 7:31 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine announced a “humanitarian corridor” in the Black Sea on Thursday to release cargo ships trapped in its ports since the outbreak of war, a new test of Russia’s de facto blockade since Moscow abandoned a deal last month to let Kyiv export grain. At least […]

By Olena Harmash

B.C. port strike under cease-and-desist order, for now

Jul. 19, 2023 at 1:35 pm CDT

Updated, July 19 — Canada’s Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has ordered British Columbia’s longshoremen back to work until their union serves three days’ notice before restarting strike action. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU Canada) — which represents about 7,400 workers at various Vancouver and Prince Rupert port terminals […]

By Dave Bedard

Insurers seen reviewing Black Sea ship cover after Russia quits deal

Jul. 17, 2023 at 5:58 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Insurers are reviewing whether to freeze cover for any ships willing to sail to Ukraine after Russia on Monday quit a UN-backed deal that allows the export of grain through a wartime Black Sea safe corridor, industry sources said. The agreement, brokered by Turkey last July, […]

By Jonathan Saul

Black Sea grain deal expires after Russia quits

Jul. 17, 2023 at 3:22 pm CDT

United Nations/Moscow | Reuters – A deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine’s grain for the past year expired on Monday after Russia quit and warned it could not guarantee the safety of ships in a move the United Nations said would “strike a blow to people in […]

By Guy Faulconbridge Michelle Nichols

Animal care council won’t update livestock transport code of practice

Jun. 5, 2023 at 7:12 pm CDT

After over four years’ publicly funded work to develop an updated national code of practice for livestock transport for Canada, the National Farm Animal Care Council has called a halt. In an information update dated May 1, NFACC said its board has now decided “no further action will be taken” […]