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Drewry: The World Container Index decreased 10% this week 04-2026 | Freight news

23 Jan, 2026
In accordance with the assessment of Drewry Supply Chain Advisors, the container rates this week continued the decreasing tendency. As it is mentioned, their composite World Container Index decreased by 10% to $2,212 per 40-foot container. ...
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Freight Market Report 21/01-2026 Presented By IC Shipbrokers | Freight news

22 Jan, 2026
IC Shipbrokers herewith welcomes you to today’s freight market report. We are giving you an insight in today’s freight market and an update with the latest freight market indications. The market is omce again for the third day in a row with...
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Alafouzos OET posts TCE update for suezmax and VLCC fleet | Hellenic shipping news

22 Jan, 2026
Greek company Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., led by Ioannis A. Alafouzos, has provided an update on its commercial performance, projecting an estimated daily time charter equivalent rate (Daily TCE Rate) of around $75,400 per operating day for ...
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Vitol offers Venezuelan oil to China for April delivery, sources say

22 Jan, 2026
Vitol has offered Venezuelan oil to Chinese buyers at discounts of about $5 per barrel to ICE Brent for April delivery, multiple trade sources said. The offers were made on Friday to a number of refiners, including independent refiners who ...
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Azerbaijan’s oil exports via BTC pipeline fall 7.8% in 2025, data shows

22 Jan, 2026
Azerbaijan’s oil exports via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline fell to 27.18 million metric tons in 2025, down 7.8% from a year earlier, as supplies were affected by tainted oil, Azerbaijani data showed. The BTC pipeline, which runs through ...
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Ukraine needs to import over 4 billion bcm of gas to get through winter, official says

22 Jan, 2026
Ukraine still needs to import around 4 billion bcm of gas to get through winter, the country’s economy minister said on Tuesday, after Russia destroyed around 40% of production capacity last autumn. Russian strikes have damaged around 8.5 G...
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Palm up on anticipation of lower output, improved exports

22 Jan, 2026
Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Tuesday, as anticipation of a sharp decline in production and stronger export demand supported the market. The benchmark palm oil contract FCPO1! for April delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivative...
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Congo offers manganese, copper‑cobalt, and lithium assets to US investors under minerals pact

22 Jan, 2026
The Democratic Republic of Congo has sent Washington a shortlist of state-owned assets – including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold and lithium projects – for U.S. investors to consider as part of a minerals partnership, two senior Congolese ...
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