Dave W

Kontorpotet, technical trades, maritime shipping follower. Opinionated Scottish rants possible.

[Dave W @SuperiorMar]

@DryBulkETF Vbjt we nirkett

[Josh Linville @JLinvilleFert]

Happy the DoE is focusing on helping domestic fertilizer production.

Unhappy with details so far.

Good
- A Michigan potash mine is getting a $1.2B conditional loan for a mine that should produce 800K t/y.
- A new phosphate mine has been approved in Idaho

Bad
- Michigan tons will be sold to a single company
- Idaho tons will flow to Bayer for glyphosate production.

[Splash @Splash_247]

Abandoned OSV crew take to social media to get paid https://t.co/2A579FKEME

[Dave W @SuperiorMar]

US eases port fees on China-built ships after industry backlash
https://t.co/c1A9dOZuYa

[Chris Shipping 🚢🚢 @christankerfund]

Tankers +6%

$FRO $NAT $TEN $TRMD $BWET $STNG $TNK $DHT $INSW $ASC $ECO $HAFNI

[FreightWaves @FreightWaves]

Government representatives are meeting this week to finalize the first-ever global carbon tax on ocean shipping emissions in a move that opponents say could disproportionately hit American consumers.
https://t.co/mbCnqpc0Iv

[DTN/Progressive Farmer @dtnpf]

The heavy rains in the Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi river valleys over the past five days have caused the Ohio River to overflow its banks, slowing river transportation. https://t.co/ngLsx3Zv2t

[Michelle Wiese Bockmann @Michellewb_]

Ro Marine has been exposed ... I've written extensively about this company since late 2023. This company insured 200-PLUS SHIPS and NOBODY TWIGGED it was a false company. Towards the end of 2024, the Norwegian Supervisory Authority got in touch with me to get some details. and media outlets like Dan Watch got on the case... please read

[Bloomberg @business]

Cleveland-Cliffs will temporarily idle facilities at its Dearborn, Michigan, steel plant and lay off 600 employees amid weak US auto demand https://t.co/eOJhMW01iC

[Giovanni Staunovo🛢 @staunovo]

#Nigeria's Trans Niger oil pipeline restored after blast, Renaissance says #oott https://t.co/9UB9C8ryX8

[Giovanni Staunovo🛢 @staunovo]

Tankers with crude oil, gasoline arrive at #Syria's Baniyas, state news agency reports #oott https://t.co/pnzXjjJHt8

[TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @TankerTrackers]

We hereby visually confirm that the US-blacklisted, Barbados-flagged Aframax tanker AQUATICA (9299769) has reached the anchorage of Baniyas, Syria as per local reporting. She brought 722K barrels of Russian light sweet crude. Satellite imagery by @planet

https://t.co/8jAOjAIw9D

[SeawayNNY⚓ @SeawayNNY]

First upbound vessel of the 2025 season CCGS AMUNDSEN 🇨🇦 at Wilson Hill on the way to Midland, Ontario, for icebreaking operations at Georgian Bay

[Andrey Sizov @sizov_andre]

Reuters: U.S. farmers, who are already getting pummeled by retaliatory tariffs from China, Mexico and Canada, also are caught in the crossfire of the Chinese ship fee fight, the American Farm Bureau Federation said.

The inability to secure ocean freight transportation from May and beyond has restricted their ability to sell bulk U.S. agricultural products like #corn, #soybeans and #wheat because exporters are unsure what the final cost would be, three U.S. grain export traders told Reuters.

The United States exported more than $64 billion in bulk crops, bulk animal feed and vegetable oils in 2024, according to U.S. Census Bureau Trade data.

https://t.co/zD7T2OmPg8

#oatt #TradeWar

[Joakim Hannisdahl @JHannisdahl]

$ZIM does not disclose their owned fleet for some unknown reason. Did some shallow digging and put together the list below. No guarantees it is correct, but should be fairly close. Feel free to leave a comment if you have inputs

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

'Heroic' Stena Crew Praised for Quick Thinking After Dramatic North Sea Collision https://t.co/hc2ZrQCu9x

[Great Lakes Ice Tracker @glicetracker]

Great Lakes ice update for March 16, 2025: Combined 14% | Lake Superior 10% | Lake Michigan 11% | Lake Huron 21% | Lake Erie 23% | Lake Ontario 11% | #GreatLakes

[Mason Hamilton🛢📊⛽️ @T_Mason_H]

One chart to rule them all...

2024 in review - U.S. oil and natural gas

[gCaptain @gCaptain]

Russian Oil Delivery Takes Seven Times Longer After Sanctions https://t.co/76x6yELoYT

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

The Whitehouse issued an Executive Order reducing the Wilson Center to its statutory functions.
The @CanadaInstitute has been an essential venue for Canada-US dialogue and convening of leaders of all stripes. This is a huge loss at the very worst time.
https://t.co/vSwUSHE3jz