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Ports and Terminals
Aug, 03, 2026
Week 202632

Exolgan Dock Sud terminal reports normal operations after pier collapse

A partial collapse affected Pier 1 at Exolgan’s Dock Sud container terminal early Saturday, August 1, during a severe storm that hit the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. The incident took…
Economy
Aug, 03, 2026
Week 202631

Brazil tells WTO U.S. tariffs are discriminatory

Brazil has described the new U.S. surcharges on its exports as “unilateral” and “discriminatory” in a request for consultations filed with the World Trade Organization. In the document, the Brazilian…
Shipping
Aug, 03, 2026
Week 202632

Brazil’s merchant marine could face shortage of 500 officers by 2030

Brazil’s merchant marine could face a shortage of roughly 500 officers by 2030, equivalent in practical terms to leaving about 30 cargo vessels without crews. The projection comes from a…
Economy
Aug, 03, 2026
Week 202632

BNDES approves up to R$3.7 billion to finance Embraer jet exports to Porter Aviation

Brazil’s national development bank, BNDES, has approved between R$3.3 billion and R$3.7 billion in financing to support Embraer’s export of up to 19 aircraft to Canada’s Porter Aviation Holdings, the…
Oil and Gas
Aug, 03, 2026
Week 202632

Petrobras finds new gas well off Colombia’s equatorial margin

Petrobras announced on Monday, August 3, that it had discovered gas in a high-potential deepwater area offshore Colombia. The gas was found in the Sandia-1 exploratory well, located in the…
Grains
Aug, 03, 2026
Week 202632

Chinese state traders make large US soybean purchases

China’s state-run trading companies bought 14-16 cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Friday, four Asian traders told Reuters on Monday (2), taking advantage of lower prices in a flurry of ​purchases…