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Real World Economics: Grains of truth about U.S. ag trade

Pioneer Press 12 Nov 2023
Storage of crops and their transport by truck, rail, barge and ocean shipping employs many thousands ... And it has an enormous facility at Santarem, on Brazil’s Amazon River, a day and a half from the Atlantic, but capable of loading enormous bulk-carrier ships with beans grown 1,000 miles south.
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El Niño wreaks havoc on global shipping patterns

Splash24/7 07 Nov 2023
The good news for shipping is that it tends to mean a lower hurricane season in the Atlantic ... Elsewhere, El Niño, combined with climate change, has curtailed navigation along some of the world’s most important shipping rivers with the likes of the Amazon, the Mississippi and the Rhine in recent months reporting very low levels of water.
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When rivers and their cargo traffic run dry

Business Line 29 Oct 2023
Danish shipping major Maersk said that the depleted levels of the Amazon river at its critical passage points ...
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Historic Amazon drought halts some grain barge navigation

The Daily Herald 20 Oct 2023
  SAO PAULO- - Some grain shipments on rivers in Northern Brazil have been halted due to a drought that has sent Amazon river tributaries to the lowest level in over a century, according to a note sent to clients on Thursday by shipping services provider Serveporto.
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Drought turns Amazonian capital into climate dystopia

The Observer 18 Oct 2023
Tourists take pleasure boats to the nearby meeting of the Negro and Amazon (known locally as the Solimões) rivers, where dolphins can often be seen enjoying what are usually the most abundant freshwater resources in the world ... Rivers are the only means of access in many parts of the Amazon.
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Amazon drought disrupts river navigation

Seatrade Maritime News 17 Oct 2023
Climate change is affecting navigation on the Amazon River where a severe drought is disrupting barge traffic on the Tapajos River in the Amazon rainforest as shipping agencies told clients to expect delays this week ... CMA CGM has expressed concerns regarding the gravity of navigational conditions in the Amazon River.
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Historic low flow of Amazon’s main tributary

La Prensa Latina 17 Oct 2023
16 (EFE) – The Negro River, the main tributary of the left bank of the Amazon, registered a flow of ... The decrease in the flow of the rivers that make up the Amazon basin has complicated the navigation of the cargo ships on which the region depends to import and export goods.
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Shipping companies look at navigability of the Amazon River

Fresh Plaza 16 Oct 2023
This has led to limited booking acceptance, forcing shipping companies to implement a contingency plan for both import and export cargo to and from Manaus due to the Amazon River drought ...
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Brazil shipping agents warn clients drought disrupting corn shipping on barges

Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide 15 Oct 2023
A severe drought is disrupting barge traffic on the Tapajos river in the ...
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FILE - Floating homes and boats lay stranded on the dry bed of Puraquequara lake, amid a severe drought, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 5, 2023. The extreme drought sweeping across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife.
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Amazon drought chokes river traffic, threatens northern corn exports

Reuters 10 Oct 2023
SAO PAULO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A severe drought choking major rivers in the Amazon rainforest has disrupted ship traffic near the region's biggest city and pushed up costs for northern shipping routes, raising risks for corn exports in coming months ... River remain in good shape.
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Infrastructure in the Pan Amazon: Waterway options

Mongabay 20 Sep 2023
The main stem of the Amazon River has provided access to ocean-going cargo ships for centuries, including modern container ships that service the manufacturing sector in Manaus and ore-carriers that haul bauxite from near Oriximin� (Par�) and iron ore and manganese from Santana (Amap�).
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Brazil poised to oust US as top maize exporter

Business Day 24 Aug 2023
Maize exports through Brazil’s northern ports, which use the waterways of the Amazon River basin to ship grains globally, are on track to beat volumes via the most traditional port of Santos for a third consecutive year, according to a Reuters analysis of grain shipping data.
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Brazil clears bottlenecks to oust US as top corn exporter

Reuters 24 Aug 2023
Corn exports through Brazil's northern ports, which use the waterways of the Amazon River basin to ship grains globally, are on track to beat volumes via the most traditional port of Santos for a third consecutive year, according to a Reuters analysis of grain shipping data.
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Amazon dolphins at risk from fishing, dams and dredging

Phys Dot Org 03 Jul 2023
Research shows Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and dredging ... This will involve dredging sites across four main rivers of the Amazon basin, and the expansion of ports to facilitate ship navigation across the Amazon, Ucayali and Marañón rivers.

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