President Donald Trump announced a sweeping set of tariffs on other countries on April 2, which he called “Liberation Day.” All tariffs took immediate effect at midnight April 2. He… Read More
Brazil
South America’s Parana River system is one of the continent’s most important. The second longest river after the Amazon, it arises in the central Brazilian plateau at the confluence of… Read More
Brazilian miner and iron ore producer Vale began dredging at the Paraopeba River, the company said. It expects to finish dredging works by July 2020. Vale is removing waste it… Read More
Among the graphics shown by Warren Preston, deputy chief economist of USDA, at a recent conference at the University of Missouri-St. Louis focusing on agricultural market and supply chains, was… Read More
U.S. corn and soybean farmers were hoping to make up for lost time with a late planting season, due to this spring’s floods. The last thing they need is for… Read More
Pará state prosecutors demanded that the city of Belém, in Brazil, perform “immediate” dredging in the channels of the Una Bay. The body of public prosecutors, also known as the… Read More
The Santa Catarina state-owned Port Administrator for the Port of São Francisco do Sul, in southern Brazil (APSFS), which manages single purpose venture (SPV) SCPar Porto de São Francisco do… Read More
Last week, we ran a piece about how barge movements are not showing any dramatic impacts so far from the tariff wars with China, including a large drop in soy… Read More
Dredging at the Brazilian Port of Vitória, in the city of same name in Espírito Santo state, increased the port’s access channel from 10.6 meters (34.7 feet) during high tides… Read More
Brazil has about 26,000 miles (42,000 kilometers) of navigable waterways, but less than half of it – about 11,800 miles – is actually usable, according to data from the nation’s… Read More
