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Rhine drought pushes freight towards 15-year highs as Germany...

Germany has relaxed restrictions on Sunday lorry movements as record-low Rhine water levels push freight costs towards 15-year highs and force companies to shift cargo away from one of Europe’s most important industrial waterways. Water levels at Kaub, the critical...

#BASF#commodity finance#Daimler Truck

Iran keeps Hormuz shut as sanctions demands cloud reopening...

Iran has hardened the conditions attached to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, tempering expectations that an emerging navigation agreement with…

#commodity finance#Iran#maritime trade


Hormuz draft deal offers fragile route back for trade...

Iran and Oman are finalising a proposed shipping arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz, offering a possible route towards restoring…

#commodity trade#Iran#Letters of Credit


Receivables Finance: The Verification Gap After First Brands

By Igor Zaks, CFA – President, Tenzor Ltd.   In the 2022 World Supply Chain Finance Report, I wrote that the Greensill…

#First Brands#Greensill#invoice verification


Europe’s heatwave turns crop losses into a working-capital test

Severe heat and drought across Europe are placing pressure on grain output, creating a potential working-capital squeeze for farmers, food…

#agricultural commodities#barley#commodity finance


BB Energy closes US$272.5m global revolving credit facility

BB Energy has closed a US$272.5m syndicated revolving credit facility backed by 21 banks across the US, Europe, the Middle…

#BB Energy#commodity finance#energy trading


Standard Chartered completes first gold transactions through Hong Kong...

Standard Chartered has completed its first batch of gold transactions and settlements through Hong Kong’s Gold Central Clearing and Settlement…

#commodities#gold settlement#Hong Kong


BB Energy says South Sudan oil awards support debt...

BB Energy has said it has received irrevocable award letters from South Sudan for two crude cargoes due before November,…

#BB Energy#commodity finance#crude oil


Brent falls below US$80 as Strait of Hormuz reopening...

Brent crude fell below US$80 a barrel after traders priced in a gradual return of oil flows through the Strait…

#commodity finance#energy markets#oil


Iran ceasefire could ease commodity finance and trade risk...

The emerging ceasefire framework between the United States and Iran is beginning to reshape expectations across commodity, shipping and trade…

#commodity finance#energy markets#Iran


Gunvor closes US$1.37bn Asian revolver as commodity finance demand...

Gunvor Singapore has closed a US$1.366bn sustainability-linked syndicated revolving credit facility, marking the trader’s largest Asian revolving credit facility to…

#commodity finance#Gunvor#revolving credit facility


Oil drops below US$90 as Iran strike risk eases

Oil prices fell below US$90 a barrel after the US called off planned strikes on Iran, easing immediate pressure on…

#commodity finance#energy markets#Iran

Gunvor raid puts commodity trader compliance back under scrutiny

Swiss prosecutors have raided Gunvor’s Geneva offices as part of a criminal investigation linked to suspected bribery, putting compliance controls…

#bribery#commodity finance#commodity tradin

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