E-commerce MercadoLibre eyes more cross-border shipping in land of red tape 24-08-2020 07:00 Already Latin America’s biggest company by market value, e-commerce giant is embarking on a new strategy to look across borders and boost international sales.
BLOOMBERG Political swing hits Glencore partner at top soy plant 06-12-2019 10:04 Upcoming change of government leaves nation’s top shipper of soybean meal and oil in a financial bind.
OIL TRADE Oil tankers ‘go dark’ off Venezuela to evade US sanctions 14-11-2019 14:39 As Trump administration clamps down on Nicolás Maduro with sanctions set on depriving him of easy cash from Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, some ship captains and their employers are eager to help the embattled leader by “going dark” to hide tankers brimming with crude.
DRUG SEIZURE Germany seizes 4.5 tons of cocaine shipped from Uruguay, worth US$1.1 billion 02-08-2019 09:36 Germany's biggest single seizure of cocaine to date, taken from container that was en route from Montevideo to Antwerp, Belgium.