STAR LAURA

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Crew member committed suicied

Kim Jhoren M. Sinamban, a Filipino sailor, died by suicide aboard the 'Star Laura'm which was moored at the outer harbour of Tuticorin. The ship had arrived on June 17, 2024, en route from Ghuangzhou, with a cargo of coal. He died by hanging. The ship was brought into the port on June 19, and the Marine Police at Tharuvaikulam was alerted.

U.S. Soybean Cargo Heading to China Switches Destination Amid Trade Row

(Reuters) – A vessel carrying soybeans from the United States to China changed its destination to South Korea on Thursday, shipping data showed, amid a trade war that has decimated U.S. shipments of the commodity to the world’s top oilseed importer. The Star Laura, carrying 36,000 tonnes of American soybeans loaded in Seattle in late September, was due to arrive in the eastern Chinese port of Qingdao on Wednesday, according to shipping data on Refinitiv Eikon. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in mid-October that the size of the cargo was 69,298 tonnes. The vessel changed its destination to Yeosu in South Korea early on Thursday morning, the data showed.

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