Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food and the Lagos Free Zone Company – a venture of Singapore’s Tolaram Group – have agreed to work together on a grain terminal project at Nigeria’s Lekki deep seaport, World Grain reported.

A new report has highlighted details of multiple alleged cases of sales of mislabelled biofuels in northern Europe.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a revised strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions from ships, with improved targets to tackle harmful emissions, Bioenergy International wrote.

A Russian drone attack at Ukraine’s Port of Odessa has damaged several buildings, including a grain terminal, according to a report by Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda quoting information from the Odessa Oblast Military Administration, World Grain wrote.

Resintech has signed an agreement with Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) in Malaysia to develop and produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from algae, the New Straits Times reported.

Russia was planning to export grain it had stolen from Ukraine to China, according to claims by Ukraine’s National Resistance Center (NRC) reported by World Grain.

Global chemicals and energy company Sasol and process technology specialist Topsoe have signed an agreement to set up a 50/50 joint venture to produce sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).

The Panama Canal Authority has tightened restrictions on the largest ships using the waterway – one of the world’s busiest trade routes – due to shallow water levels caused by drought conditions, Reuters reported.

US food technology company Benson Hill is set to launch a range of genetically-modified (GM) ultra-high protein soyabeans in 2025, according to a Reuters report.

Belgian multinational chemical company Solvay has announced plans to split into two independent publicly traded companies.

Global output of vegetable oils is set to increase to a record level in the 2023/24 crop year, according to a report by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Oil and Plant Proteins (UFOP).

Canadian renewable fuel and feedstocks supplier Targray has opened a new biodiesel terminal in Mead – a suburb of Spokane – in Washington, USA.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a joint programme in collaboration with mine disposal company Fondation Suisse de Déminage (FSD) to support smallholder farmers and rural families in Ukraine affected by the war.