An official reading on US grain exports should give comfort to supramax shipowners hoping for good cargo demand from North America in the grain shipping season.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) says that total inspections of grain – corn, wheat, and soybeans – for export reached 3.4 million tonnes, up 15% from the week before. Moreover, inspections are more than double the three-year average, the USDA said in its weekly grain transportation report.

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