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US citrus market remains buoyant

12.08.2022

Despite a 12% year-on-year net increase in arrivals of soft citrus from the four principal southern hemisphere suppliers, FOT pricing is well above 2021 levels.

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Fyffes pilots 'Nutrition with Melon Flavour' programme

12.08.2022

The programme aims to support healthy nutrition and reduce school absenteeism of children in the communities near its melon-producing farms in Choluteca, Honduras.

Maersk invests in Suez Canal

12.08.2022

The Suez Canal Authority has signed a cooperation agreement with the Maersk Group, which includes investing US$500m to operate a new container berth in the canal.

Hapag Lloyd cautious on guidance

12.08.2022

The German carrier reported a bumper first half of the year but echoed its peers in saying that its outlook for container shipping remained highly uncertain.

Cartagena reclaims citrus gateway status

12.08.2022

The Spanish port has handled 25K MT of southern hemisphere citrus year-to-date, a big increase on the 4.2K MT received at this point last year.

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DALRRD uncorks citrus bottleneck

11.08.2022

South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development says it has negotiated a deal that will clear containers currently stranded in EU ports.

Increase forecast for Australian stonefruit

11.08.2022

Increases in production, supported by an expectation of an improvement in labour availability are anticipated to result in a double-digit percentage rise in exports.

More Canadian cherries destined for South Korea

11.08.2022

With the recent expansion in acreage and production, along with global demand, sweet cherries are now Canada's second largest exported fruit crop behind blueberries.

Russia halts fruit imports from Moldova

11.08.2022

Moldova has supplied 168,000 tonnes of agriculture products to Russia so far this year of which the majority are apples, plums and grapes.

Peruvian bananas maintain recovery

11.08.2022

Between January and July, Peruvian exports of fresh bananas amounted to 99K MT, a 52% increase over the corresponding period last year.

Idaho cherries return to China

11.08.2022

The shipment of the late Lapins variety is the first consignment of cherries from the northwestern state to be imported into China for three years.

Chile opens door to Colombian avocadoes

10.08.2022

Over the past 4 years the Colombian government has negotiated trade deals for 60 products to various countries.

Pests and disease found in South African citrus

10.08.2022

With False Codling Moth found in a soft citrus consignment, Valencian Farmers Association AVA-Asaja demands that the cold treatment protocol be extended to mandarins.

Felixstowe port workers to strike after talks fail

10.08.2022

Workers at Felixstowe, the UK's largest container port, will go ahead with an eight-day strike after pay talks break down.

Carriers set for successive record earnings

10.08.2022

The world's largest container lines are on course to post profits in 2022 that will top last year's record by 73%, according to a new forecast.

UK cold chain bills to double

10.08.2022

Electricity bills for the UK's cold storage facilities are set to double between 2021 and 2022, according to the Cold Chain Federation.

Two-a-Day expands solar investment

10.08.2022

The investment in solar power at the Tru-Cape pipfruit operation in South Africa is already equivalent to planting 484,380 trees per year.

Del Monte to partner Café Najjar

09.08.2022

Fresh Del Monte is to distribute freshly ground and vacuum coffee products in the hotel, restaurant, and catering channel in the Middle East and North Africa.

Maersk builds USEC cold chain infrastructure

09.08.2022

Performance Team - A Maersk Company is to construct a cold storage facility in Ridgeville, South Carolina to serve temperature controlled goods, opening in Q1 2023.

Mixed picture for US fresh exports in H1

09.08.2022

The increase in value of fresh vegetable exports could not offset the decline in value of fruit, with citrus, grape and cherry exports hardest hit.

Hapag-Lloyd rolls out real-time tracking for all containers

09.08.2022

The German company intends to be the first carrier to install real-time tracking devices on its entire fleet of approximately 3m containers.

FMC calls for carriers to pay container storage

09.08.2022

The US Federal Maritime Commission says that the container lines must make a greater effort to redress the imbalance in equipment held at US ports.

Argentina faces early end to lemon season

08.08.2022

Local estimates suggest that up to 300K MT of lemons may not be harvested due to falling demand and weak pricing in the European Union.

Strike hits Felixstowe container port

08.08.2022

The union says the 8-day strike at the UK's largest port will hit supply chains, the logistics and haulage sectors, as well as international maritime trade.

EU digs in heels in citrus dispute

08.08.2022

Millions of cartons of South African oranges are reported to be spoiling in containers stranded at European ports as a result of the dispute over import regulations.

Banana freckle outbreak spreads

08.08.2022

An outbreak of banana freckle in Australia's Northern Territory is continuing to grow with infections found at 12 more sites.

UK faces produce shortfall

08.08.2022

Britain is on the brink of a vegetable shortage as crops are ravaged by the heatwave and the chaos at Dover makes importing supplies from Europe more difficult.

Ecuador intercepts more cocaine

08.08.2022

The drugs were camouflaged in a container carrying boxes of bananas for export to Cyprus, a destination to which bananas have not been shipped in the last two years.

Ecuador banana volumes continue to fall

05.08.2022

The 180.3m boxes shipped in the first half of 2022 is 15.8m boxes lower than last year and the lowest figure since 2017, according to industry body Acorbanec.

T&G Global lifts interim profit

05.08.2022

The New Zealand produce exporter has managed to lift its half year profit despite ongoing supply chain disruptions and challenging economic conditions.

Peru ships record monthly avocado volume

05.08.2022

After a deliberately slow start to the season, Peru exported 115.7K MT of avocadoes in July, setting a monthly historical record.

China clears path for Ecuador dragon fruit

05.08.2022

The premium priced yellow variety is expected to comprise the bulk of Ecuador's fresh dragon fruit exports to China.

Cameroon banana exports maintain upward trajectory

05.08.2022

The country's three banana exporters all shipped higher volumes in July compared to the corresponding month in 2021.

EU pear crop set to rebound

04.08.2022

The Prognosfruit 2022 apple and pear crop forecast shows a 1% increase in apple production and a 20% increase for pears.

Chilean fruit industry faces existential threat

04.08.2022

An industry body Fedefruta survey indicates 90% of Chilean fruit producers fear not being able to start next season due to a shortage of capital.

Maersk adds Southampton to CRX rotation

04.08.2022

The carrier is to discharge primarily bananas on its Costa Rica Express service at the port on the south coast of the UK.

ASOEX re-constitutes table grape committee

04.08.2022

The Chilean exporter association says the objective is to prepare a national strategy to reverse the current situation of the Chilean table grape industry.

China halts imports of Taiwanese citrus

04.08.2022

The announcement by China's General Administration of Customs cites the presence of quarantine pests and excessive insecticide residues.

Abu-Ghazaleh emphasises positives in Del Monte Q2

03.08.2022

The multinational delivered an increase in sales revenue and generated positive earnings despite operating in an unprecedentedly 'uncertain and volatile trading environment'.

Drought kills Spanish avocado groves

03.08.2022

The Spanish Association of Tropicals estimates that the avocado season in Axarquía for 2022-23 will yield only half of what was harvested last year.

Lineage continues acquisition spree

03.08.2022

Less than 48 hours after buying the Spanish transport and cold-storage logistics provider Grupo Fuentes, Lineage Logistics announced it has acquired leading New Zealand cold storage business, Cold Storage Nelson Limited.

Charter vessels take the strain for Zespri

03.08.2022

The New Zealand kiwifruit marketer said it was able to ship all its fruit largely thanks to its partnership with reefer vessel operators.

Maersk delivers record Q2

03.08.2022

The Danish carrier said that revenue increased by 52% and earnings more than doubled compared to same quarter last year.

Ecuadorian bananas face new challenge

03.08.2022

Russian Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control Service Rosselkhoznadzor claims to have found polyphagous humpback flies in a consignment of bananas.

NY NJ takes action to relieve congestion

03.08.2022

The Port of New York and New Jersey has announced new tariffs related to empty containers and export volume in its battle to decrease container congestion.

Soft citrus volume to reach new record

03.08.2022

Global production for 2021/22 is estimated up 2m MT to 37.2m with growth in China expected to more than offset declines in the United States and the European Union.

China clears path for Vietnamese durian

03.08.2022

Viet Nam is only the second country after Thailand to attain market access for fresh durians, China's largest fresh fruit import by value.

Argentina ships pears to China via Chile

03.08.2022

The trial shipment saw the southern Chilean port of Lirquén handle a single container of Argentinean pears destined for Shanghai.

Maersk upgrades profit forecast

02.08.2022

The Danish shipping and logistics conglomerate said this morning that it anticipated its full-year profits would be about a quarter higher than previously forecast.

China faces surge in fruit prices

02.08.2022

The average retail price of a basket of six major fruit types is up almost 20% over last year, driven by higher input costs and Covid control measures.

US port congestion grows

02.08.2022

With the count rising to 153, the North American containership queue has increased in size 66% over the past seven weeks.

China certifies Kenyan avocado farms

02.08.2022

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service says 15 farms and 9 packhouses have been approved by both the Chinese and Kenyan authorities to conduct exports.

Less is more for Peruvian citrus shippers

02.08.2022

As well as a drop in total citrus exports in the first half of 2022, shippers have targeted the US market at the expense of the UK and the Netherlands.

Korea drops import tariffs to battle inflation

02.08.2022

To rein in runaway prices, the South Korean government has announced temporary measures that include imposing zero tariffs on seven daily necessities.

UK heatwave to reduce fresh produce supply

02.08.2022

Record high temperatures and a lack of rainfall has caused fruit and vegetables to die on the vine as growers fear the drought and further hot temperatures could ruin harvests this year.

Del Monte expands agreement with Happy Egg

02.08.2022

As part of the deal, the US egg producer is to use Del Monte's truck fleet and temperature-controlled warehouses to distribute and fulfil orders in five additional states.

Freshmax to showcase RICO pears

02.08.2022

The variety, which is a Corella and Comice cross, is also to be marketed by Seeka Australia and Apple & Pear Australia Ltd.

Maersk launches Pakistan Agripreneurship Challenge

02.08.2022

Maersk Pakistan Private Ltd and SEED Ventures have signed an MOU to improve the quality of the country's agricultural produce and explore new export markets.

South Africa lodges citrus complaint at WTO

01.08.2022

The South African government goes nuclear in an effort to seek a resolution to the crisis that threatens the viability of its citrus industry.

Heat scorches China kiwifruit

01.08.2022

Days of scorching heat in June and July have accelerated moisture loss from the soil and caused many of Shaanxi's kiwifruit farmers to suffer heavy losses.

Fyffes launches gender equality programme on Honduran farms

01.08.2022

Fyffes and melon producer subsidiary Sol Group have launched HERessentials to address the gender inequality prevalent in the country and especially in agriculture.

Vote opens on SunGold expansion

01.08.2022

New Zealand kiwifruit growers can now vote on whether they think marketer Zespri should increase plantings of the variety in existing production locations overseas.

Orsero builds presence in France

01.08.2022

The Italian multinational has acquired 80% of the capital of wholesale distributor Blampin Groupe and 100% of the capital of exotic fruit specialist Capexo.

British police seize Colombian cocaine

01.08.2022

Cocaine worth GBP£40m has been discovered smuggled within a batch of Colombian bananas en route to the Netherlands.

Mission pioneers Jalisco avocado imports

01.08.2022

The integrated US avocado distributor says avocadoes from Jalisco the additional supply source of premium fruit will enable it to meet strong domestic demand.

Holt takes delivery of first Argentinean lemons

01.08.2022

The Baltic Erica unloaded a total of 3,300 pallets, the first to enter the US under a new agreement between the USDA and Argentina's National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality.

Stord to collaborate with Del Monte

01.08.2022

Fresh Del Monte claims the collaboration with the Cloud supply chain leader will grow its distribution network and leverage underutilized assets.

Chile on course for lower kiwifruit output

01.08.2022

The latest forecast puts total production down 10% year-on-year, with exports estimated to reach 140K MT.

AEL commissions reefer newbuilds

15.07.2022

Compagnie Fruitière chartering arm Africa Express Line is to take delivery of four newbuild specialised reefer vessels in 2023/24.

Cool Carriers launches 'Blueberry Express'

15.07.2022

Chilean blueberry exporters have reached an agreement in the forthcoming season to implement a reefer charter service to the United States.

Thai fruit exports top 1m MT

15.07.2022

Thailand exported over 1m MT of fruit in the 6 months of the year, generating over US$2.2bn in sales revenue, according to the Agriculture Ministry fruit management committee.

Container shipping faces equipment surplus

15.07.2022

Maritime consultancy Drewry estimates that as many as 6m TEU of surplus containers now exist in the global equipment pool.

MissFresh shrinks to fit

15.07.2022

China's leading online fresh grocery retailer is reported to have shut down its operations in nine cities in the space of three days.

Senasa tames Yellow Dragon

14.07.2022

Argentina's National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality has destroyed 10,000 citrus plants to prevent the spread of citrus greening disease Huanglongbing.

Port of Antwerp-Bruges grows despite headwinds

14.07.2022

The year-on-year 1.4% increase in H1 throughput was achieved despite a decline in the container segment due to ongoing global congestion and geopolitical problems.

No change in Florida citrus forecast

14.07.2022

According to the USDA, most citrus groves in Florida now have the citrus disease Huanglongbing, which cannot be reversed once a tree is infected.

Logistics issues stall Cambodian banana growth

14.07.2022

The value of Cambodian banana exports surged to US$168m in 2021, compared with exports of US$112m in 2020 and US$49m in 2019.

FESCO builds reefer fleet

14.07.2022

Part of newly acquired equipment will cover the demand for reefer containers surging with the beginning of the fishing season in the Far East.

Lemons switch modes

13.07.2022

The Cool Carriers' operated Baltic Erica is the first ever reefer vessel to load a cargo of Argentinean lemons to the United States.

Jalisco to initiate avocado exports to US

13.07.2022

Shipments are to commence immediately from the Mexican state following the conclusion of an inspection and certification process that ended on Monday.

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