Peru's Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation says its decision follows several interceptions of the Oriental fruit moth on stonefruit and apples.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized the Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, days after Tehran said it could close the crucial shipping route.
For the second successive year, Ecuador's leading banana shipper is recognised as one of the country's most sustainable companies in economic, social, and environmental terms.
The decline of Hong Kong's dominance as a container port over the last two decades has coincided with the ascendance of mainland Chinese terminals.
Domestic and export demand is expected to surge to 1m tonnes this year, and, in the long term, it could potentially increase to 15m tonnes.
After telegraphing the sale last October, the Miura fund has commissioned investment bank Lazard to divest the multi-national fruit producer.
Months of record-breaking rainfall are having a significant impact on the UK's supply of fresh vegetables, according to the National Farmers' Union.
The final registration of avocado orchards and packhouses is under way, with hopes that the first shipment will set off next month.
The United States, Netherlands and Mexico absorbed 68% of the 2023/24 season export crop, which increased in value despite the 11% dip in volume.
The Multimodal Dry Canal project will use existing roads, railways, port facilities, airports and duty-free zones in a new special customs jurisdiction.
Containership operators are having to use more vessels and take longer routes, thereby compromising carbon footprint pledges.
Egypt has been given clearance to export potatoes to Morocco and strawberries to Canada, according to its Agriculture Ministry.
Despite shipping 14% fewer vegetables, the value of exports in 2023 increased 12% year-on-year to US$1.6bn.
The Algerian Minister of Commerce has accused speculators of being behind a new surge in banana prices.
The Panama Canal Authority claims that the tide has turned in its ongoing battle to return to normal operations, following a debilitating year of drought-induced cuts to drafts and transits.
The EU27 plus UK markets consumed a record 850K MT of avocadoes in 2023, up 9% year-on-year, according to FruiTrop magazine.
Pineapples are the second fruit from Sri Lanka to gain market access to China, following bananas, which were granted approval in 2015.
The value of South African vegetable exports decreased by 7.6% in 2023 to $190m, the lowest level in at least seven years.
Chinese authorities have started to take action against companies which have been packaging and selling their own local fruit under the Zespri brand.
An additional direct service cements the carrier's commitment to the industry following last month's opening of a R350m coldstore in Cato Manor near the Port of Durban.
After an El Niño-affected 2023, producers of later mandarin varieties are expecting to benefit from a higher volume of cold units, which are necessary for fruit development.
Subject to strict phytosanitary protocols, pineapples from Taiwan, Panama and Costa Rica have all been cleared for entry into New Zealand in the past month.
Customs Surveillance agents and the Police in the container Port of Algeciras have seized 1.1 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas from Ecuador.
New Delhi is planning to supply thousands of tonnes of onions to Sri Lanka and UAE, days after it approved limited exports of essential commodities to the Maldives.
APM Terminals is challenging the decision to award International Container Terminal Services Inc the development contract for the Durban Container Terminal Pier 2.
The organisation representing the dollar banana industries accuses the German discounter of promoting predatory pricing practices.
Severe storms disrupted container movement at the Port of Cape Town on Sunday when wind speeds of up to 110 kms an hour forced ship-to-shore cranes to shut down automatically.
The area under avocado production in Mexico has grown by 46% in a decade, due to strong export demand and growing domestic consumption.
The Zespri pillbox concept is designed to encourage a positive change in eating habits, so that fruit consumption becomes part of the daily routine.
The US Federal Maritime Commission has accused the carrier of failing to audit and reconcile its billing processes, resulting in overcharges relating to at least 2,629 reefers.
While the chemicals only breached legal limits in just under 2% of cases, the true dangers they pose to human and animal health are still little understood.
With high reject rates and poor orchard returns, the 2023/24 season will be remembered as the worst on record for many growers and industry stakeholders.
Early indications are that the recent stormy weather in South Africa's Western Cape caused only limited losses to the apple crop.
South African logistics parastatal Transnet Port Terminals highlights the efforts it has made to handle a record citrus export cop in 2024.
After closing in 2019, Dublin's fruit and vegetable market in Smithfield is to reopen with a revamped retail food market and restaurant complex in the autumn of 2026.
The endorsement makes the Central American country the ninth in the world with permission to send pineapples to the New Zealand market.
Meteorologists at Colorado State University predict up to 23 named storms, 11 of which are expected to become hurricanes and five major hurricanes.
The tech-enabled precision crop management start-up is to build robots and AI to power precision crop management.
While orange and soft citrus volumes are forecast to fall year-on-year, exports of lemons are expected to grow 33% to 90K MT this season.
The Ministry of Industry has lifted the ban on onion exports following indications that there is now a sufficient surplus within the country's crop reserves.
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture centre for plant tissue culture and biotechnology has succeeded in cultivating banana varieties that are suited to the Kingdom's climate.
El Niño to blame as small sizes and cosmetic defects characterise the early stages of this year's avocado harvest.
Despite strong demand from destination markets, Chilean kiwifruit exporters have delayed shipping until brix levels meet requisite quality protocols.
Liner shipping may need up to 1.7m TEU of additional capacity to reroute services that normally transit the Suez Canal following the disruption caused by the Houthi attacks.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says country needs US$2bn of aid as the severe dry spell caused by El Niño afflicts southern Africa.
Despite the efforts of the Agricultural and Livestock Service, specimens have been detected only 3 months after the Los Andes area was declared fruit fly free.
The Algerian government says that the 30% increase in banana prices during Ramadan is unjustifiable and that it will take action against speculators.
The carrier's fleet has grown nearly 20% over the past year, with its 815 ships having 583,700 reefer plugs, representing an increase of almost 18%.
Designed to carry out checks on up to 80 truckloads of fresh produce a day, the GBP£24m facility at the port now expects to process only four or five.
Tight global supplies and a dry spell induced by the El Niño weather phenomenon prompted the government to restrict onion exports during the 2023-24 financial year.
The market share of Vietnamese durian imports in China reached 31.8% in 2023, a year after being granted official access to the market.
A year-on-year increase in export volume is anticipated across all citrus categories despite higher costs, ongoing logistical issues and discriminatory trade barriers.
A pilot scheme to replace cardboard produce boxes with reusable plastic crates has been launched in the Australian State, with the aim to cut 'invisible' cardboard waste.
The decision follows the recent decline in onion price and increase in production, along with availability in the local market this season.
More than 1,400 vessels destined for the Port of Baltimore will need to be rerouted as a result of the collapse of the Key Bridge.
The 7,250 tonnes shipped in the first three months of 2024 is 130% more than last year and double the five-year average.
A total of 10.8m MT of Spanish fruit and vegetable exports were transported by refrigerated trucks in 2023, a figure that represents 95.5% of the total 11.3m MT.
Durban Container Terminals has taken delivery of the first 10 of 45 new haulers, which will enable better use of straddle carriers and enhance the terminal's efficiency.
The Danish carrier said it carried over 660,000 teu last year on vessels using green fuels, approximating to 3% of its global ocean transport volume.
The General Administration of Customs of China has identified approximately 30 shipments found to exceed the stipulated food safety limit for heavy metal cadmium.
The devaluation of the Egyptian pound helped to offset the logistical issues that prevented shipments of fresh fruit and vegetables via the Red Sea.
According to Russia's food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, the volume of fresh exports increased 1.8 times year-on-year in 2023, while imports continued to fall.
The termination of its sale to Fresh Express is the result of the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to pursue litigation to prevent the transaction.
Canada has successfully completed the first of several steps to convince the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service that its potatoes are wart fungus free.
The destruction of 10 hectares of banana plants is the latest in a series of protests by angry farmers who allege the multinational has failed to fulfil commitments on property taxes.
Integration will expand AgroFresh's post-harvest solutions to a broader portfolio of technology, services and digital solutions in both organic and conventional produce.
The multinational has been named as one of America's most trusted companies for the third consecutive year, breaking into the Top 10 for the first time.
The increase in exports to Thailand coupled with shipments of off-season durians contributed to record export sales revenue in the first quarter of 2024.
The container shipping unit of COSCO Shipping Group has launched its first direct route connecting the east coast of North America to the west coast of South America.
The US national grocery chain says the rise in costs is behind the 20% increase in the retail price, the first increase it has made in more than 20 years.
The Belgian port city topped the list of cocaine consumers in Europe, according to EU drugs agency EMCDDA and the SCORE group, a Europe-wide sewage analysis network.
The combination of a significant reduction in the crop of the rabi onion and an extension of the export ban has caused alarm among producers.
The Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority has approved the merger of the island's two largest potato exporters, Albert Bartlett and the Jersey Royal Company Ltd.
Bulgarian customs officials have confiscated about 170 kgs of cocaine valued at US$6.8m from a ship transporting bananas from Ecuador.
Despite the climatic and logistical issues faced by the industry, banana exports in February were well above the figure last year and the 5-year average.
The alliance signatories aim to establish a new standard for freshness-preserving logistics by developing refrigerated ocean transport based on Sumitomo patents.
Colombian authorities in the Port of Santa Marta have seized 1.7 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a shipment of avocadoes destined for Portugal.
Having received Royal Assent, the free trade agreement will see the removal of the EU's 8.8% tariff on New Zealand kiwifruit imports from 1 May.
High import tariffs and the inability to cold sterilise fruit in transit are inhibiting the development of South Africa's citrus exports to India.
Despite the 22% drop in volumes shipped year-on-year in 2023, Peru continues to retain leadership in the global blueberry trade.