Cosco Shipping is to launch a new weekly service connecting Northern Europe and the Mediterranean with the East Coast of South America. From September, ESE2 will including the fastest transit time of only 12 days between Algeciras, Spain and Santos, Brazil. read more

South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority has selected International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) as its equity partner in the Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2. read more

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has revealed that total throughput stood at 139m tonnes during the first six months of this year, a fall of 5.5 per cent compared with the same period of 2022. read more

Vegan and plant-based recipe developers Nourishing Amy and Gina Burgess have released two new vegan recipes to celebrate the start of the European Picota cherry season – Picota cherry bakewell cookie cups and Picota cherry yoghurt clusters. read more

New Zealand apple grower-packer-marketer Golden Bay Fruit (GBF) is fine-tuning its marketing for Cherish apples to highlight the key attributes driving growing demand for the variety across Asia. read more

The 'Enograi' enterprise, specializing in fruit cultivation, suffered significant losses due to the occupation of the Kherson region. Preliminary calculations indicate damages caused by the Russians exceed 100 million hryvnias (approximately 2,4 million euros). read more

This weekend (Sunday 17 July, ed.) saw the conclusion of the world's most famous tennis tournament, and the Wimbledon final gave us the consecration of the new world tennis phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz. read more

Container terminals in Hong Kong and Guangdong province and Hainan Island in China have suspended operations as Typhoon Talim made landfall on the morning of 17 July. read more

Polish farmers fear a repeat of the situation with grain when uncontrolled imports affect the market and cause a significant price drop. This time we are talking about frozen strawberries and raspberries. read more

Some of the largest companies in the fresh produce industry will participate in the first Global Tropicals Congress, to be held in The Hague on 14 September to discuss the latest trends and growth strategies for fresh tropical fruit; read more

Climate change brings with it increases in plant diseases that damage production. Syngenta Vegetable Seeds is concentrating research on new varieties with resistance packages to new breeds of Bremia (lettuce blight). It is in this direction that Ice Country, an Iceberg lettuce which
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Transnet wishes to notify noteholders that the Company has concluded the process of selecting an equity partner for its flagship Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2. Transnet has selected an international terminal operator, International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI), as the
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La Unió Llauradora calculates that direct losses for melon and watermelon producers in the Valencia Region will be around 44 million euros this season as a result of a series of weather problems that have led to a reduction in the harvest at the end of the year

The Valencian Union of Melon and Watermelon producers are expected to lose around 44 million euros this year.
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The latest data from the TEG Road Transport Price Index shows that year-on-year haulage and courier prices remain stable, despite inflation pushing prices up elsewhere. However, this stability might not last long, with the reintroduction of the HGV levy and staff shortages on the horizon. read more

The domestic early potato campaign continues to run at full speed. "We are currently receiving very nice quality salad potatoes of the Annabelle variety from the Palatinate. You can tell that the Palatinate potatoes are very highly valued. I would almost say that the Palatinate Grumbeere is
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Last week a few citrus trucks were stuck in snow on Mpumalanga’s Long Tom Pass, but the snow quickly melted and has not left much damage. read more

The Unión de Uniones de Agricultores y Ganaderos has sent a letter to the Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, urging him to "initiate a process reviewing the activity of Intercitrus so that it is no longer recognized as an inter-branch organization for the citrus sector because of its
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There is a place where hundreds of varieties of apples, pears, plums, peaches and many other fruits are gathered in a unique pomological collection. We are talking about the Fruit Museum in Turin where, as reported by the online newspaper iltorinese.it, the fruit on display all seem real when
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Peaches and Apricots of France and FNPFruits have contacted the Union of Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers (UNGCFL) to “organize an urgent meeting and find solutions.” read more