Volumes at Porto Itapoá grew by more than 14% in 2022 (885,822 TEUs or 950,512 TEUs including empty containers). This was the highest growth rate from the five largest container terminals in Brazil. The number of vessels calling the Port also grew by 4.9% in 2022. With volumes continuing
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A judicial review is scheduled to be heard this week in Federal Court in Charlottetown regarding an application by the P.E.I. Potato Board challenging the federal government's decisions involving the restriction of potato seed exports due to the presence of warts. It seems that the potato board
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Amidst the water awareness week, it's worth noting that the Lemon and Grapefruit Interbranch Association (AILIMPO) has been working for years to reduce the water footprint of lemon production in Spain in order to contribute to the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 6 "Clean water and sanitation",
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A man from Bristol has been charged with drug offences following his arrest by the National Crime Agency. Officers had been investigating the attempted importation of cocaine with a potential street value of around £1.75 million. read more

Greenyard Fresh Belgium and Pidpa, a Belgian integrated water utilities company, have announced that they have entered the final phase of their plans to install a new on-site water purification system on Greenyard’s site in Sint-Katelijne-Waver. read more

Lineage Logistics, LLC, one of the leading temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions providers worldwide, has opened a new Southern Europe headquarters in Madrid, Spain on 17 March, at an event attended by the Company's Southern Europe Management team, as well as European
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Tesco has calmed down customers who feared they were "getting less" food amid complaints over their multipack of peppers changing from a three-pack to a two-pack at the same price. A woman who visited her local Tesco store shared a video on TikTok at the beginning of the month and questioned the
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At the end of February, the first production farms in Germany started harvesting rhubarb from protected cultivation. The season started conspicuously low in price, which quickly turned into the extreme opposite. read more

Northern Peru, and with it the production of organic bananas, avocados, mangoes and grapes, was hit hard by Cyclone Yaku, which brought heavy rains. As a result, the hoped-for export target of 10 billion US dollars might not be reached, eurofruit reports. read more

The Peruvian Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) has reported that grape exports to Japan will start tomorrow. Vice Minister of Agrarian Development Policies and Supervision of Midagri, Segundo Regalado: “Grape exports to Japan open tomorrow, after several years of
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According to data from the international Trade Centres, Egypt exported 194,955 USD worth of potatoes in 2021. The top 10 importing countries of Egyptian potatoes in 2021 were: Russian Federation - 70.913 million USD Greece - 13.951 million USD Italy - 10.043 million USD United Arab
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King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia handled 18,553 TEUs on a single vessel, making it the highest throughput ever recorded across Saudi ports. The previous record of the port was 18,021 TEUs set in the second quarter of 2022. read more

The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Ecuador and parts of the North of Peru, this past weekend (Saturday, 18 March 2023) did not affect banana production, producers and exports say. Instead, heavy rains destroyed infrastructure and reduced production somewhat as efforts to repair the damage are
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There is plenty of demand, but due to the cold weather and lack of sunshine hours, the larger volumes of Dutch asparagus are still a while away. "We also still have to do quite a bit of ploughing up and laying foil at our outdoor fields, it has just been too wet for that recently. For Easter,
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From 22 to 24 March, the German Federal Government is advocating for decisive action against the global water crisis at the United Nations (UN) Water Conference in New York. This year's International World Water Day, under the motto "Accelerating Change", forms the
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It would be an understatement to say that 2022 was a challenging season for California table grape exports. “Inflation reared its head, but what played a bigger role is that the dollar went incredibly high, which made our product super expensive abroad,” says Nick Dulcich with Pretty Lady
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According to Donegal’s IFA Potato Chairman, Donald Logue, steps should be taken urgently to prevent a ‘mass exodus’ of potato farmers. Logue said that while the cost of production continues to rise, this is not reflected in the marketed prices of potatoes and called for government to take
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From September, which marks the start of the apple season in Georgia, to the end of February, Georgia has exported 6 300 tonnes of apples – 17% more than in the same period but a year before. Export prices were practically unchanged from the previous season, so the revenues from exports in USD
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The Cypriot cabinet decided on Tuesday that citrus growers farmers will receive financial support. The council of ministers allocated €100,000 for aid for citrus growers in communities affected by the buffer zone. read more