Unfit bananas from West Australia, rejected by supermarkets due to blemishes or incorrect size and shape, are being repurposed instead of being wasted. A new freeze-drying facility in Carnarvon, located 900 kilometers north of Perth, offers an alternative for these bananas, which are otherwise
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The South Pacific Terminal of the port of Valparaiso (TPS) has achieved a significant milestone this season. So far in the 2023-2024 season, a record more than 213,000 tons of cherries have been exported via the TPS. This is 15% more than in the previous year surpassing the previous 185,000 tons
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Oppy, a grower, marketer and distributor of fresh produce from around the world, has joined forces with table grape owner, grower, packer and shipper Sun Grape USA to establish Sun Grape California LLC — an Oppy Company. read more

The major service disruptions due to the round-of-Africa routing naturally leads to the question of how this has impacted deployed capacity. Using their Trade Capacity Outlook database, Sea Intelligence looked at the differences in offered capacity between the immediate pre-crisis and the
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According to EastFruit, Egypt broke its own record of table grape exports to the Saudi Arabian market in 2023, as it shipped more than the entire previous year in just the first 10 months. Saudi Arabia had become the top importer of grapes from Egypt in 2022, and it further consolidated its
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The World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) has released the Southern Hemisphere apple and pear crop forecast for the upcoming season in Berlin. According to the forecast, which consolidates the data from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, and South Africa, apple production is set
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The Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa (CGA) welcomes the announcement that a leading global liner shipping company, Hapag-Lloyd, is now offering its services in exporting citrus from the ports in Durban and Gqeberha. The new service will be active by the end of May, in time for the
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Freshly voted 'Flavor of the Year 2024' in the “Responsible Taste” and “Organic and Virtuous” categories, the Candine apple has been the focus of a powerful campaign to establish itself on the French market. Blue Whale aims to “reverse the trend of declining consumption among young
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Yellareddypet-based Shyamanthula Anil, a 40-year-old artist, made a scale model of the Ram temple in Ayodhya with pumpkin and carrots on the eve of the consecration of the temple on Monday. read more

Emergent Cold LatAm now offers the largest temperature-controlled food storage capacity in Central America and the Caribbean. Emergent Cold Latin America is inaugurating the expansion of its temperature-controlled food storage and logistics facilities in Panama, as part of a US$ 15 million
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According to a monthly survey, the total number of apples in storage on February 1, 2024, was 137 million bushels, 33 percent more than last February’s total of 103 million bushels and 23 percent more than the five-year average for that date. read more

Colombia Avocados’ Hass avocado shipments have had a growing presence in the U.S. over the last five years. That growth is highlighted by the shipment of 1,496 tons of Colombian Hass avocados to the U.S., a 56 percent year-over-year increase during the lead-up to the Big Game. read more

Tomra Food has unveiled its new organizational structure, showcased its sorting, grading, and packing solutions, and launched three new AI-powered sorting and grading solutions. read more

Fruit Logistica 2024 is done and dusted. Three days of networking, walking around and, in our case, taking pictures, has come to an end. Exhibitors were generally positive. Protests and strikes in and around Berlin certainly did not make traveling any easier, but people still managed to find
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The arrival of ITAJAI EXPRESS operated by Hapag-Lloyd at Modern Terminals on 4 February marked another record for Hong Kong; the ship brought 1,941 active reefer containers to Hong Kong. This is the highest number of Chilean cherry containers discharged from a single vessel call, surpassing last
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The Ecuadorian Banana Cluster represented by AEBE and Acorbanec, supported and accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture of Ecuador, Franklin Danilo Palacios, and H.E. Diego Morejón Pazmiño, Ambassador of Ecuador in Germany, stands united to address critical issues faced by banana producers
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Turkey's organic certified product production, which avoids the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, has exceeded an annual export limit of 1.6 billion dollars. The country aims to earn 1.5 billion dollars in foreign exchange from organic products, thanks to the increasing popularity of
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Drewry’s World Container Index dropped by 1% to $3,786 per 40ft container this week. read more

Transformation is a strategic pillar of Fruit South Africa, alongside market access, strengthened relations with government, and information management and communication. read more

Veg Power, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky Media announced today that their multi award-winning Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign is returning to TV screens and primary schools across the UK in mid-February. Now in its sixth year, the campaign, originally launched by ITV and Veg Power and proven to
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