Logistics news
Spanish company to build high-tech glass greenhouse in Portugal
2023-02-14 00:00
In February, J. Huete International will start building a glass greenhouse equipped with advanced technology for a major cultivation company in Portugal.
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New technological advances have made fresh produce logistics within the air cargo industry evolve significantly in recent years. Now, Lufthansa Cargo is taking advantage of them, as the cargo carrier recently succeeded in achieving a new milestone in monitoring and providing optimal transport
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ITENE increases its revenues in 2022
2023-02-14 00:00
The technology centre ITENE closed the year 2022 with an increase in revenues of 11%, exceeding 12 million euros, as well as with a new increase in its workforce to 188 professionals.
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"We started out as greengrocers, now we run one of the best known fruit and vegetable markets in Italy"
2023-02-14 00:00
A facility of 10 thousand square meters consisting of warehouses and yards, and 500 suppliers located mainly in the regions of Basilicata, Calabria, and Apulia, with 40 employees, and over 50 markets supplied in Italy and 3 foreign countries (Germany, Great Britain, and Luxembourg) with which it
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South Africa’s perishable produce industry continued to exceed expectations and managed to move just over 3.5 million tons of fresh produce last year, according to the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB).
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Encarna Selva, director of Aldi's new logistics centre in Sagunto
2023-02-14 00:00
ALDI has appointed Encarna Selva as Managing Director of its logistics centre in Sagunto (Valencia). With an extensive professional career spanning more than 10 years in the company, she joined ALDI in September 2012 as Area Manager and has held various positions in the logistics sector.
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E.Leclerc: green solutions in fruit and vegetables
2023-02-14 00:00
In line with its sustainability philosophy, the E.Leclerc brand implements solutions to reduce its environmental impact and raise consumer awareness of good rules for everyday life. This includes the initiative for more responsible consumption and
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Ethiopian Cargo adds freighter flights connecting Brazil and China
2023-02-14 00:00
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo has launched a new freighter service connecting China and Brazil as it targets e-commerce demand. The new B777 freighter service between Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and Sao Paulo will initially operate every Friday but in March a Monday flight will be added.
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Participate now: Survey on O+G consumption behaviour during the cost-of-living crisis
2023-02-14 00:00
Consumption of fruit and vegetables during the cost-of-living crisis: How does it shape up among consumers? Christoph Löffler is investigating this question in a survey he is currently conducting as part of his thesis at the University of Applied Sciences Stralsund. The following also play a role
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The Central Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau, ZVG) sees "light and shadow" in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research's future strategy for research and innovation published on 9 February 2023.
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Myanmar exports 50 tons of avocados to Malaysia
2023-02-13 00:00
The Myanmar Avocado Producer and Exporter Association (MAPEA) says that avocados produced in Myanmar were being exported only to Malaysia under an MOU. In this avocado season, 50 tons of avocados were exported to Malaysia by air freight in two batches and the last batch will be exported in the
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Agroponiente is committed to total sustainability in its packaging.
2023-02-13 00:00
The Agroponiente Group continues to focus its internal and external strategy and organisation on sustainability, applied to all its processes, areas, relations and also to all its areas of action.
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AI gets water cutting of leeks to the right place
2023-02-13 00:00
GEGE Machinebouw introduced waterjet cutting lines for products, including leeks, about a decade ago. This innovation means using a moving waterjet blade to process leeks has become a common practice among leek growers. Still, there was always a bottleneck when positioning the leeks because they
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Serbia: 2022 was not the year of berry farming
2023-02-13 00:00
2022 was not the best year for fruit growers in Serbia due to the war in Ukraine and increased input costs, primarily transportation. Zoran Keserovic, Professor at the Agriculture Faculty in Novi Sad, said that the selling prices of raspberries were unrealistically high, regardless of the
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British potato supplier expands potato handling capacity
2023-02-13 00:00
The British potato supplier Cockerill has recently expanded their dolly- and crate loading capacity to 240 bags per minute. The commissioning of the third Lan Handling dolly and crate loader, their handling capacity increases to this new total by using these three production lines.
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Tatayoyo snack pepper wins Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2023
2023-02-13 00:00
The new snack pepper brand Tatayoyo has won the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2023! The Dutch vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan is extremely honored by this recognition of fresh produce professionals’ enthusiasm for Tatayoyo. This unique, ready-to-eat pepper with bursting flavors is one
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Italian Fruit Village: Industry meeting in Berlin
2023-02-13 00:00
"Food, business, innovations and the advantages of the individual regions" - for the organisers of the Italian Fruit Village, these are the core elements for the success of their joint stand. The presentation of the Italian Food Awards certainly also contributed to the positive response.
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VSGP: Reduction of plant protection products in vegetable production through robot technology
2023-02-13 00:00
As part of an AgriQnet project, a broad-based project partnership has built a prototype plant protection robot (PS robot) with spotspraying technology and conducted numerous trials in recent years. The results are now available in a project report
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Innovation now has its headquarters in Mercamadrid
2023-02-13 00:00
Mercamadrid is looking to the future with a firm commitment to innovation, the key to offering innovative and effective responses to current business challenges shared by the sector. Innovation now has its headquarters in Mercamadrid, thanks to a new space that serves as a base and meeting point for
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Rijk Zwaan's Tatayoyo pepper wins the FLIA
2023-02-13 00:00
The winner of this year's Innovation Award is a pepper from Rijk Zwaan in the Netherlands marketed under the brand name Tatayoyo. The pepper has a distinctive and strong taste that originates from wild peppers. With its pod of medium size between a pepper and a
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