As of Monday, 6 March, the ports of Malaga and Tangier are now linked by a direct maritime freight line. With daily connections in each direction, from Monday to Sunday, the new connection fulfills a historical wish of Malaga businessmen working in the import and export trade. read more

Several hundred Alnatura organic products are now also available from the online delivery service Flaschenpost. The order is placed online at Flaschenpost.de, followed by delivery within 120 minutes or by pre-order in the entire delivery area throughout Germany, according to Alnatura. read more

Maersk announced that it is now able to offer direct bookings to Ukraine from anywhere in the world, alleviating a common customer issue over the last year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. read more

The UK’s shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers could spiral into something even more serious. read more

Britain’s grocery supplies are in crisis because of unseasonable weather, post-Brexit red tape and a decline in online orders post-lockdown, warns home-delivery specialist ParcelHero. read more

Malaysia-headquartered PLS Plantations and Japanese ag-tech company Myfarm have announced a new joint venture that will see 1,000ha of durian planted in Pahang. read more

The decision to set up the fruit and vegetable department at the entrance to the point of sale is, for many retailers, a strategy that aims to communicate freshness, quality, assortment choice, seasonality with a strong display impact often dictated by the intense colour scheme of the references. At
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There’s no doubt about it--sustainability is top of mind for today’s consumers, whether it’s around how their food is grown or what it’s put in in a grocery store. In fact, sustainable packaging is an issue trending across the produce aisle and that includes even smaller parts of the
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The new thermal hood from Ecocool offers basic protection for all temperature-sensitive products at transport interfaces, especially for air transport. The solution is particularly suitable for protecting fruit and vegetables, berries, and cut flowers and met with a gratifying response during
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For the previous business year, Kronen has recorded a sales record of €19.4 million euros. It achieved this despite the fact that the general global circumstances are anything but easy following the Covid-19 pandemic and in the light of rising costs and challenging supply chains. read more

There was a lot to explore on the Spinach Field Days of 2023 in Murcia, Spain. New material and innovations that address new market demands, were waiting to be discovered. From 14-16 of February Tozer Iberica and Pop Vriend Seeds specialists welcomed growers from all over Europe in the demo fields. read more

Maersk Air Cargo has idled several leased cargo jets and dialed back flight activity in response to deteriorating demand in the airfreight market. And a planned route between China and the U.S. is on hold. read more

Two years ago, the Escobar-Castañeda family, owners of the brands King Courgette and Queen Aubergine, decided to completely transform their business to include their farmers under a common project of transformation towards sustainability and digital transition. read more

Robotic order fulfillment company Cimcorp is unveiling its latest retail solution for retrofitting distribution centers with automation. Headquartered in Finland with a North American office in Grimsby, Ontario, Cimcorp provides a range of automated storage and order picking systems designed to
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The topic of sustainability remains on the agenda. For the consumer, however, sustainability is often an overwhelming challenge, as the term is not particularly sharply defined. read more

AgroScout, a provider of precision agriculture technology, has announced its collaboration with potato growers in the US, bringing a comprehensive solution for collecting and analyzing data throughout the entire potato growth cycle. The technology leverages the latest in drone, satellite, and
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The Sorma Open Days took place last Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd at the company's facilities in the Valencian town of Puzol. The demonstration events were attended by numerous customers and friends of the company. read more

Dubai-based global port operator DP World is investing £12m in two new rail mounted gantry (RMG) cranes at its London Gateway port to meet fast growing demand for rail connections from customers at the smart logistics hub, which it says will increase the port’s capacity by a third when a new
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The packaging features a linen net to provide product visibility and was launched on the market at the beginning of March. read more

A new report published by the Fairtrade Foundation, which includes analysis by independent advisors 3Keel, has exposed the environmental risks that could threaten some of the UK’s favourite foods. The report notes that the supply chains for bananas, coffee, and cocoa originate from countries
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