Shipping lines refusing to cut capacity in price war
Container freight rates are still falling, while charter rates are holding up, suggesting that liner operators are chasing market share, even if it means a price war. Linerlytica's latest report,

Competition gives green light to Bollo sale
The National Markets and Competition Commission has authorised the purchase operation by which Fremman takes sole control of four companies that make up the Bollo group: Bollo International Fruits

Paraguay is ready to ship its first 20,000 kilos of kaki to Spain
This week, producers will start loading the first truckload of kaki bound for Spain. The fruit was grown in the town of Santa María de Fe, Department of Misiones, as confirmed by the logistics

Expansion of South African plum portfolio
Oppy, a grower, marketer and distributor of fresh produce, plans to continue energizing the plum category in its second season of shipping South African plums to North America. The Black Pearl

Mushroom harvest down six percent in 2022
In 2022, 76,100 tons of mushrooms were harvested in Germany. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this was 6% less than in the year before. Nevertheless, after 2021 and 2020,

Haith Group strengthens EU presence
Haith Group, the Doncaster-based vegetable handling equipment manufacturer, has appointed Dutch grading machinery supplier Remach BV to sell its range in Holland and Belgium. Established in 2019,

Economic contributions of Florida’s citrus industry
A recent University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences report describes the economic contributions of Florida’s citrus industry for the marketing year 2020-2021. This article

Asiafruit March out now
The March 2023 edition of Asiafruit Magazine is now available on the Asiafruit app – Apple and Android – bringing you the latest news and views from across Asia’s fast-moving fresh produce

NL: Minister of Agriculture visits Dutch breeder
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) Piet Adema visited the vegetable breeding company Enza Zaden at the invitation of PlantNet International. The purpose of the visit was to

"This onion season is even more extreme than 2018/2019"
The onion shortage in the European market has made for an entirely different start to the import season. "I've not experienced this very often in my onion trading career. The 2018/2019 season was