The Colombian Agricultural Institute has confirmed the discovery of a new outbreak of the deadly fungus on a banana plantation in the municipality of Buritaca, Magdalena.
The vertically integrated US avocado marketer saw revenues fall 20% in Q2 and blamed deflationary pressures on avocado sales prices for its net loss.
The UK High Court has found against the Western Sahara Campaign UK, which alleged that Morocco is unlawfully occupying Western Sahara.
Liner strings are adding tonnage to services to slow down round-trip sailing times and reduce the relative importance of the fuel cost.
With annual avocado exports forecast to rise 17-fold by 2026, there is a need for diversified transport options beyond air freight.
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction said criminal networks in the Western Balkans are playing an increasing role in regional and EU drug markets.
Costa Rica's State Phytosanitary Service is investigating a report that the multinational's Pinkglow pineapple is being marketed by third parties.
The Environmental Working Group says the disparities between different fruits and vegetables can be explained by the methods of application of phytosanitary products.
While protocols have been in place since 2016, plans to ship mangoes to Australia were delayed by the Covid pandemic.
Maersk and Microsoft are expanding their existing relationship to accelerate the carrier's digital transformation and to further digitise logistics.
The Malaysia Agriculture Ministry reports that traders are buying up Malaysian Musang King and re-selling into China as Thai Musang King.
The US avocado marketer saw quarterly revenue decline 26% year-on-year and recorded a net loss of US$4m.
Through its subsidiary, Dole Philippines, the Japanese multinational says it intends to increase pineapple production in the country to 1m MT by 2025.
Global container shipping freight rates have reached unsustainable levels and must rebound, according to the CEO of German carrier Hapag Lloyd.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists have intercepted a citrus root weevil that has never previously been observed in Delaware.
More than 30 years since food safety rules were agreed upon, Taiwan is preparing to ship its first mangoes to the United States.
The acquisition of the leading South African, UK and Kenyan freight forwarder will strengthen the Swiss logistics group's global position in perishables logistics.
A 3-year strategic cooperation agreement formalises a partnership that has seen the volume of Rockit apples handled by the Chinese distributor increase a hundredfold since 2015.
Exports in May fell to their lowest level since the start of the year, according to national industry association Assobacam.
The organisation that represents all stakeholders in the Ecuadorian banana industry demands that the Labour Ministry officially issues a living wage compliance certificate.
The Australian fruit industry has welcomed a further thawing in trade relations as China publishes a new list of certified orchards, packhouses and treatment facilities.
Two container terminals at the Port of Long Beach closed on Monday following a deliberate slowdown as negotiations over a new labour contract drag on.
Argentina's largest lemon shipper says its South African subsidiary Sunshine Natural Ingredients is to build a processing plant.
A total of 11 citrus groves and six citrus packhouses in Zimbabwe have been listed as eligible to export citrus to China.
Disruptions are reported in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle, Tacoma and Hueneme as year-long talks on a new labour contract continue.
Two suspect containers were identified at the port of Piraeus and, after taking them to the port of Thessaloniki, police found 100 'bricks' of concealed cocaine.
China has opened a second border crossing from Viet Nam to alleviate congestion at the Friendship Pass, where almost 1,000 trucks were waiting to cross.
Driven by demand from Asian markets, December 2022 saw an all-time high of fruit and vegetable exports, by value, up nearly 500% on the 40-year average.
Faced with rising freight costs and shorter crops, USA Pears is to pull back promotional funding from offshore markets such as India.
The US multinational is to collaborate with the worldwide hit brand for fun promotions that it says will reach millions of shoppers and fans across Europe.
Table grapes from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are to be permitted for import, subject to compliance with phytosanitary protocols.
The past three hurricane seasons were driven by La Niña conditions, but that should end with scientists predicting a strong El Niño to develop this summer.
Industry association Acorbanec estimates that 2.2m boxes per week will remain in Ecuador if the Unibanano control system is strictly enforced.
The 27.5% drop on the Xeneta Shipping Index marks a drop for the ninth consecutive month and the largest monthly fall ever recorded on the platform.
The U.S. berry giant is to triple its investment in China over the next five years, which is hoped to contribute to maintaining an annual growth rate of 20-30%.
The addition more than doubles Canadian Pacific Kansas City's existing reefer fleet and will be used on its expanding Mexico Midwest Express intermodal service.
Fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries make up the biggest market share (28%) of all fruit sold in the UK.
While this year's avocado crop is projected lower year-on-year, the industry is anticipating a bumper harvest in 2024 after abundant winter rains.
Despite highly restrictive import controls during the pandemic, China imported four times as much durian in 2022 compared with 2017, bringing the total value to more than US$4bn.
According to statistics from Hortgro Pome, South African apple exports to China have grown by more than 13 times over the past five years.
In the first 4 months of 2023, more than 64 tonnes of cocaine were seized in Ecuador, putting it on course to achieve the record equalling 200 tonnes seized in 2021 and 2022.
New 'lighter touch' inspection requirements for fresh produce mean that the UK south coast port's new GBP£25m border post is over engineered.
The European Union has accepted a proposal from health authority Senasa for the use of a post-harvest product that satisfies MRL protocols.
A record avalanche of newbuilds coming from yards in Asia is being injected into services, which are moving slower and slower.
The Irish multinational is set to join Russell's US indexes, against which approximately $12.1 trillion in assets are benchmarked.
But despite a 9% year-on-year dip in volumes and a NZ$227m increase in quality costs, direct returns to the New Zealand kiwifruit industry were the third highest on record.
New Zealand producer/marketer T&G Global has commissioned one of the largest apple packhouses in the southern hemisphere at its site in Hawke's Bay.
The agreement that will allow 99.6% of Ecuadorian exports to enter the Chinese market without tariffs or barriers has been delayed by the political crisis in Ecuador.
The carrier said its first-quarter group revenue fell 30% year on year, while its net income of US$2bn is down from last year's Q1 net profit of $7.2bn
Fruit and vegetable export turnover rose 29% year-on-year to $1.9bn in the first five months of this year, according to the Vietnam Fruit Association.
The decision by Delaware State to appoint Enstructure ends a financially tumultuous five years at the US east coast banana port under current operator, GT USA.
The maritime consultancy is forecasting global demand for reefer cargo to expand at an average annual rate of 3.3% over the next 5 years, broadly in line with the pre-pandemic trend.
The kiwifruit marketer is unlikely to shift its listing to the New Zealand stock exchange this year, saying it wants to give itself more time to consult with shareholders.
The multinational said that while certain confidential employee information was accessed, no consumer data was leaked as a result of the incident.
A total 270 kilograms of cocaine were intercepted by Customs in two containers loaded with bananas which transshipped at Malta Freeport en route from Ecuador to Slovenia.
Increased volume comes as three large-scale groves near full production, adding to organic expansion and a trend toward higher density plantings.
Shipments to the end of April are up 5% year-on-year and close to matching the 2021 figure, according to industry association Acorbanec data.
Australia's largest integrated fresh produce grower-marketer said its international segment performance has been exceptional and is expected to deliver a record result for the current year.
The official forecast for European peach and nectarine volumes that showed a 14% rise in production year-on-year will need revising following recent weather events.
A report from the World Shipping Council reveals that the number of containers lost at sea last year is the lowest since 2008.
Peru's Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation has declared a phytosanitary emergency following the discovery of a pathotype that can cause bacterial citrus canker.
The value of the global trade in fruit exceeded €127bn in 2022, according to Comtrade, the Statistics Division of the United Nations.
The Californian fruit distributor is to consolidate the avocado supply of its subsidiary companies under a single brand for the North American market.
Shipments of fresh blueberries and grapes from Japan were seized after they were found to contain banned pesticides, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration said yesterday.
Customs investigators have found over 700kgs of cocaine hidden among a shipment of bananas in a container in Vlissingen, the second such haul in the port in a few weeks.
The fresh produce retail chain is on course to become the first independently listed subsidiary of the Chinese multinational since the group launched its reform initiative.
North Korean fruit and vegetable growers have suffered damage to their crops due to unseasonably low temperatures in March and April,
With water depths on course to hit historic lows, some container ships will have to travel across the Panama Canal with 40% less cargo.
The Italian government is set to announce US$110m of spending and tax breaks and may also seek cash from the EU's Solidarity Fund for natural disasters.
The global production of shipping containers has slumped dramatically as demand for goods sinks following the easing of pandemic restrictions.
The acquisition of the Dutch-Italian start-up boosts the Belgian multinational's pure-plant product range.
Aside from growing demand in the United States for the Kesar variety, the cost of airfreight is 50% lower year-on-year.
The value of fruit exports from the UK to the European Union has more than halved since Brexit, according to data released by HMRC.
The 1m cubic meter facility built by Peru's largest agro-industrial is central to the company's water conservation programme.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has announced a reinforcement of the controls to guarantee that contracts with banana producers are honoured.
Researchers in Thailand says they have developed an invisible, edible coating made with the non-hallucinogenic compound in cannabis to preserve fruit.
Preliminary industry estimates suggest a 15-20% drop in the availability of fruit nationwide over the next few weeks, according to wholesale market network Italmercati.
The lack of rain is forcing citrus producers to irrigate constantly, driving fears that water won't suffice until the end of the year.
The funds provided will help safeguard food security on the island and support the 'Eat Local, Live Long' initiative.
The New Zealand produce company expects to post a pre-tax loss of up to NZ$34m following damage to its Hawke's Bay orchards from Cyclone Gabrielle.
