With a 7.4% market share, the German carrier is the world's fifth largest container line, while the Israeli carrier is ranked ninth.
China imports almost all its table grapes from Southern Hemisphere countries, led in descending order by Australia, Chile, and Peru.
The Italian multinational's Investor Relations Specialist says the Group is currently analysing dossiers in the United States and expects something to materialize next year.
Vine removals after last season and forecasts of above-average rainfall during the early harvest period are tempering production, quality and export expectations.
The group says that using bananas as a loss leader continues to give consumers the mistaken impression that bananas require little production effort.
After rising nearly 40% year-on-year in 2024/25, Egyptian table grape exports are forecast to increase to 220K MT in 2025/26.
Since October this year, approximately 145kg of cocaine has been found by Australian Border Force officers in reefer containers.
A second pre-Christmas specialised reefer charter will ease pressure on table grape exporters struggling to ship their fruit through the Cape Town Container Terminal.
The multinational has partnered with SNAX-Sational Brands to introduce a line that brings the authentic taste of Ecuador with a focus on freshness and simplicity.
While reaffirming its guidance for 2025, the NZX-listed diversified agribusiness group says earnings might be lower next year due to the normalization in horticulture export volumes.
Increased pressure from Peru, a congested European market, and the suspension of the Systems Approach with the U.S. will define the 2025-2026 season.
The Dubai consignment, shipped in partnership with Pure Planet India, represents a transformative moment for the 2019-registered Farmer Producer Company.
The majority of independent producers have opted to pause picking and packing as they wait for market conditions to improve after the New Year.
Campaign group Pesticide Action Network UK found 123 different chemicals in the 17 types of fruit and vegetables tested, including 42 pesticides with links to cancer.
The importer and carrier have signed an agreement covering the weekly transport of 70 containers of pineapples and bananas from Latin America to the French port.
With the cost of Trump's tariffs estimated at NZ$2 per box and voyages to Europe taking 12 weeks, New Zealand apple shippers are focusing on the Asian trade.
A 90-day period now begins during which the U.S. Department of Agriculture will present its arguments for the decision to allow Chilean grapes to enter the country fumigation free.
The country’s antitrust body has referred a price-fixing complaint against the local units of eight of the world’s top container lines.
The Fresh Carriers' vessel chartered by Cool Carriers will carry cherries, berries and stone fruit in the first shipment of the season to the United States.
With onion exports dropping sharply and long-time buyer Bangladesh halting trade, India's onion market is battling one of the worst years in decades.
President of the Argentine Citrus Federation José Carbonell says that negotiations with U.S. phytosanitary authorities are nearing a favourable resolution.
Between January and July 2025, the country exported US$1.249bn worth of fruit, a 13.4% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
In order to secure the future of its Green portfolio, the kiwifruit marketer says it needs to develop a variety that is more climate resilient, delivers strong yields and maintains product value.
The storm broke in the middle of the cherry harvest, with hundreds of hectares of apples and pears also rendered unusable by hail and rain.
The Chilean Cherry Committee of Frutas de Chile has officially announced its first Chilean Cherry Annual Awards, to be held in early 2026.
The upgraded insurance product offered to apple, pear and persimmon growers will offer better protection against increasingly unpredictable weather patterns.
The carrier has expanded its Chile Express service with the addition of the UK port, reshaping the overall rotation of the loop.
The port experienced about 240 hours of weather delays during weeks 46 and 47, with the situation further exacerbated by a major system and network outage.
Cold weather in some growing regions including central Victoria has put cherries weeks behind schedule in the lead-up to the fruit's peak demand period.
The proposal to increase banana production in the Canary Islands by 50% has been labelled 'absurd' by an agricultural group committed to a fair price for producers.
The multinational is reported to be working with investment bank Houlihan Lokey to examine options for possible business combinations.
One of the largest U.S. orange producers has completed what it describes as its final major citrus harvest while advancing multiple land development projects.
The National Police, Customs Surveillance and the Civil Guard have dismantled an organization dedicated to smuggling cocaine from Ecuador in banana containers.
The improvement follows the formation of a working group of reefer supply chain stakeholders at the end of 2024 to drive efficiencies at the port.
The 2,700 TEU boxship was alongside the U.S. east coast port of Wilmington's fruit-import terminal when the fire broke out.
The main destinations were the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Italy, and Portugal, according to National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service Senasa.
Zespri's counter-seasonal programme is underway with around 118,800 tonnes of kiwifruit expected from orchards throughout France, Italy, Greece, Korea, and Japan.
After shipping the heaviest October volume of bananas in 4 years, Ecuador is on course to export the highest annual total since the record established in 2020, according to Acorbanec data.
The new partnership strengthens Fresh Del Monte's sourcing diversification strategy and expands banana production ties in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
While the PNW cherry and pipfruit producers support the current deal, the Washington raspberry industry and the Californian Avocado Commission 'strongly support' new tariffs.
The longer that vessels wait for berths, the greater the risk of schedule delays and therefore higher operating costs, which include labour, fuel and box repositioning.
The Caribbean Island says it will have to import fruit and vegetables following severe damage to its agriculture sector caused by Hurricane Melissa.
The Kuehne & Nagel subsidiary says the transaction will enhance its offering in Latin America where it specialises in shipping seasonal fresh products that include salmon, cherries, berries, and mangoes.
The combination of lower shipping costs and zero tariff advantages under free trade agreements with ASEAN has increased the value of imports by 24% year-to-date.
The measure was mandatory to prevent the entry of the Brevipalpus chilensis mite, a high-risk quarantine pest with the potential to attack more than 40 plant species.
The University of Minnesota's fruit breeding programme, which created the Honeycrisp apple, has released 3 new grape and 2 new apple varieties.
While strong winds delay the start of the South African shipping season, the export packout for northern neighbour Namibia is well behind schedule.
Due to spring frosts, a cool May, drought, and a summer marked by extreme temperature fluctuations, apple growers harvested their lowest ever yield.
With CMA CGM 'poised to fully resume' transits, Maersk has not yet set a firm date despite the Suez Canal Authority announcing an early-December comeback.
The authorization of pilot shipments covers a wide variety of Chilean fruits, including cherries, stone fruits, apples, pears, and citrus.
Deon Joubert was the South African Citrus Growers Association's special envoy for market access and EU matters.
While 958K cartons had been approved for export to end week 46, only 29K cartons had been shipped via the Cape Town Container Terminal, according to industry body SATI.
The Port 2 Port Security Platform together with the National Drug Commission will unite the country's seaports and inland ports in a European first.
The executive decree prohibits the planting of new bananas and plantains unless previously authorized by the Ministry of Agriculture.
At 27.4m MT, the total citrus produced in the northern hemisphere is 1.5% lower year-on-year and 5% lower compared to the last 4-year average.
The discounter is set to deliver an historically high volume of British apples in 2025/26 as its partnership with AC Goatham bears fruit.
The European Investment Bank loan to finance the rehabilitation of the South African parastatal’s infrastructure is supported by a €21m EU grant.
The Philippines has been the world's second largest pineapple exporter for 15 straight years with a 19% market share in 2024, according to the FAO.
The British are eating fewer vegetables than at any point in the past half-century, with consumption continuing to slide despite years of public-health campaigns.
Myanmar is preparing to enter the global durian market, with plans to start exports between 2026 and 2027.
Washington State University generated US$19.4m in royalty revenues in fiscal 2025 with the Cosmic Crisp apple variety its top innovation.
As an importer of record in the United States, the kiwifruit marketer has so far paid US$40m in tariffs to the US government.
A record October for melon shipments has taken the season-to-date total to 106K MT, a 69% increase year-on-year.
As part of the transaction, the vertically integrated citrus specialist will maintain its 47% interest in a Chilean citrus packing, selling and marketing business.
Cambodia earned approximately US$148m from fresh banana exports between January and October 2025, according to a Ministry of Commerce report.
Despite the drop in export volume, the increase in average market price allowed Spain to reach a record high in melon revenue this past season.
With the Californian table grape harvest coming to an end, the total volume in storage is 630K cartons higher than at the same stage last year.
The decision, announced by China's General Administration of Customs, reflects Beijing's ongoing efforts to diversify agricultural imports and expand reliable supply channels.
Del Monte Foods is shaking up California's cling peach industry after filing for bankruptcy and cancelling long-term contracts worth more than half a billion dollars.
The company intends to use the net proceeds to repay amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for other corporate and working capital purposes.
Industry body ProHass says that the 84,000 hectares currently under production will be able to yield 1m MT in the near future.
A trade agreement allows shippers to export longans, while the two countries also agreed to open the Chinese market to Lao durian under SPS conditions.
The kiwifruit marketer has released its November forecast for the 2025/26 season, with forecast per tray returns up for all fruit groups from the August forecast.
Multinational Fyffes has released recent European-wide consumer research which confirms the popularity of bananas as the consumer’s No. 1 favourite fruit.
At US$177.5m, the value of Brazilian fruit exports was the highest in the last ten years, according to the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services.
The UK Border Force is set to smash records for cocaine seizures in a single year after intercepting more than £1bn worth in a significant summer of action.
Exports of tomato paste to industry powerhouse Italy have collapsed this year after an outcry over alleged use of forced labour in Xinjiang.
The harvest is slightly behind schedule with 448K boxes of oranges and grapefruit shipped to week 45 compared to 636K boxes at the same stage last year.
Exporter association Frutas de Chile said that China will continue to be the number one market for Chilean peaches, plums and nectarines, with the U.S. in second place.
The Spanish farming organisation says a 15% tariff would serve as a regulatory mechanism capable of stabilizing the EU market in September and October.
