The disruption to global shipping networks has seen the kiwifruit marketer increase its reliance on chartered reefer vessels, with 66 used this year compared to 49 last year.
French farm workers poisoned by a cancer-causing pesticide will be able to claim compensation by the end of the year, a government minister said on Sunday.
The reefer vessel departing the southern Japanese port of Hakata near Fukuoka made a navigation error, causing it to strike the seawall at the entrance to the port.
Despite the record crop, total producer returns have been affected by significantly higher logistics costs and generally lower prices, said the Citrus Growers Association.
Despite shipping record volumes this season, South Africa's largest pipfruit exporter said that a number of headwinds affected producer returns.
The British retailer follows John Lewis in the UK and Costco and Walmart in the US in chartering ships to protect their stock ahead of the festive season.
The carrier says it will omit the UK port on its AE7 service from Asia until March 2022 due to waiting times it describes as 'exceptional'.
The world's largest banana exporter shipped a record volume in October, which brings year-to-date volumes almost back in line with last year's total.
Dole Sunshine says it plans to repurpose around 1m MT of fruit waste generated every year by its plantations in the Philippines under a recently created corporate venture.
The World Avocado Organisation claims that avocado production requires around 300 litres of water per kilo, which is 'much less than plenty of other foods'.
The Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters (Fedexpor) award aims to recognize best practices in the export of goods and services.
Demand for avocadoes is strong from both the domestic market and the export market, which has pushed prices upwards in the past two years.
The world's leading trade fair for the global fresh fruit trade has been postponed from early February to 5-7 April 2022.
Capespan Group spin-off The Logistics Group reported recurring headline earnings of R90m, up 186% from the prior comparative period.
When companies and workers last discussed contracts, west coast ports faced nine months of slowdowns that only came to an end when the White House intervened.
The volume and value of shipments in the month of October was the highest in six years, almost surpassing the record set in 2015.
After a hiatus of 20 years, the Argentinean multinational is to trial export 400 tonnes of table grapes to the UK, Italy, northern Europe, Russia and Brazil.
The acquisition of the country's leading cold storage business marks Emergent LatAm's entry into Chile's thriving fruit and fish industries.
Last weekend, the Brazilian Federal Police seized 265 kilos of cocaine in the Port of Natal, in Rio Grande do Norte.
The value of the US mango market is currently estimated at between US$600-$650m with Mexican fruit accounting for approximately 60% of the total.
Labels are to distinguish dark and light cherries, while from 1 December, the minimum size of cherries shipped to China will be XL.
The two nations signed a Protocol of Inspection and Quarantine Requirements earlier this week that will allow the export of onions from Pakistan to China.
Despite climatic challenges and the cost of irrigation, the California Avocado Commission is forecasting a similar crop volume to 2020/21.
The Neuquén government is aiming to enlist private firms to re-purpose the airport hangars as cold storage for cherry exports.
With the area under production up 52% year-on-year, exporters will need to secure an estimated 2,228 reefer containers to ship the crop.
Early snowfalls in Kashmir, where almost 80% of India's apples are grown, have seen the region's farmers lose half their crops in the third year of disastrous harvests.
The Brazilian orange juice producer has suspended exports of orange juice concentrate from Brazil to the United States as a new tax on exports erodes profits.
With heavy rain already splitting much of the cherry crop, growers on the east coast are bracing for rains, floods and cyclones.
Jordan's vegetable exports have declined by over 50% over the past five years, according to statistics from the International Trade Centre.
Successive border port closures have made it difficult for bananas from Myanmar and Laos to reach China.
With a new phytosanitary protocol coming into force, Laos is expected to export 50K MT of citrus to China in 2022.
Yesterday's Canadian Food Inspection Agency order applies to all fresh potatoes from Prince Edward Island to the United States.
Kenya is to rescind a self-imposed ban following successful negotiations between Nairobi and Brussels to allow in produce from areas that have a low fruit fly prevalence.
Since the penalty was first announced, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have seen a decline of 33% combined in aging cargo on the docks.
This season's grapefruit crop, which had only been blooming at the time of the February freeze, is expected to provide less than a third of an average harvest.
Korea Marine Transport Containers says the 900 units will be used to transport durians from Thailand to Hong Kong and vegetables from China to Southeast Asia.
Although South Africa exported a record volume of lemons this year, shippers faced higher costs, weaker market pricing and a stronger Rand.
German carrier Hapag Lloyd is advising customers to divert reefers bound for Dalian to other Chinese ports or return containers to the port of origin.
The sale of 40 hectares of apple orchards frees up capital for investment in T&G Global's global growth strategy for apple variety Envy.
With stocks 23% lower year-on-year and retailers expressing concerns over fruit quality, the transition to southern hemisphere supply may start earlier this year.
The Spanish industry body says that protocols need to be tightened after Citrus Black Spot was found in 10 consignments of South African lemons.
Greek Customs authorities have intercepted a shipment of heroin loaded in a reefer container carrying bananas from Ecuador.
Producers face a significant labour shortage and a ruling that could see a huge rise in the rate paid to seasonal fruit workers.
Agriculture group Camellia said it purchased the remaining 20% stake in the UK fruit farming company last week for GBP£1.7m.
Exporter association ASOEX says that the 29% rise in export volume this season will be mainly driven by the increase in new varieties.
After a record season, the kiwifruit marketer estimates that its sales in mainland China will double in the next five years to hit 60m-70m trays by 2026.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture says it has secured nearly US$11m for research to combat citrus greening disease.
Growers in Laos were forced to give away or destroy hundreds of tonnes of bananas intended for export to China when a renewed coronavirus surge closed the border.
France's leading banana ripener and distributor is behind the construction of a new 30-ripening room facility in Bordeaux.
Next Generation Apples, a collaboration between growers Golden Bay Fruit and Hawke's Bay-based Taylors, owns the global licensing rights for the new apple.
Potatoes USA says in a market update that exports to Canada and Central America were up 52% and 55%, respectively, with all countries in Central America posting growth.
Kenya has dispatched a delegation to Brussels to lobby for resumption of mango exports to the lucrative European Union market.
With an estimated 8,000 hectares of Hass orchards in the north-eastern coastal area of the country, Morocco is now the world's 11th largest avocado exporter.
The government has identified 45 sites on which budgetary and technical support will be given to grow a variety of fruit types under its Fruit Tree programme.
Filipino banana exporters are proposing that the government initiate talks with Japanese retailers to increase their prices to offset rising production costs.
The 2.75 tonnes of the class A narcotic were found at the Port of Guayaquil in two reefer containers carrying bananas intended for Georgia and Greece.
The absence of the UK from the European market with which Morocco has signed a commercial alliance presents new opportunities for both countries.
The New Zealand Crown Institute joins the initiative led by T&G Global and Zespri to develop, define and promote sustainable horticulture practices within the apple, kiwifruit, and berry categories.
State agency Teagasc has warned some horticultural growers are considering cutting back on production to manage their cash flow or minimise exposure to high costs.
The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday warned that any company that is found to disrespect the Minimum Reference Price payment will lose its export license.
Despite an increasing number of containers over the weekend, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have postponed the US$100 dwell time fees as port authorities report progress.
Sales revenue, adjusted EBITDA and net profit all increased in the first six months of 2021, while net debt is on course to meet expectations.
CEO Dan Mathieson says that in order to pick and pack the forthcoming season's crop, Zespri has had to make 'significant operational' changes.
The proposed joint venture will enable the shipping line to better serve customers via intermodal solutions in trucking, rail, depots, warehousing, and ocean feedering.
Although production has recovered after last season's hail damage, there are concerns that growers will not be able to secure enough workers to pick the crop.
The reduction in export shipments to the EU and Russia was offset by higher volumes shipped to markets in the Middle East and South East Asia.
Citrus production for the northern hemisphere excluding China is estimated at 29.3m MT, 1.3% down on last year and 500K MT lower than the six-year average.
To ease pollution, from tomorrow vessels must anchor 150 miles from the Los Angeles-Long Beach container port complex, up from the current 20 nautical miles.
Fresh fruit exporters are hopeful for the new marketing year with a weak Turkish Lira supporting additional shipments.
China has linked the coronavirus outbreak to cold-chain foods and authorities are stepping up the scrutiny of imported products.
The Italian multinational has increased profit and reduced net debt in the first three quarters of the year and is maintaining full year guidance.
While the number of long-dwell laden containers and empty boxes congesting the terminals at Los Angeles and Long Beach is reducing, the flood of imports remains unabated.
The Argentinean multinational doubled Argentine lemon shipments to the United States and exported avocadoes to Algeria and Morocco for the first time.
Durian Capital aims to raise RM56m (US$13.4m) in capital via the Durian Capital Investment Scheme to expedite the planting of 5,600 Musang King trees.
The opening of additional land ports and transport solutions is anticipated to provide a solid foundation for greater volumes of Thai fruit to enter China.
In the first 10 months of the year, the value of Turkish table grapes increased 36% to US$160m, according to the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters' Association.
The new automated system, co-developed with AI company Qrious for testing the quality and maturity of kiwifruit, will tell growers the optimal time to harvest.
After a record increase in exports last season, the pace of growth in table grape production has slowed with only a 2% forecast increase in 2021/22.
In the last 2 years Hortgro India says it has seen an exponential rise in demand for South African apples and pears.
Producers claim that major retailers are buying tonnes of avocadoes from overseas rather than using Australian fruit.
