September 2020 - RW Freight

UK beef exports to US start again

British beef exports to the USA have begun again after a 20 year break. It was banned after the BSE outbreak in 1996, when cattle were infected by 'Mad ...
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Posted on September 30, 2020

Improved standards give protection for British seed potato exports

The Safe Haven certification scheme has been reviewed and updated to cover areas such as closer monitoring of water use and crop storage. Safe Haven prote...
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Posted on September 29, 2020

Air cargo facing huge post-Golden Week demand: forwarders

All air freight cargo capacity from Asia will probably be absorbed by the autumn release of new mobile phone and playstation models. More than half the ...
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Posted on September 28, 2020

Port industrial action has consequences

Industrial action at four Australian ports is causing disruption to Australia’s international supply chains. Businesses in Australia rely on two modes...
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Posted on September 27, 2020

EU fishermen query tuna imports from China

A trade body which represents 45,000 EU-based fisherman, has filed a request with the European Commission to investigate alleged 'dumping' of processed tu...
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Posted on September 26, 2020

Rail freight Finland – China

A logistics operator in Finland is now offering a weekly rail service to carry refrigerated containers from Narvik and Helsinki to Hefei and Chongqing in C...
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Posted on September 25, 2020

Irish brown crab exports to China affected by testing

Ireland’s crab export trade with China has reduced because of cadmium testing now demanded by Chinese authorities. The extra time involved in testing ...
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Posted on September 24, 2020

Exports from Greece sustained during Covid

Industry and exports from Greece have shown significant resilience during the Covid-19 crisis. Industrial production gradually recovered after a 10 pct d...
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Posted on September 23, 2020

Tea imports to Pakistan increase

Tea imports to Pakistan saw an increase of 34.77 per cent during the first two months of the current financial year compared to the same period of last yea...
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Posted on September 22, 2020

Shrimp imports to China fall 49% in August

Imports into China of frozen warm water shrimps fell by 49% in August compared with July. Traces of the coronavirus were found on imported shrimp packages....
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Posted on September 21, 2020

EU companies selling surveillance tools to China

A human rights organisation has found that three companies based in France, Sweden and the Netherlands exported digital surveillance systems, such as facia...
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Posted on September 20, 2020

Government to promote fruit drinks exports uplifting local farmer

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival in Sri Lanka is encouraging fruit drink manufacturers to increase production. He propose...
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Posted on September 19, 2020

Asia shipping industry helped by on-line shopping

There has been an online home-shopping boom in the USA, which has caused transpacific sea freight rates to increase to the highest on record. This is helpi...
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Posted on September 18, 2020

Rail Freight Link Sweden – Norway Opens

A new weekly shuttle service has been commenced by a Norwegian rail freight operator to link Oslo, the capital of Norway, to the Port of Gothenburg, claimi...
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Posted on September 16, 2020

As Global Trade Struggles, exports from China recover

China’s exports have experienced a resurgence, surpassing even pre-coronavirus levels, according to news reports; global demand for export goods from Chi...
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Posted on September 15, 2020

German pork exports to non-EU countries halted

German exports of pork to non-European countries have been stopped since last week, a spokeswoman for the agriculture ministry said, after Germany confirme...
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Posted on September 14, 2020

China inspects Australian wheat exports

China is intending to apply "enhanced inspection" of imports of wheat arriving from Australia. Shippers in Australia have already sold more than dozen whe...
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Posted on September 13, 2020

Pork Market Surges as Exports do the Same

U.S. pork exports are setting records in 2020. July exports were lower than one year ago, but an increase from June of this year. Exports have increased y...
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Posted on September 12, 2020

Unmanned air freight trials

An unmanned aircraft company will trial an enhanced freight delivery service based at Land’s End Airport, operating to and from the Isles of Scilly. T...
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Posted on September 11, 2020

Morocco exports most blueberries to Russia

Morocco has increased its exports of blueberries by 61% from January and June 2020. Morocco is the biggest exporter of blueberries to the Russian Federatio...
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Posted on September 10, 2020

Cambodia restricts imports of wine, cigarettes

The General Department of Customs and Excise is planning to restrict wine and cigarette imports on a temporary basis at some border checkpoints, to prevent...
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Posted on September 9, 2020

Italy’s export firms outperform domestic firms

Italy's exports have shown signs of recovery since May. In March and April, exports fell sharply. In May, there was an overall improvement, and exports fr...
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Posted on September 8, 2020

Number of China-Europe freight trains hits new high

China-Europe freight trains hit a record high of 1,247 in August, an increase of 62 percent year on year, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd....
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Posted on September 7, 2020

Air Freight Cost for Australian Cherries Doubles

Most Australian cherry exports in the past five years have been shipped via air freight; only 1% re usually shipped by sea. Air freight has also been h...
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Posted on September 6, 2020

British International Freight Association comments on Shipping Line Surcharges

The British International Freight Association has said that the news that some container shipping lines say that they will discontinue low sulphur fuel sur...
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Posted on September 5, 2020

Turkey exports tomato paste to 99 countries

Turkey exported tomato paste to 99 countries up to August this year, according to an exporter association's data. The tomato paste exports increased by ...
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Posted on September 4, 2020

Exports from Pakistan improving

Pakistan has increased exports in dollar terms for July 2020 by 6% over the same month of previous year ($2,001 million versus $1,886 million). Considerin...
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Posted on September 3, 2020

South African blueberry exports move from air to sea freight

Harvesting has begun across South Africa of the largest blueberry crop yet, an estimated 24,000 tonnes of production. 17,000 tonnes will probably be expo...
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Posted on September 2, 2020

Covid-19 Drop in August salmon exports from Norway

Salmon exports from Norway took a big Covid hit during August, the latest figures show. Export sales fell by seven per cent in volume terms to 95,100 tonn...
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Posted on September 1, 2020

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