October 2020 - RW Freight

Australian wine exports beat the pandemic

Wine exports from Australia have defied the COVID-19 pandemic by continuing to grow in all top-five markets, and increasing in overall value by four per ce...
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Posted on October 31, 2020

Brexit and Latvian exports

Britain is the sixth-largest export market for Latvia; this year up to August goods and services exported to England were worth EUR 436 million, more than ...
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Posted on October 30, 2020

Shipping Line increases Baltic freight capacity

In 2021, a shipping company will replace its ships on the Travemünde-Liepaja link with two larger vessels, which will add further 40% freight capacity to ...
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Posted on October 29, 2020

Pledge to improve Iran’s exports

Iran’s Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister said that improving the country’s non-oil exports has been a priority of his ministry since he took office...
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Posted on October 28, 2020

Egypt’s glass exports to US increase

Exports from Egypt of “glass and its products” to the United States during the first 8 months of 2020 increased by 111.6 percent. This amounted to 1...
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Posted on October 27, 2020

Edinburgh restaurant imports ski cable cars for socially distanced meals

According to a specialist periodical, the six gondolas were imported from Courchevel ski resort in France; they will be used as dining pods for up to four...
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Posted on October 26, 2020

Azerbaijan increases tomato exports

Azerbaijan increased exports of tomatoes in January-September 2020. During the reporting period, the country exported 154,980 tons of tomatoes out of the t...
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Posted on October 25, 2020

Drinking at home helps wine exports

Winemakers in New Zealand are benefitting as consumers in the northern hemisphere stay at home during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the latest qua...
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Posted on October 24, 2020

Beer and wine exporters try to gain international clients

Wine and beer exports from Canada ran dry early in the year as the pandemic closed bars and restaurants around the world. Since COVID-19 first stultifie...
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Posted on October 23, 2020

Rotterdam Freight Volumes Improve

Freight volumes in the Port of Rotterdam increased in the third quarter of the year, following the slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the first ha...
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Posted on October 22, 2020

Australia calls for container detention exemption

Freight and trade groups in Australia are asking for container detention charges to be curtailed because of the Sydney container logistics chain’s contin...
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Posted on October 20, 2020

Kenya plans to increase horticulture exports

Kenyan agricultural experts have developed a one-year marketing strategy for horticulture products, with an exports growth target of 10 percent in 2020/202...
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Posted on October 19, 2020

UK Rail freight funding

The government of the UK has announced that it will provide £17m of funding for track and signalling works, in order to increase the maximum length of fre...
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Posted on October 18, 2020

Japan exports and imports continue to recover

Japan's exports and imports continued to recover last month from a downturn caused mainly by Covid-19. Exports fell by 4.9 percent in September from a ...
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Posted on October 17, 2020

Australia Lamb exports continuing to increase

Although Covid-19 put a strain on export markets earlier in the year, the lamb market is recovering with September lodging itself as the biggest lamb expor...
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Posted on October 16, 2020

UK Government to spend £77.6m to increase post-Brexit freight capacity

The UK government has signed contracts with four freight ferry operators to provide short-sea shipping capacity for about 3,000 HGVs per week. The compa...
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Posted on October 15, 2020

India tea exporters fear falls in export volumes

Tea exporters in India fear that there will be a drop in export volume in the current year, because higher prices are available in the domestic market. Ex...
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Posted on October 14, 2020

China cotton mills to avoid Australian exports

Cotton mills in China have been told to stop using Australia cotton; Australia fears that produce is being specifically targeted by the Chinese government....
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Posted on October 13, 2020

Norway fresh salmon exports to Asia rise

Fresh salmon exports from Norway fell by 3% week-on-week in week 41, even though exports to South Korea, China and Japan rose. Exports to the USA, the EU...
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Posted on October 12, 2020

Russian potato exports increase

The Ministry of Agriculture in Russia said that in the first nine months of 2020, Russia exported 254,800 tons of potatoes (both table and seed), almost 36...
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Posted on October 11, 2020

Chinese companies allegedly export prisoners’ hair

U.S. Customs and Exports are taking measures against several Chinese companies which export human hair. There are fears that the hair was cut from ethnic m...
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Posted on October 10, 2020

Vietnam seeks ways to promote tuna exports to EU

The Government of Vietnam is holding workshops to promote the tuna supply chain, and tuna exports to the EU under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFT...
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Posted on October 9, 2020

Freight-rate increases prompt demand for shipping regulator

Trade bodies in India have urged the government to set up a regulator, to deal with rising sea freight charges, and the problem of container shortages whic...
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Posted on October 8, 2020

China vital for Cuban lobster exportsr

China is a fundamental market for exports of frozen whole lobster and fishery products from Cuba. An industry spokesman said: "China is a growing market f...
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Posted on October 7, 2020

Fishing vessel to register for EU exports

Owners of registered fishing vessels in the Outer Hebrides must register their vessels and make arrangements for it to be inspected. This is a legal requi...
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Posted on October 6, 2020

Carpet exporters ask for dedicated freight flights

Exporters of carpets in Pakistan have urged the government to provide them with dedicated freight flights, to overcome existing difficulties with shipments...
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Posted on October 4, 2020

Cambodia’s banana exports increasing

Cambodia exports of bananas amounted to more than 235,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2020, an increase of 225 percent year on year, according to a ...
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Posted on October 3, 2020

Cotton yarn exports to China surge

IN August Pakistan's cotton yarn exports to China surged. Beijing imported $41.836 million worth of cotton yarn from Pakistan in August, which is 4.36 t...
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Posted on October 2, 2020

40% fall in Trade With China

Iran’s biggest trading partner is China; trade from January to August registered a 40.6% decline compared with the corresponding period of 2019. Accor...
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Posted on October 1, 2020

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