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China increases railway freight, tracks and investment

China handled more rail freight and built more rail lines in the first three quarters of the year, the national railway operator China State Railway Group ...
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Posted on October 31, 2022

Freight Companies and decarbonisation

According to a recent report, 85% of freight and shipping companies which have fleets which will be unable to operate in a low-carbon future. Only 7% of t...
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Posted on October 28, 2022

New freight ship to cover for Guernsey

Sea trials are being conducted with a new freight vessel, intended to provide cover for the damaged freight vessel. If the trials are successful, the 10...
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Posted on October 27, 2022

Container Imports decline

There has been a steep fall in the volume of U.S. container imports in the last five months. Having reached all-time highs in May, container imports ha...
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Posted on October 25, 2022

US exports limited by dry Mississippi

Export bound grain is piling up at elevators because historically low water levels in the Mississippi River are hampering navigation. Barge traffic along t...
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Posted on October 24, 2022

International freight volumes start to fall

Global freight volumes are beginning to reduce as consumer and business spending slows. Slower growth in freight and manufacturing should reduce pressur...
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Posted on October 21, 2022

Kazakhstan flax exports up

Kazakhstan will be active in the flax market once again this year which may help hold down Canadian prices. It is forecast that the country will export ...
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Posted on October 20, 2022

Kenya miraa exports to Somalia

Kenya’s exports of the sitmulant miraa to Somalia resumed in July this year. The Head of Miraa Pyrethrum and other Industrial Crops says Kenya has so fa...
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Posted on October 19, 2022

Japan imports, exports surge

Japan exports and imports have surged to record highs, as the declining value of the yen added to the soaring costs of imports of energy, food and other go...
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Posted on October 18, 2022

Record Exports to Ireland despite post Brexit trade difficulties

UK exports of goods to Ireland have posted consecutive monthly records in June and July of 2022, despite complaints about post BRexit barriers to trade. ...
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Posted on October 17, 2022

Hong Kong exports plunge

Hong Kong’s exports have fallen by the highest amount since the pandemic first began in early 2020, as international demand eased and shipments with main...
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Posted on October 14, 2022

Botswana resumes beef exports

In August Botswana suspended beef exports after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the northeast of the southern African country. Botswana has now...
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Posted on October 13, 2022

Shipping Rates slip

The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks freight rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, fell for a third straight session last ...
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Posted on October 12, 2022

Sugar exports may decline

Sugar exports from Uttar Pradesh may decline because of high production costs. Industry sources said that the timely announcement of sugar export policy...
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Posted on October 11, 2022

China rice imports

China has increased imports of fragrant rice from Vietnam; fragrant rice exports to China rose by 58.6 percent to 188,459 tons in this period. China is...
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Posted on October 10, 2022

U.S. sees beef, pork export boom

The USA shipped a record US$18.7 billion worth of pork and beef products in 2021 and is expected to exceed that total this year. Beef exports were value...
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Posted on October 7, 2022

New Zealand livestock exports by sea to end

Exports of livestock by sea from New Zealand will cease from April next year, after a 2019 review of the trade. The Bill, which passed in Parliament las...
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Posted on October 6, 2022

Switzerland Butter Imports rise

Lower-than-anticipated milk production has forced the Federal Office for Agriculture in Switzerland to raise the import allowance for butter for the fifth ...
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Posted on October 5, 2022

China imports less rice from Vietnam

Imports of glutinous rice from Vietnam to China keep falling. Vietnam is the biggest glutinous rice exporter to China. China has maintained a ‘zero-C...
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Posted on October 4, 2022

Cost of freight shipping drops

The cost of shipping goods from China has fallen to the lowest level in more than two years; container carriers recorded record profits during the pandemic...
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Posted on October 3, 2022
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