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Strait of Hormuz GPS jamming

The Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route for global trade, has recently experienced GPS jamming, causing concern among the shipping industry. Despit...
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Posted on July 6, 2025

Poor ocean reliability presents major challenge for US ag exporters

The Agriculture Transportation Coalition's annual meeting highlighted the ongoing difficulties faced by US agriculture exporters due to poor ocean reliabil...
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Posted on July 3, 2025

Air cargo demand grows

In the midst of global economic uncertainty, the air cargo market managed to avoid a perfect storm as demand grew by 6% in May. This growth occurred despit...
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Posted on June 14, 2025

Vietnam’s shrimp exports to EU rebound

Vietnam's shrimp exports to the European Union have experienced a remarkable recovery in the first quarter of 2025. According to recent data, the export va...
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Posted on May 16, 2025

Antwerp-Bruges Surpasses Rotterdam as Europe’s Busiest Container Port

In a significant shift within the European shipping industry, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges has surpassed Rotterdam to become the busiest container port in Eu...
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Posted on April 30, 2025

SHIPPING: Tariffs push container rates

Container shipping rates from Southeast Asia and Vietnam to the United States have recently surpassed those from China. This shift in pricing is primarily ...
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Posted on April 29, 2025

China Cargo Charter Flights Cancelled

Cargo charter flights originating from China have been cancelled as a result of a sharp decline in e-commerce demand to the United States. This sudden drop...
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Posted on April 28, 2025

Brands temporarily halt ocean shipments from China

Leading brands in the USA are currently refraining from shipping goods out of China as they struggle with exorbitant freight rates. These companies are rel...
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Posted on April 17, 2025

All red meat exports – not just beef – set volume records for 2024 – Beef Central

Red Meat Exports Reach All-Time High in 2024, Boosting Demand for Specialized Transportation In 2024, the global demand for red meat has skyrocketed, resu...
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Posted on January 10, 2025

Japan rising import prices

The Finance Ministry revealed that imports into Japan increased by nearly 17% from the previous year to 10.2 trillion yen ($70.6billion), while exports ros...
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Posted on August 26, 2024

Germany reduced waste exports by 7%

In January-May 2024, German waste companies reduced exports of ferrous scrap by 7% compared to the same period in 2023, to 3.1 million tons. The main decli...
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Posted on August 6, 2024

US exports from Australia

Lamb exports to the US from Australia have recovered since the weaker levels of 2023. In terms of volume this is the largest ever, and their share of Austr...
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Posted on July 31, 2024

Global ocean freight demand to grow

Worldwide ocean freight demand and supply are projected to grow by 2.5 per cent and 6.5 per cent respectively this year, according to an Ocean Freight Ship...
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Posted on July 16, 2024

Australia cattle exports

Cattle exports from Australia totalled 71,421 head in June, dropping slightly on the previous month, following the completion of major annual religious fes...
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Posted on July 11, 2024

New Zealand exports

New Zealand's total exports reached 7.2 billion NZ dollars (4.4 billion U.S. dollars) in May, a record high for monthly exports, according to the statistic...
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Posted on June 20, 2024

Citrus exports from South Africa

One of South Africa’s first citrus fruit export shipments of the 2024 season is expected to arrive at the Port of Philadelphia in the USA this week. A...
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Posted on June 3, 2024

Garment exports problems from Bangladesh

Garment export shipments from Bangladesh are showing fresh concerns after tension increased between Iran and Israel. This increased pressure on the global ...
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Posted on April 18, 2024

Container Shipping Rates Fall Despite Baltimore Shutdown

Many shipping analysts have been predicting that the shutdown of the Port of Baltimore would not significantly affect container rates to the U.S. East Coas...
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Posted on April 11, 2024

Furniture and handicraft exports from Phillippines

A local export trade association is expecting exports revenues from consumer durables such as furniture and handicraft to be lower by $100 million or about...
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Posted on April 2, 2024

China-Europe freight train service

A new freight train route which links Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, with Tilburg in the Netherlands, has been initiated. ...
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Posted on March 15, 2024

Leaders Discuss Boosting Ukrainian Food Exports

The prime ministers of Canada and Poland have discussed boosting exports of Ukrainian grain and other crops to the world’s poorest countries to ease prot...
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Posted on February 23, 2024

USA Investigation into Imports of Unfairly Priced Wine Bottles

On December 29, 2023, the U.S. Glass Producers Coalition, a coalition of U.S. wine bottle manufacturers and American workers, filed petitions to counter un...
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Posted on January 4, 2024

Discussions about banning Russian grain imports

A ban on imports of Russian grain is being discussed at the European level after Latvia's suggested it. What companies import grain, does this productio...
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Posted on December 14, 2023

Freight Ships run aground in storms in Mediterranean and Black Sea

AS heavy storms lashed the Med and Black Sea, Turkish authorities responded to a call for help from ta 3 666 dwt vessel, a Cameroon-registered cargo ship t...
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Posted on November 28, 2023

E C sanctions against Russian diamond exports

The European Commission is proposing a new round of sanctions on Moscow because of its war in Ukraine, this time targeting exports of Russian diamonds. ...
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Posted on November 17, 2023

Better quota system for NZ exports

The way government of New Zealand regulates the amount of dairy products a company can export is to change, but it will be at least a year before this come...
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Posted on October 17, 2023

Onion Imports to the Pilippines

Onion farmers from Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan and Mindoro protested at the Department of Agriculture (DA)’s headquarters in Quezon City on Monday, Sept. 4, ...
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Posted on September 8, 2023

Third Of Ukraine Crop Exports Wasted

Russia efforts to paralyze Ukrainian food shipments are succeeding; a third of their crop exports have been wiped out since its Black Sea ports were effect...
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Posted on August 23, 2023

Japanese exports fall

Exports from Japan fell in July for the first time in nearly two and a half years, caused minly bu down by faltering demand for light oil and chip-making e...
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Posted on August 17, 2023

China exports show biggest drop for three years

China's imports and exports fell more sharply than expected last month. Weaker global demand threatened recovery prospects for the world's second-largest e...
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Posted on August 10, 2023

Scotland and Northern Ireland raise exports to EU

Scotland has increased its share of exports to the EU; exports to the EU from Scotland leapt to 59% from 50% before the pandemic, while Northern Ireland’...
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Posted on July 26, 2023

Japan halts poultry imports from a second Brazilian state

Japan has temporarily suspended imports of chicken from Brazil's Santa Catarina state after confirmation of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) case...
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Posted on July 14, 2023

Australia’s April chickpea exports fall

AUSTRALIA exported 19,500 tonnes of chickpeas in April, according to the latest export data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The chickpea figur...
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Posted on June 7, 2023

Scotland doubles salmon exports

Scottish salmon exports to Asia have more than doubled by value for the first quarter of 2023. Strong demand from China, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea...
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Posted on May 23, 2023

Thai exports to fall

Thailand's exports in the second quarter are expected to contract at a slower pace before recovering in the second half of the year. Exports, a key drive...
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Posted on May 4, 2023

Norway Exports Seafood Worth €3.6bn

Norway exported NOK 41.4 billion (€3.6 billion) worth of seafood in the first quarter of 2023 which is an increase of NOK 7.4 billion (€645 million), o...
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Posted on April 14, 2023

HK representatives want more support for exports

As Hong Kong exports have been affected by weak global demand and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, industry representatives and national political advisors fro...
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Posted on March 15, 2023

US imposes higher tariffs on Russian imports

President Biden has announced additional tariff increases on a variety of goods imports from Russia worth approximately $2.8 billion. The president rai...
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Posted on March 2, 2023

Exports drop by 6.6% from India

India’s merchandise exports and imports shrank by 6.59% and 3.63% respectively, in dollar terms in January. While both exports and imports shrank for ...
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Posted on February 17, 2023

Factory closures in China

According to shipping and freight industry leaders, shutdowns for the Chinese New Year and China’s Covid-19 outbreak are expected to cause renewed supply...
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Posted on January 26, 2023

COVID-19 test kit exports falling

Exports of COVID-19 test kits from South Korea have hit an all-time low since the pandemic began to spread globally in 2020. Exports of COVID-19 test ki...
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Posted on December 16, 2022

Shipping delays, higher costs for Korean imports to Singapore

South Korea's nationwide freight drivers' strike, has led to supply chain disruptions and delayed imports destined for Singapore. Thousands of cargo tru...
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Posted on December 12, 2022

Steep decline in ocean freight rates

Long-term ocean freight rates made a steep month-on-month decline in November. Weak demand, and ongoing economic uncertainty meant that - once contracted c...
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Posted on December 5, 2022

China Trade Logistics corridor expands

The 'New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor', a trade and logistics passage from western China, has opened 78 new freight routes so far in 2022, setting...
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Posted on November 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

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

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

Ocean Shipping Rates Falling

Freight rates on the main USA ocean trade routes are falling during what is ususally the industry’s peak season, after cargo owners shipped seasonal good...
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Posted on September 9, 2022

New Zealand shipping delays

AN INCREASE in shipping delays to Oceania is having a severe effect on New Zealand, according to a new report from a logistics technology company. The d...
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Posted on August 26, 2022

Vietnam Shipping Industry

The volume of container cargo through Vietnam's seaports increased by 7 percent last year. With higher freight rates and supply chain issues, investment i...
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Posted on May 5, 2022

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