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Norway Seafood Body Labels EU Proposal ‘Unreasonable’

Norway's seafood industry has voiced strong opposition to a recent European Union proposal, with the Norwegian Seafood Federation describing the measures a...
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Posted on May 29, 2026

South Korean and Swedish Officials Discuss Cooperation on Korean Peninsula Issues

Senior officials from South Korea and Sweden have held discussions focused on strengthening cooperation regarding ongoing Korean Peninsula issues. The meet...
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Posted on May 28, 2026

Rising Cargo Theft Threats

The FBI Philadelphia Field Office has issued an urgent alert to the transportation and logistics sector, warning of a significant rise in cargo theft scams...
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Posted on May 22, 2026

Containers Fall onto Bunkering Tanker at Port of Antwerp-Bruges

An incident occurred recently at DP World's Antwerp Gateway terminal in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, where four containers fell during routine container han...
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Posted on May 21, 2026

Port of Saint Helena Boosts Cargo Operations

The Port of Saint Helena has significantly strengthened its cargo handling capabilities following the delivery of new specialist equipment. Forkliftcenter ...
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Posted on May 20, 2026

Wärtsilä Reports Rising Ship Demand

The maritime industry is adopting an increasingly pragmatic approach to decarbonisation, with shipowners prioritising efficiency, flexibility and long-term...
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Posted on May 19, 2026

Greek Shipping

As the global shipping industry contends with mounting geopolitical, environmental and technological pressures, the focus on maintaining high-quality fleet...
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Posted on May 18, 2026

Western Africa’s Petroleum Product Imports

Western Africa's clean petroleum product (CPP) imports have fallen sharply, dropping 44% year-on-year between April and May, according to Niels Rasmussen, ...
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Posted on May 15, 2026

Freight Rates Climbing

The ocean freight market is entering the summer period with a notable divergence between headline figures and underlying market realities. Rates are trendi...
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Posted on May 14, 2026

Shipping security

The resilience, openness and security of global shipping has been declared a 'strategic imperative' as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continue to...
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Posted on May 11, 2026

Japan Diversifying Shipping Routes

Japan is actively diversifying its shipping routes for crude oil imports from the Middle East as the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz persists. W...
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Posted on May 6, 2026

US Toymakers Imports

US toymakers are increasingly absorbing the financial burden of higher tariffs and scaling back import volumes in an effort to safeguard sales and maintain...
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Posted on April 29, 2026

Container Shipping Faces Disruption

The container shipping sector is bracing for further disruption as the prolonged conflict involving Iran continues to weigh on global trade flows. Industry...
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Posted on April 28, 2026

Antwerp-Bruges Q1 Container Volumes

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges recorded a decline in shipping container volumes during the first quarter of 2024, with adverse weather conditions and labour un...
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Posted on April 27, 2026

China Halts Poultry Imports from Chile

China has officially suspended all poultry imports from Chile following a recent outbreak of bird flu in the South American nation, according to an announc...
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Posted on April 21, 2026

War Boosts Logistics Profits as Shipping Chaos Persists

European logistics companies are poised to announce stronger first-quarter profits, buoyed by the ongoing disruption caused by the US-Israeli conflict with...
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Posted on April 15, 2026

El Niño Forecast Signals New Risk of Low Water Levels at Panama Canal

Global shipping faces the prospect of yet another significant disruption, with industry expert Lars Jensen warning that weather-related challenges at the P...
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Posted on April 13, 2026

US Imports of Consumer Electronics

The US consumer electronics market is facing mounting pressure as rising fuel prices and increasing memory component costs threaten to disrupt projected im...
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Posted on April 10, 2026

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

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