Seatrade maiden call
NewsSeatrade’s new regular container service from New Zealand and Peru has been officially welcomed in Zeebrugge. SEATRADE BLUE made the maide...
Banana win for Marseilles
NewsMarseilles has started to handle weekly banana imports from the Ivory Coast under a new reefer container deal with CMA CGM worth 80 TEU per ...
Zeebrugge food cluster
NewsVincent De Saedeleer, vice president of the Port of Zeebrugge, is keen to expand its role as a European shipping and regional distribution c...
Quicker, fresher fruit
NewsThe Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is participating in a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) pilot programme designed to ensure that South Am...
Chiquita returning to New Orleans
NewsFruit shipper Chiquita Brands will shift its shipping operations from the Port of Gulfport in Mississippi to the Port of New Orleans in Loui...
Extra fumigation capacity in Miami
NewsFollowing an expansion of its fumigation facilities last summer, the Port of Miami has announced that it is now able to process up to 6,000 ...
Solent Stevedores into fruit handling
NewsSolent Stevedores has acquired the assets of Southampton Fruit Handling Ltd and will take over the running of its fruit terminal...
New fruit terminal for Antwerp
NewsA new fruit terminal is being co-developed in Antwerp by Euroports group and Marseilles-based Compagnie Fruitière, with an investment budge...
CargoHandbook goes live
NewsNetherlands-based marine survey company BMT De Beer has launched CargoHandbook.com, which is claimed to be the largest online cargo transpor...
More cold comforts for Port of Livorno
NewsAn investment programme worth €25M has been completed at Livorno Reefer Terminal in the Tuscan sea port, where the cold store has a capaci...
Fruit bound for Maputo
NewsThe Maputo Corridor Logistics Initiative has launched a campaign to promote the use of the port of Maputo as an export option for South Afri...
Dole lightweight banana boxes show their worth
NewsThere can be few places in the world where the brand Dole does not conjure up an image of the world’s most consumed fruit. With few except...
Belgian pears make inroads in China
NewsBelgian fruit auction De Belgische Fruitveiling (BFV), has signed an exclusive contract with food logistics specialist Foodcareplus to manag...