agriculture exports
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American Shipper
Container return date upheaval by the numbers
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition, together with TradeLanes, surveys hundreds of American shippers about the cost to their bottom lines of uncommunicated earliest return dates from…
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Mexico’s agri-food exports top $20 billion in first half of 2020
Mexico reaches an agri-food surplus of 19% in the first half of 2020, with year-over-year international sales increasing 4.26%.
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Maritime
Commentary: 20-foot container crunch may impact harvests
Containers are used to carry imports to the U.S., but they also carry exports from the U.S. The agriculture industry depends on them, but COVID-19…
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Savannah tops in agricultural exports in 2019
The Port of Savannah handled the most containerized agricultural export volumes last year among all U.S. ports, according to a national database.
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American Shipper
Heartland shippers feel 20-foot box squeeze
The smallest of the standardized ocean containers in the global fleet remains ideal for dense, heavy agricultural goods, forest products, and machinery shipments.
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American Shipper
Blank sailings threaten to sink heartland ag exports
Container equipment shortage exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic stresses upper-Midwest soybean exporter trying to fill his springtime customer orders to Asia.
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American Shipper
Commentary: April Fools! Who’s the loser in phase one?
CNBC's Lori Ann LaRocco provides commentary on how the Phase One trade deal between the U.S. and China has not worked as thought, at least…
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American Shipper
Gulf Coast shipping wins big in federal project funding
$360 million allotted to deepen the Port of Mobile and the Lower Mississippi River.
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American Shipper
US Treasury formalizes channel for continued humanitarian aid to Iran
The Swiss government will serve as the go-between to manage financial transactions involving medical and other exports to Iran and ensure Iranian sanctions are not…
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American Shipper
Ag shippers wants carriers held more accountable for container availability
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition has developed service contract guidance its members can use to set parameters for when ocean carriers should issue or withhold detention…
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