agriculture exports
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Container
South Carolina wins with wine and peanuts
South Carolina Ports is touting two new export facilities projects that will have access to the Port of Charleston: a production facility and distribution center…
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Air Cargo
Perishable produce puts more pressure on tight air cargo market
Finding cargo space on aircraft these days is a challenge. Now comes another layer of demand from U.S. fruit growers looking to export from the…
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Maritime
West Coast port crisis caught in infrastructure debate
Container rates doubling from a year ago is a lesson for port investment, according to Port of Long Beach’s Mario Cordero.
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American Shipper
Ag industry’s letter to Buttigieg urges immediate action on export problem
Ag letter is the latest in a series of urgent pleas to stop the denial of trade and increased demurrage costs.
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Container
Port of Long Beach smashes container records in March
If you ordered a fire pit or a rowing machine online, there’s a good chance it’s coming through the Port of Long Beach. The port…
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Regulatory Agencies
Biden picks Maffei to chair Federal Maritime Commission
Biden taps Daniel Maffei to head the FMC amid the ongoing port congestion crisis.
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Container
Port gridlock could blow up Fourth of July fireworks sales
Fireworks could be stuck at sea by the time the Fourth of July rolls around. Blame massive port congestion and overloaded freight networks. The fireworks…
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Newsletters
The Stockout: Cargill puts its money where its beans are
Cargill’s announcement last week that it is making a nearly half-billion dollar investment in soybeans caught my attention because it suggests that one of the…
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Container
GSCW chat recap: AgTC on challenges faced by food exporters
AgTC’s Peter Freidmann highlights the hurdles U.S. food exporters confront as they vie for containers to transport their goods.
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American Shipper
Ag shippers feel pain from lack of ocean containers
“This is one of the most difficult seasons we’ve been facing trying to move our cargo out of the United States,” says a California almond…
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