Australian Food & Wine Collaborators has received a $600,000 Agricultural Trade and Market Access Cooperation (ATMAC) grant to promote Australian food and wine overseas. This collaborative group consists of rural research and development corporations and five agricultural peak bodies: Dairy Australia, Meat & Livestock Australia, Wine...
The Fresh and Secure Trade Alliance (FASTA) is an eight-year program, which will be spearheaded by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and delivered through the federal horticulture research and development corporation Hort Innovation. This $130 million horticulture research initiative aims to boost biosecurity initiatives...
The Australian government has awarded a grant to Australia's peak body for vegetable growers, Ausveg, to help improve market access and export development activities for Australian vegetables in Europe via a study tour to the UK and EU. The tour will provide horticulture growers a unique...
The Australian government has given a grant of $890,000 to the Australian Cotton Shippers Association and Cotton Australia (ACSA) with the aim of increasing the competitiveness and resiliency of the cotton industry whilst also widening the overall global network of supply chain partners and customers. According...
Following the recent agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada and British Columbia Maritime Employers (BCMEA), which saw all Industrial Action cease, the impacted ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert are clearing out container backlogs that accumulated throughout this period. Substantial progress...
With over 13% of all food produced globally lost per annum due to poor cold storage supply chains - that's $344million lost every year - having the right supply chain infrastructure is essential. Without effective cold storage supply chain infrastructure, the growth and safety of this global...
According to maritime consultancy Drewry, reefer container freight rates continue to outperform the dry cargo trade, despite an unprecedented contraction in reefer seaborne trade last year, with the pattern is expected to continue over the next few years. Despite facing adverse factors such as weaker cargo...
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) June saw the smallest year on year contraction in global air cargo markets since February 2022, with a 3.4% decrease in global demand compared to the same time last year. As at June 2023, demand has decreased 8.1%...
US imports from Asia increased for the fifth consecutive month in July, reaching 1.46 million TEUs - the highest since September 2022. This increase reflects the increased probability that eastbound trans-Pacific trade will return to year-over-year import growth this upcoming peak season. Although total July imports from...
As previously notified, low water levels on the critically important Panama Canal have prompted the Central American country to reduce the number of vessels that pass through the key global trade route. Each day an average of 32 ships is allowed to pass through, which...