Shipping container uses. Usage of containers is not limited to transportation. Containers can be used as refrigerated food hubs in times of need. Containers can store and distribute fresh food when used as food hubs.
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What influences food prices? How do oil, trade agreements and climate change influence the price of food? There are concerns that the price of UK food will soon rise sharply. Every household is of course affected by the price of food.
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ZZ2 to build one of the world’s largest avocado packing houses. The packing house will be in Limpopo, South Africa. It will pack tomatoes and avocados. The facility will handle 70000 metric tons of avocados every year.
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Smart reefer containers. Why does interoperability matter? It matters because vital cargoes in refrigerated containers at sea need to be visible. Recently there has been lots of disruption to the global maritime supply chain. The maritime container trade has been hard hit. Find out more about smart reefer containers in this latest blog from market-leader ORBCOMM.
Countdown to Cool Logistics Middle East . We’ve announced more speakers for our one-day online seminar.
Dhanuska Wijendra
Director Niche Products | Hapag-Lloyd Middle East Shipping L.L.C
Omar bin Mahmood Al Mahrizi
Chief Executive Officer | SOHAR Freezone Deputy Chief Executive Officer | SOHAR Port
Mark Geilenkirchen
Chief Executive Officer | SOHAR Port and Freezone
Tom Bouwens
Senior Project Officer | Flying Swans Project
Martin Dixon
Head of Research Projects and Director | Drewry Group
Abdul Fahl
TTMS (Gulf) Director | TT Club
Places are limited for this one-day online seminar. Register today and join us for discussion and debate from top-level international and regional experts.
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British food popularity soars. More British consumers want to eat locally-grown food. 73% of the public now look for British food when shopping. A new poll by OnePoll indicates huge popularity for British food. British consumers also back strong food standards.
Freight rates continue rising. The supply chain faces challenges on maritime routes to meet demand for cargo and raw materials. The challenges include container shortages and delayed shipments. The delays at Yantian port have caused problems for global trade.
Speakers announced for Cool Logistics Global. This event for the cold chain and perishable cargoes industries takes place 19 – 20 October 2021.
Our speaker line up:
Martin Dixon, Drewry Group
Diego Barriga, Lancaster and Foodcareplus
Juan Andres Ferrari, ACF Global Sourcing
Michael Looten, Seabury Cargo
Andrew Lorimer, Datamar
Ole Schack-Petersen, LCL and The Broom Group
Sebastian Steinmüller, DHL Global Forwarding
David Sussman, Seafoodia & Pure Ocean
Sarah Schlüter, Hapag-Lloyd
Rachael White, Cool Logistics and Next Level Information
Michael Yarwood, TT Club
Places are limited for this event. Register today for our offer price of £159 to 31 July 2021.
Cold chain market outlook. Reportlinker.com estimates growth of 12.93% in 2021. Increased demand from the pharmaceutical and processed food sectors have influenced growth. The cold chain market is expected to reach $344.51 billion in 2025. This is at a CAGR of 9.49%.
Important to note that global reefer trade reduced to 0.4% in 2020. Industry experts Drewry expect seaborne reefer traffic to grow at an average rate of 4% after 2021.
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Brussels airport streamlines perishables processing. The airport has renewed its Perishable Management App. The App faciliates digital sharing of documents for fresh goods. Brussels airport has invested heavily in the BruCargo facility. The facility provides 3,000 sq m of temperature-controlled warehousing spaces.
