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News / Reefer sophistication giving more of the world an appetite for avocados

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Growth in reefer traffic outpacing dry boxes as global demand for perishables rises

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Boost for air freight perishables market as China gets a taste for imported cherries

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Shipping lines can't cope with booming perishables trade and lack of reefers

Fruit & Veg Headlines

News / Zimbabwe growers appeal for air cargo capacity – or will switch to ocean

News / Wan Hai fine-tunes reefer sales drive ahead of peak fruit shipping season

News / Reefer sophistication giving more of the world an appetite for avocados

Growth in reefer traffic outpacing dry boxes as global demand for perishables rises

US-China trade spat looks set to rearrange perishables supply chains

COMPANY NOTICES

IATA wants to set new standards by developing CEIV for perishables sector

Can Spanish stone fruit shine in China, as first airfreight shipments start?

Russia destroys food illegally imported from EU despite poverty

UK food supply threatened as migrants break into trucks, contaminating produce

Boost for air freight perishables market as China gets a taste for imported cherries

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Shipping lines can't cope with booming perishables trade and lack of reefers

Fruit & Veg Headlines

News / Zimbabwe growers appeal for air cargo capacity – or will switch to ocean

News / Wan Hai fine-tunes reefer sales drive ahead of peak fruit shipping season

News / Reefer sophistication giving more of the world an appetite for avocados

Growth in reefer traffic outpacing dry boxes as global demand for perishables rises

US-China trade spat looks set to rearrange perishables supply chains

COMPANY NOTICES

IATA wants to set new standards by developing CEIV for perishables sector

Can Spanish stone fruit shine in China, as first airfreight shipments start?

Russia destroys food illegally imported from EU despite poverty

UK food supply threatened as migrants break into trucks, contaminating produce

Boost for air freight perishables market as China gets a taste for imported cherries

Most read news

China must improve its cool supply chain to keep pace with demand for fresh food

Airlines benefit from US West Coast port congestion perishable windfall

Global fruit suppliers react to arrests at Chinese importer, Dalian Yidu

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