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Pomegranates, Not Opium: Afghanistan’s Hope And Challenge

Pomegreat, the U.K.-based juice company, signed a multimillion pound supply agreement with the Kabul-based Omaid Bahar Fruit Processing Co. to buy 1,000 tons of pomegranate concentrate.

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Taylor Farms Deploys Wind Turbine To Power Vegetable Processing

The 398-foot turbine came online November 18th and will help power the shipper’s vegetable processing facility in Gonzales, Calif.

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Chinese E-Commerce Firm To Sell Fresh Food

The online retail market in China has become sophisticated with more and more Chinese consumers actively shopping online.

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Air Freight Rebounds To 2010 Levels

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Air freight demand, measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK), rose 5.4 percent in October compared to October 2013.

Measured in freight ton kilometers (FTKs), demand increased 5.0 percent in July 2016, compared to July 2015. This was the fastest pace in almost 18 months. Freight capacity measured in available freight ton kilometers (AFTKs) increased by 5.2 percent year-on-year, outstripping demand and keeping yields under pressure.

Georgia Ports Continue To Report Record Freight Activity

Georgia Ports Authority

Savannah's Garden City Terminal handled a record 311,759 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) in October - a 13.6 percent increase (37,432 TEUs) compared to the same month a year ago.

Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah.

Software & Technology

WAM Technologies Launches Remote Monitoring For Vessels

VesselConnect offers a low-infrastructure, cost-effective alternative to older power line modem (PLM) technology for remote reefer monitoring, which requires ships to be fitted with cables and other control hardware.

U.S. Sweet Potato Exports Surge

The value of sweet potato exports has risen to $95 million, according to a news release from the Benson, N.C.-based American Sweet Potato Marketing Institute.

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Banned In Russia, Polish Apples Head For Singapore

Poland's turn to new markets such as Singapore comes after Russia, which bought 56 percent of its apple exports last year, started banning agricultural produce from places such as the U.S. and European Union in August.

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Asia-Pacific Market Brightens For Medical Foods

Frost & Sullivan

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, “Global Medical Foods Market,” finds that the global medical foods market earned revenues of $9.36 billion in 2013 and estimates this to reach $13.34 billion in 2018.

Florida-based Meal Delivery Service Expands To New York

Fresh Meal Plan, a prepared meal plan company based in Florida, will initiate service in the New York metropolitan region commencing with deliveries on the night of Jan. 4, 2015.

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Rail & Intermodal

Russian Railways Logistics Partners With Chinese Firm On Container Train

The agreement was signed at Zhengzhou (capital of Henan province) at the threshold of international congress on construction of the Chinese-European logistics hub in the Silk Road economic zone.

Pavel Sokolov, Russian Railways Logistics CEO and Zhao Wenmin, Zhengzhou International Land Port Development & Construction Co., CEO, sign a strategic cooperation agreement on the organization of international container train Zhengzhou (China) - Europe.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

MacAndrews Adds Extra Liverpool, U.K. Service From Spain

MacAndrews, part of the CMA CGM Group, now will offer four departures per week from Bilbao arriving in Liverpool on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

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