Wide Strategy’s October Newslette
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https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/11/05/wide-strategys-october-newsletter/
We are sad to advise industry that there is a growing problem worldwide with the “Khapra Beetle” (Trogoderma granarium). It’s a tiny little hairy larva and, as an adult, it is a reddish-brown oval beetle.
It’s a tiny bug. But it’s a big destroyer of grains and oilseeds. It also infests more than 96 different commodities.
The big risk countries are in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Unfortunately, Khapra Beetle is also an excellent and opportunistic hitchhiker that particularly likes to...
https://shippingaustralia.com.au/increasing-biosecurity-risk-from-voracious-plant-pest/
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.
The U.S. agriculture industry has faced numerous headwinds during the COVID-19 pandemic, and with harvests just around the corner, there is a trend developing that could impact the availability of the industry’s desired 20-foot containers.
Containership lines’ blank sailings over the past few months...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/commentary-20-foot-container-crunch-may-impact-harvests
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.
While airline passenger load factors are at record lows, American Airlines (AA) recently broke a weight record in shipping a commodity not thought of as typical air cargo. There is more than enough demand to haul soybean seeds for AA to schedule a Boeing 777-300 for all-cargo flights from Buenos Aires to its hub in Miami. The company’s record-breaking flight on...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/commentary-why-seeds-travel-the-world