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"Doing more with less"

04/23/2013 | Reflections

ECR France is a joint trade and industry body for the food and non-food branches of the fast-moving consumer goods sector. Its mission is to define and promote good practice and codes of good conduct in relations between manufacturers and retailers.

agriculture, Chargeurs Pointe de Bretagne, logistics, managing director of ECR France, Medfel, sharing, Xavier Hua

Egypt: Containerisation has led to the development of a traditional sector

04/18/2013 | Reflections

“ Today, we are the world's second largest shipper of reefer containers ”. Steven Suchet, Reefer Trade Director at CMA CGM (Photo CMA CGM) Every year, Egypt produces five million tonnes of citrus fruit, around 20% of which it exports, essentially to Russia (28%), Saudi Arabia (25%), Persian...

agriculture, Black Sea, Citrus Express, CMA CGM, Egypt, maritime transport, Medfel, Steven Suchet

“Egypt’s potential hindered by the crisis”

04/18/2013 | Reflections

“ We must encourage cooperative ventures rather than individual initiatives.” Hussein Marei – Chairman of the Citrus Council in the Horticultural Export Improvement Agency (HEIA) and Vice Chairman of the Citrus Council in the Agricultural Research Center (ARC) of Egypt. Photo DR The...

agriculture, cooperatives, Egypt, handling, labour cost, maritime transport, Medfel, packing stations

Exporting citrus fruit requires a rigorously organised logistics chain

04/18/2013 | Reflections

“ Israel features among the top citrus fruit exporters in the Mediterranean basin ”. Gad Barak, Logistics Manager at Mehadrin (photo Mehadrin) Israel features among the top citrus fruit exporters in the Mediterranean basin. With 120,000 tonnes exported every year, citrus fruit...

broker, conventional vessels, Gad Barak, Israel, logistics, maritime transport, Medfel, Mediterranean, Mehadrin, refrigerated containers

Innovation and transport: a new citrus route emerges in the Mediterranean

04/18/2013 | Transport

In recent years, citrus growers in the Mediterranean basin have been waging a relentless war on export markets. The price of labour, export subsidies, fruit quality, bilateral trade agreements, transport and logistics costs, there are no holds barred.

Agruban manager, Alain Alarcon, Banagrumes CEO, Fresh Fruit Marocco, José Barbera, Maroc Fruit Board, Medfel, Mediterranean, Mediterranean producers

The fruit and vegetable sector is ready to share resources

04/18/2013 | Transport

Challenged by the demand for frequent deliveries in large-scale distribution, companies in the food-processing industry are beginning to collaborate with a view to pooling transport and logistics operations.

Agency for the Promotion of Agricultural Investment, Agrexco, Christian Métadier, Jean-Jacques Henaff, Josselin Saint-Raymond, Medfel, National Apple & Pear Association, Rachid Ben Anes, SICA Les vergers de Mauguio, vice-president of the Canavese group

Fruit and vegetables on track to win over the English Channel

11/01/2012 | Transport

1842 km… That’s the distance separating the Spanish city of Valencia and Barking, in the UK. Or, a long, eighteen-hour trip for lorry drivers carrying fruit and vegetables in their lorries! Not to mention crossing the Channel! In recent months a new option has become available to fruit and...

agriculture, Barking, Eddie Sotbart Ltd, Europorte Channel, Europorte Channel Stobart Rail, Kevin Walker, Liam Martin, Marco Polo, Medfel, Network Rail, Valence

Short supply chains, another means of distribution

10/29/2012 | Reflections

By Sébastien Lantenois, Managing Director of TerroirBio, a company based in Aubagne (Bouches-du-Rhône départment), specialised in the Internet-based sale of hampers full of organic produce gathered from small regional producers throughout France. AMAPs, hampers, online stores and brick...

agriculture, Amaps, brick and mortar shops, consumers, France, hamper, logistics, Medfel, online stores, organic farming, producers, short supply chains, small-scale farming, Sébastien Lantenois, TerroirBio

From producer to consumer in even less time!

10/29/2012 | Transport

Eating healthily, eating organic, consuming high-quality fresh produce while minimising your environmental footprint… New buying habits are emerging in the fruit and vegetable sector. Buying direct from farmers is increasing. Is this a trend or a fad? In recent years a new ethic has emerged among...

agriculture, AMAP, Banque populaire, bassin méditerranéen, Carrefour, Châteauneuf les Martigues, circuits courts, consommateurs, Direct et Bon, Jardins de Perpignan, Medfel, Michel Jonnart, Mickaël Le Nezet, Paysans.fr, Salé Maroc, Shoul ou Swani Tiqa

Fruit and vegetables, a loss leader for hypermarkets and supermarkets

10/29/2012 | Transport

Currently, large-scale retailers in Morocco are not suffering competition from the Internet. For Moroccans, the place of production or harvest is of great importance, as is the need to be able to look at, touch and smell the fruit and vegetables that they are to buy. MOROCCO. Going directly to the...

agriculture, AMLOG, consumers, deliveries, dried, Europe, freh, hypermarkets, Internet, large-scale retailers, local farmers, Medfel, Morocco, produce, promotions, souks, supermarkets

Drivers of change for multimodal solutions and short sea shipping

10/29/2012 | Reflections

By Rafael Llerena, Manager for Easyfresh Management Office Everyone - shippers, producers and distributors - is now concerned about helping to preserve the environment and reduce congestion on the roads. For some years, Europe has been encouraging a policy of modal shift in an attempt...

HGV tax: a financial, administrative and commercial headache

10/29/2012 | Transport

By Bruno Kothe, co-chairman of the National Federation of Road Hauliers (FNTR) in Languedoc-Roussillon As the representative of the National Federation of Road Hauliers (FNTR) in Languedoc-Roussillon, I can tell you that the HGV tax scheduled to come into force in July 2013 is a financial,...

ADEME, Bruno Kothe, Fédération Nationale des Transporteurs Routiers, Languedoc-Roussillon, Medfel, Saint Charles Export, SNCF

"Doing more with less"

Egypt: Containerisation has led to the development of a traditional sector

“Egypt’s potential hindered by the crisis”

Exporting citrus fruit requires a rigorously organised logistics chain

Innovation and transport: a new citrus route emerges in the Mediterranean

The fruit and vegetable sector is ready to share resources

Fruit and vegetables on track to win over the English Channel

Short supply chains, another means of distribution

From producer to consumer in even less time!

Fruit and vegetables, a loss leader for hypermarkets and supermarkets

Drivers of change for multimodal solutions and short sea shipping

HGV tax: a financial, administrative and commercial headache

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