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"Doing more with less"

"Doing more with less"
04/23/2013 - Xavier Hua, ECR France | 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.

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

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...

“Egypt’s potential hindered by the crisis”

“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...

Exporting citrus fruit requires a rigorously organised logistics chain

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...

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

Innovation and transport: a new citrus route emerges in the Mediterranean
04/18/2013 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier, MARSEILLE | Industry / 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.

The fruit and vegetable sector is ready to share resources

The fruit and vegetable sector is ready to share resources
04/18/2013 - Nathalie Bureau du colombier | Industry / 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.

Fruit and vegetables on track to win over the English Channel

Fruit and vegetables on track to win over the English Channel
11/01/2012 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier | Industry / 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...

Short supply chains, another means of distribution

Short supply chains, another means of distribution
10/29/2012 - Sébastien Lantenois | 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...

From producer to consumer in even less time!

From producer to consumer in even less time!
10/29/2012 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier | Industry / 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...

Fruit and vegetables, a loss leader for hypermarkets and supermarkets

Fruit and vegetables, a loss leader for hypermarkets and supermarkets
10/29/2012 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier | Industry / 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...

Drivers of change for multimodal solutions and short sea shipping

Drivers of change for multimodal solutions and short sea shipping
10/29/2012 - Rafael Llerena, Manager for Easyfresh Management Office | 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 - Bruno Kothe, co-chairman of the National Federation of Road | Industry / 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...