Supply Chain

WITRON Develops Efficient Mobile Picking System

The latest innovation from WITRON Logistik + Informatik GmbH is the Efficient Mobile Picking system (EMP), which offers intelligent logistics processes, fu...

Cofco Sees Risk Of Coffee Shortages On Colombia And Brazil Crops

The coffee market could face shortages next season amid risks for Colombia’s crop and with top grower Brazil in the lower-yielding part of a two-year...

Mexico Is No Longer No. 1 U.S. Corn-Buyer After Trade Tensions

Mexico is no longer the biggest buyer of corn from the U.S., a sign that trade tensions are pushing American grain toward other markets while its southern...

Italian Pasta Production Rises 1.6% In 2016

Italy has affirmed its status as the world's largest producer of pasta with 3,324,636 tonnes produced in 2016 (+1.6%) and sales of €4.74 billion (-1.1...

Fear Not, U.S. Pasta Lovers: Your Meal Is Safe From Wheat Price Surge

The unsold wheat sitting inside Buzz Mattelin’s grain silos in Montana should offer some comfort to American noodle lovers. Benchmark wheat future...

Report Identifies Vulnerabilities In Global Food Trade

A total of 14 trade 'chokepoints' – maritime, coastal and inland – pose an underexplored and growing risk to global food trade security, accord...

Cosco Shipping To Acquire Orient Overseas For $6.3 Billion

Cosco Shipping Holdings Ltd. has agreed to buy Orient Overseas International Ltd. for $6.3 billion in cash, creating the world’s third-largest contai...

China, EU Bolster Greening Of Global Shipping To Curb Emissions

The trillion-dollar global shipping industry may soon be forced to curb greenhouse gas emissions under new rules backed by the European Union and China....