Supply Chain

CMA CGM Bonds Drop to Record as Weak Freight Rates Lower Profits

CMA CGM SA bonds hit a record low after the container-shipping line’s quarterly profit plunged on weak freight rates. The company’s 725 mill...

Traders Spurn Egypt’s Wheat Tender After U-Turn On Fungus

Trading firms avoided Egypt’s wheat tender today, with only a single firm offering to sell grain after the world’s largest buyer toughened its...

2 Sisters Food Group Invests £45 Million In Upgrade To Processing Plant

2 Sisters Food Group has announced that it will invest £45 million in an upgrade to its poultry processing plant in Scunthorpe. New technology wil...

Carrefour Using Big Data To Improve Brazilian Supply Chain

Carrefour is working with Big Data firm Agrotools to ensure that its Brazilian supply chains are as ecologically sound as possible. The French supe...

Russian Pork Farms Raise Safeguards Amid Swine-Fever Outbreak

Russia is registering more cases of African swine fever this year than usual, prompting pork producers such as Ros Agro Plc and Cherkizovo Group PJSC to in...

Egypt Ban On Wheat With Fungus Adds Confusion For Traders

Egypt will no longer accept imported wheat containing any traces of the ergot fungus, the Agriculture Ministry said Sunday, sowing fresh regulatory confusi...

Espresso Beans Ravaged In Brazil Drought

Latte lovers, beware: the beans used to make the caffeinated delight are suffering, through a terrible drought in Brazil. In the state of Espirito Santo...

Ukraine Targets World Sugar Market With Exports At 19-Year High

Ukraine is expanding its reach in the sugar market as rising production spurs the country to export the most sweetener in two decades. Shipments will pr...