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Carriers under TSA to raise cargo rates to US in May
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Calling it a "voluntary guideline contract programme" for 2011-12, the TSA recommended rate increases of US$400 per (NZD$521) 40-foot container (FEU) for cargo moving to the U.S. West Coast and $600 per FEU for all other cargo.
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More PET expected in beer packaging
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Sidel estimates consumption of PET in beer applications globally will increase by 11% annually to 2012, rising to 15% a year from 2012 to 2016.
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Shanghai now world No1 container port?
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Shanghai Port handled about 24 million TEU from January to October, surpassing Singapore to be the largest port in the world for three consecutive months in a raw, according to the Shipping Gazette citing figures from the Statistical Bureau of Shanghai.
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PET bottles gain following for wine packaging
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
PET is unlikely to replace glass as the material of choice for French wine producers but at Emballage in Paris this week plastic packaging firms said demand from the wine sector is increasing fast, according to FoodProductionDaily.com.
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Auto banana peeling machines for Australia?
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
The move follows a study that estimated up to 60,000 tonnes of bananas destroyed in Australia each year were suitable for processing but discarded for cosmetic reasons, according to a report from the Sydney Morning Herald carried on FreshPlaza.com.
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Natural, synthetic colours compete for space
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Quoting market experts at RTS resources, the report said the colours market is estimated to be worth USD $1.7 billion (NZD2.2 billion), with natural colours said to make up USD $0.65 billion.
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Dairy futures at NZX off to modest start
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Kathryn Jaggard, derivatives manager for NZX, said 55 contracts had been traded since the launch of the whole milk powder futures product. The number of trades was meeting expectations.
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Gulfood Dubai attracts 3,800 exhibitors
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Gulfood, said to be the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition, has fully sold out four months ahead of the show, organisers were quoted saying in TradeArabia.com.
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Why admit bee pollen imports, farmers want answers
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
John Hartnell, spokesperson of the Federated Farmers, wants MAF to implement improved test methods that guarantee the safety of disease-free pollen imports. Farmers also also demanding that appropriate screening for viruses or fungal spore be conducted for imports.
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NZ cage-free eggs for Singapore, Hong Kong?
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Masterton-based Henergy is expecting to sell 2000 dozen a week to the two new markets after the paperwork is signed between NZ Food Safety and Asian food authorities.
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New, thinner iPad in the making?
Monday, 22 November 2010
Production may start as early as January, with an introduction to the public by February or March, the report said, quoting Mike Abramsky, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets in Toronto.
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Izon upgrades its nano particle analysis system
Monday, 22 November 2010
The enhanced automation allows users to more easily use the tunable nanoparticle analysis tools to measure and characterise particles with a high degree of accuracy.
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US$418 bln worth of projects in UAE up for grabs
Monday, 22 November 2010
Proleads Global, a UAE-based market research company has reported that nearly 1,300 projects valued at more than USD$418 billion (NZD$536 billion) are under construction in the UAE, with an additional 303 projects worth $143 billion in the design, planning or bidding stage.
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EU consumers worry about chemicals and hormones in food
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Consumers rate food contaminated with bacteria such as Listeria and salmonella as their fifth highest concern. The item was rated as ‘very worrying’ by less than a quarter of the 26,691 respondents that took part in the research carried out by Eurobarometer and published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
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US cracks down on caffeinated alcohol drinks
Thursday, 18 November 2010
The agency has warned four companies that the caffeine added to their malt alcoholic drinks is an “unsafe food additive” and threatened product seizures if appropriate action is not taken. The companies concerned are Charge Beverages Corp, New Century Brewing Co., Phusion Projects and United Brands Company.
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Containership orders turn around
Thursday, 18 November 2010
The report said since the orderbook has been in decline since it peaked at 6.89 million TEU in August 2008 due to a combination of poor market sentiment and a lack of access to funding.
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MSC to raise Asia-US freight rates in Dec
Thursday, 18 November 2010
The hikes for containers from Asia to US east coast ports and to US intermodal points moving through or via US east coast ports are: US$640 (NZD$832) per TEU, $800 per FEU and $900 per 40-foot high-cube.
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Govt intervention not effective in reducing obesity
Thursday, 18 November 2010
The Report comes to a number of important conclusions including the fact that hard interventions, such as taxes or subsidies on specific goods and services, would be difficult to justify. The probability of success of a tax on energy-dense nutrient poor foods is rated as 'low'.
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Packaging that "talks" to consumers not far away
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Dr Ross Lee, a researcher at the Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions in Maryland, US, was quoted telling the Neutrons and Food Conference in Sydney, Australia, that the use of printable electronics in ‘smart' packaging was viable. Other emerging nanotechnologies include sensors and batteries as well as new scanning technologies.
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Heinz UK to drop BPA in food packaging
Thursday, 18 November 2010
The company is "at an advanced stage" at removing Bisphenol A (or BPA) from its baby food ranges in the UK.
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