Supply Chain

Heavy Rains Hit French Grain Crop As Sowings Come To A Halt

Heavy rainfall in France over the past two weeks has brought grain sowing virtually to a standstill in the European Union's largest grain grower and lower...

Ivory Coast Sells 2024-25 Cocoa Export Contracts Despite Price Pushback

Ivory Coast has sold at least 300,000 tonnes of cocoa in export contracts for the 2024/25 season despite pressure from multinational companies to lower pri...

Maersk To Cut 10,000 Jobs, Sees Weaker Full Year Profit As Shipping Demand Wanes

Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk recently reported a steep drop in profit and revenue in the third-quarter, and said it would cut 10,000 jobs as it b...

Shell Q3 Profit Drops To $6.2bn, Group Boosts Buybacks

Shell reported on Thursday a 34% annual drop in third-quarter profit to $6.2 billion as energy prices cooled, with strong trading of liquefied natural gas...

Ukraine Boosts Grain Deliveries To Black Sea Ports As New Export Route Working

The success of Ukraine's new Black Sea export corridor has led to a sharp increase in the number of rail wagons heading to the ports of Odesa region, a sen...

Ivory Coast In Fresh Stand-Off With Cocoa Buyers Over Premium

Ivory Coast is struggling to sell cocoa export contracts for the 2024/25 season with multinational companies demanding it lower prices, which are elevated...

Sustainable Cotton Group Boosts Tracking For Top Retailers

Swiss-based sustainability group Better Cotton recently said that it has added new functions to a platform that big retailers use to trace materials throug...

World Food Price Index Falls In October: FAO

The United Nations food agency's world price index fell in October to its lowest level in more than two years, driven by declines in sugar, cereals, vegeta...