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Yet more signs of deterioration in European pulp and paper industry
FreightWaves wrote last week about a large European pulp and paper company that issued a negative profit warning for the first time in more than four years owing to deteriorating pulp demand in Europe and China and poor…
Just 23 British Landrace sows left, warns rare breeds group
Farmers Weekly Some of the UK’s rare breeds of native pigs are increasingly under threat, with the ongoing crisis in the pig sector blamed for reducing British Landrace sow numbers to just 23. The Rare Breeds Survival Trust…
Horticulture sector warns House of Lords of market failure
Farmers Weekly Market failure is an issue for fruit and vegetables, with disparities between what the shopper is paying and farmgate prices, Ali Capper told a House of Lords horticultural sector committee. Ms Capper,…
EU to provide €100m support to farmers and limit Ukrainian imports
Farmers Weekly The European Commission has confirmed an additional €100m (£88m) of support will be provided to EU farmers that have been affected by a large influx of Ukrainian grain imports. This is on top of an earlier…
Volvo Raises Truck Forecasts
Volvo Group raised its forecasts for registrations as the world’s second-biggest truck maker saw orders increase 32%.
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Daily Infographic: Vehicle miles traveled in 2021 and 2022 followed a similar monthly pattern as the years preceding the pandemic
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Air cargo operators still feel ‘hangover from the 2021 party’
Just when it looked like the airfreight market’s steady yearlong deflation had finally paused, it may have sprung a new leak. Logistics professionals and freight analysts are hard-pressed to say whether freight patterns…
XPO adds another Old Dominion veteran to roster
Less-than-truckload carrier XPO said Thursday it was adding another veteran from competitor Old Dominion Freight Line to its roster. Effective Friday, Dave Bates will join XPO (NYSE: XPO) as the chief operating officer of…
Why most of America’s 2 million long-haul truck drivers aren’t unionized
This article was originally published in the first issue of the Supply Chain Playbook. Dan Chidester didn’t like his union job at the bread factory. It was 1981 and he wanted something with more adventure, more flexibility.…
