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In Wenatchee, Wash., tens of thousands of boxes of apples that should be on their way to the Middle East and Asia are piling up instead in warehouses.

Washington farm exports hampered by cargo-container shortage March 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Apples are synonymous with the state of Washington. Some Washington apple orchards cover more than 5,000 acres.Khadija Ruby // Shutterstock SEATTLE (AP) — Farm exporters in Washington state have been left with stockpiles of product and idle trucks as the pandemic has created a shortage of cargo containers. Dave Martin, export sales manager for Stemilt Growers in Wenatchee, one of the states bigges...

Pandemic ‘doom shopping’ clogs up US ports Shipping companies are making it more difficult and costly to ship American food exports. Now, industry groups want federal regulators to clamp down on ‘unreasonable, unjust practices’. US exporters are struggling to send food abroad as the global shipping system strains under unprecedented pandemic demand. Produce is piling up in storage due to a confluence of disruptions in the international supply chain. These are the consequences when more ...

War of words escalates as exporters scramble for scarce containers A war of words is heating up over U.S. exports, particularly food exports — and the outcome of that clash could affect U.S. containerized imports as well. Reports first surfaced in late October that carriers were rushing containers back empty from California to Asia to serve lucrative headhaul trades instead of loading U.S. export cargoes. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Michael Khouri warned in December: “We are ...

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California asks Federal Maritime Commission to take action on agricultural shipping delays CNBC 2/2/2021 Lori Ann LaRocco Just one week after CNBCs two month investigation into shipping carriers rejection of U.S. agricultural exports, California is calling on the Federal Maritime Commission for immediate action. A letter to the FMC was signed by several state officials asking for immediate steps in reviewing the carriers export policies. © Provided by CNBC A container sh...

Agricultural shippers that rely on a steady supply of empty cargo containers have seen orders for hundreds of millions of dollars delayed or outright canceled by shippers. Because of demand for Chinese products, shippers would rather deliver empty containers back to China where they are quickly loaded with more profitable cargo to send back to the U.S.

Shipping carriers rejected tons of U.S. agricultural exports, opting to send empty containers to China Shipping carriers rejected U.S. agricultural export containers worth hundreds of millions of dollars during October and November, instead sending empty containers to China to be filled with more profitable Chinese exports, a CNBC investigation found. The Federal Maritime Commission has received petitions from U.S. agricultural exporters warning that the delays in trade not only threaten profit...