Carl Collen
Carl Collen is deputy editor of Eurofruit, news editor of Americafruit and news journalist on Asiafruit. He joined the Market Intelligence team in May 2007, having studied broadcast journalism at university.
Since joining the company, Carl has reported extensively on news developments all along the international fresh produce supply chain, travelling from Berlin to Brazil in search of the latest stories from the world of fresh produce.
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- +44 20 7501 0306
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- carl@fruitnet.com
- News
Ethan Williams earns Vanguard promotion
Williams is the new vice-president of global sales and marketing at Vanguard International USA
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Portuguese H1 exports climb above €1bn
Fruit, vegetable and flower sales rose 8 per cent in the first half of 2023, Portugal Fresh revealed
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Hapag-Lloyd’s HY profit “significantly below” 2022
Shipping group said it achieved “robust” half-year results in a weaker market environment
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Biobest makes Agrotech acquisition
Austrian group is a specialist in the supply of horticultural and crop protection products
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BeeHero launches Pollination Insight Platform
Hazera serves as design partner on the group’s in-field sensing solution that monitors pollinator activity to improve crop pollination
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EU exports to Latin America “limited”
Fepex reports that exports came to just under 360,000 tonnes in 2022, compared with imports of 7.4m tonnes
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Del Monte joins forces with Flowspace
The partnership leverages Flowspace software and adds more than 30 temperature-controlled cold storage facilities to its fulfilment network
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Prognosfruit looks back on successful event
After drawing more than 350 people to this year’s event in Trentino, Prognosfruit is eyeing next year’s gathering in Hungary
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Chiquita increases PrimeLine investment
The company’s Great White Fleet ups its investment in Carrier Transicold’s PrimeLine container refrigeration units
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Fyffes publishes second human rights report
Report includes findings of recent Human Rights Impact Assessment as the group strives to ‘shape wellbeing for the world’
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“Robust” results for Maersk in Q2
Second quarter financials at the logistics giant were “ahead of expectations”, with yearly financial outlook raised accordingly
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Mission Produce appoints new board member
Tony Sarsam is appointed to the group’s board of directors, increasing the size of the board from eight to nine directors
- Analysis
US organic sales increase in Q2
Organic Produce Network says fresh produce sales and volume increased in the second quarter
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Del Monte enjoys strong second quarter
The group sees off a slight drop in Q2 sales to record improved gross profit and net income
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Integrated digitisation crucial for agriculture
New research from Proagrica reinforces the need to future-proof the agriculture supply chain through integrated digitisation
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Sormac has finger on pepper pulse
Group says that its PepperCorer machine marks a “revolution” in pepper processing
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SCSA marks 25 years of shipping citrus to the US
Summer Citrus from South Africa looks back on “humble beginnings” and its long-standing partnership with Holt Logistics
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Enza Zaden kicks off Vitalis facility project
Dutch vegetable seed specialist begins construction of production location for Vitalis organic vegetable seeds
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Pink Lady sales remain steady in Europe
Some 180,000 tonnes of Pink Lady and PinKids apples were sold in Europe this season, growth of 3 per cent
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Throughput falls at Port of Antwerp-Bruges
The port said it limited the impact of economic instability as container demand fell in the first six months of 2023