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LINER TRADES TO THE AMERICAS Container ship Olga Maersk sailing close to Wellington, NZ liftings rose by 4.3% - to 231,800 TEU (2017:222,300 TEU, 2016: 223,200 TEU). For the final three months of 2018 average freight rates rose southbound, but by no more than 4%, while northbound rates were mostly stagnant (no no-one’s surprise). CTS figures come with the usual asterisk: “it should be noted that CTS statistics may be substantially revised afterwards, when new information and corrections are processed”, and the underscore that carriers at this end of Australasian trades often find poor correlation with the figures compiled in the northern hemisphere. THE TRADE IN MEAT The stars of the northbound trade – meat and wine - are shining brightly this year. Meat & Livestock Australia reports that global beef demand has been strong so far in 2019, particularly among Australia’s major export markets. In the first half of the year, total beef exports increased 6% and grainfed shipments reached record levels. Shipments to the US have increased 8% amid strong demand for lean frozen manufacturing beef to offset the swelling volume of domestic fatty trim, MLA says, while orders for chilled grassfed primal cuts also recorded solid growth. A left-of-field influencer could well be the widespread outbreaks 6 %In the first half of the year, total beef exports increased 6% and grainfed shipments reached record levels 26 October 2019 of African swine flu amongst Chinese pig herds. More than a third of the country’s pig population has now been wiped out – some 100m animals – and the disease is present in all mainland provinces and reportedly spreading to neighbouring countries, including Mongolia, Russia, Vietnam and Cambodia. Pork import replacements are simply not capable of meeting demand and so China has looked to source replacement meats, especially beef, from Australia. One shipping line reports an 82% increase year-on-year in beef shipments from Brisbane to China, alone, while MLA says China-led growth across both high and lower value product, expanding 59% year-on-year in the first six months of 2019. Will this demand divert beef from North America? “The US will always want what they want [of Australian beef] The stars of the northbound trade – meat and wine - are shining brightly this year. and pay the price,” an executive confidently predicts. “They’re still taking the cheaper cuts [ground beef for burgers] and we’re quite happy to sell them … it’s a marriage of convenience.” As for sheepmeats, MLA reports that drought-constrained supply combined with strong demand – again from China and the USA – has kept domestic farmgate prices high, while a declining Australia dollar and limited competition has underpinned export growth. “After years of contraction, per capita US sheepmeat consumption has been edging higher since 2013, underpinned by growing familiarity and willingness to try lamb amongst millennials, increased incidence on US menus and a post-GFC economic recovery,” MLA says. Australian lamb exports during the first four months of 2019 jumped 27% year-on-year, to 23,000 tonnes shipped weight, spurred on by limited supply coming off Colorado feedlots. New thedcn.com.au Ventura
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Page 13 and 14: Hirohito Takada Safety processes da
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Page 17 and 18: Helping economies grow and customer
Page 19 and 20: INDUSTRY OPINION Removing road bloc
Page 21 and 22: WOMEN IN MARITIME Svitzer Australia
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