MEKSEA.COM – Disruptions at seaports in China and the US have significantly affected global trade. That not only disrupted supply chains but also increased international freight rate.   In China, the policy of tightening anti-epidemic measures is considered to be the cause of the difficult circulation of goods. Therefore, a large amount of goods to be […]

MEKSEA.COM – This year, freight cost witnessed a record price rise and experts forecast it will continue to increase in the last quarter of the year. This seriously affects the business activities of many import-export companies. What’s the solution to the situation of increasing freight cost?   According to SSI Research’s Logistics Industry Update Report, the […]

MEKSEA.COM – Covid-19 has been putting pressure on Vietnam’s economy, especially the seafood export industry. Many enterprises faced the risk of bankruptcy due to the inability to pay their bank debts. Recently, Meksea proposed solutions to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) to help businesses recover production after the pandemic.   It is […]

MEKSEA.COM – Recently, Sea-Intelligence analysts said that the container line schedule reliability has fallen to the lowest in the past 10 years, specifically, the container line schedule reliability dropped to 33.6% in August. According to statistics, no shipping line has achieved 50% of container line schedule reliability in August, and there are even 6 shipping […]

MEKSEA.COM – Working Group 970 hold a virtual forum “Agricultural Production and Consumption” with the attendance of Le Minh Hoan – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh, Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien and more than 400 bridge broadcasting representatives of local Departments of Agriculture, experts, distributors and above 200 enterprises and […]

MEKSEA.COM – According to enterprises, materials for export processing only reach about 40-50% due to social distancing. It is estimated that the source of materials for seafood export in the last months of the year will lack 20-30%. According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the export market has succeeded but the […]

MEKSEA.COM – The situation of the Covid-19 epidemic is still having a heavy impact on the production and export of seafood in Vietnam. Please see details below edited by Meksea team:   HCMC to ban people from going out starting August 23 The coronavirus situation in Ho Chi Minh City is progressing complicatedly despite its […]

Volatility Of Raw Materials MEKSEA.COM – VASEP suggested alternatives for restoring production and export, after the quarantine period “3 things at the factory”. According to official letter No. 89/CV-VASEP from the government reporting the current COVID situation, all businesses must follow the principle of: Every company arranges for personnel to live and work in the […]

MEKSEA.COM – Facing the situation of factories shutdown, 70% closure, 30% production 20-30% capacity, Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Development (MARD), represented by MARD’s Southern Working Group 970, had asked Mekong Seafood Connection (MEKSEA) to organize a conference with representatives of agricultural departments of the provinces to find solutions for raw materials backlog in cooperatives […]

vasep.com.vn –Import-export businesses said that shipping lines answered “crooked”, lacked frankness and “blamed” businesses, forwarding agents (FWD). The meeting between foreign shipping lines and businesses in the industry such as seafood, pepper, timber, textiles, leather and footwear, etc… was “hot” with many frank exchanges of opinions.   Businesses “cry” too much to bear While importers and […]