Tag: shipping delays
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Trade all at sea: Freight rattled by delays, ship shortages and port congestion as West Asia conflict flares up again
Renewed conflict escalation in West Asia is disrupting India’s overseas shipments, with exporters pointing to delays in container evacuation, vessel shortages, congestion at key ports…
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India rice exports decline as Iran war curbs basmati shipments to Gulf
Mumbai: India‘s rice exports in the first four months of 2026 fell marginally from a year earlier as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran disrupted premium…
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West Asia conflict deals a double whammy to India’s farm sector: pre-harvest cost pressures, post-harvest shipping delays
Iran war: India’s agriculture sector is currently facing a double whammy: pre-harvest, it is dealing with rising input costs and labour shortages; and post-harvest, it…