Erin Spampinato is the Georgetown, Maine-based price reporting specialist of SeafoodSource. Erin has held staff writer and editor positions at a number of mission-driven organizations, and her freelance journalism has appeared in various publications, including Electric Literature and The Guardian. She is also the author of numerous academic publications on the topics of gender, literature, and history. Erin holds a PhD in English Literature from the Graduate Center, CUNY, an MA from Columbia University, and a BA from Smith College.
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Reston, Virginia, U.S.A.-based Starkist Co. has partnered with global nonprofit Feed the Children and local aid organizations to host a Summer Food and Resource Rally for food insecure families in Rogers, Arkansas.
The event brought together local aid organizations, including food banks and churches, as well as volunteers, local officials, community advocates, and a number of StarKist employees to distribute 400 family kits which included
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Rates for shipping containers traveling between the Far East and the U.S. West Coast have fallen, suggesting that the impact of the U.S.-China trade war is diminishing, at least for now.
The early June peak in rates between the Far East and the U.S. was a sign, logistics analysts said, of shippers’ eagerness to move goods into the U.S. during the 90-day tariff pause announced by the U.S. and China on 12 May.
Now, two leading container
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The World Bank and World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) claim the aquaculture sector is primed for massive growth over the next 25 years, but the level of investment in the industry will determine just how much it will grow.
“To realize aquaculture’s full potential, we must shift toward practices that are not only productive, but also environmentally responsible, socially inclusive, and economically viable,” World Bank acting Global
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Just as shipping stability is returning to the Suez Canal, Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz – a key transit route for oil and gas.
On 19 June, the Suez Canal reopened to very large container vessels after conflict-related closures, and soon after, the French-operated container ship OSIRIS was the first vessel to pass through the canal from the Bab al-Mandeb Strait since March 2024.
Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Chairman and
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