Thai Union announced that Bryan Rosenberg has stepped down as the CEO of Thai Union North America, effective from January 1, 2025. Rosenberg has been spearheading Chicken of the Sea...
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Spanish Processors’ Canned Tuna Exports In H1 Remained Strong
The export of canned tuna from the EU increased in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2023 despite a slight drop in the tonnage from some of the suppliers. Spanish...
US Consumers Increased Canned Tuna Buying As Prices Fell In October
Food prices in the US rose in October but those of fish and seafood dropped, which consequently increased sales in the ambient segment such as canned tuna. It was expensive to eat at home due...
Maruha Nichiro Confident To Turn Around Disappointing H1 Results
Maruha Nichiro’s net sales increased in the first half of its financial year, but higher costs and lower revenue for its Marine Resource businesses with tuna fishing and farming units...
Thai Union Stock Plunged After Q3 Numbers Release
After falling for nearly two weeks, the price of Thai Union Group’s shares rose slightly today. Given the strong correlation that the Group’s performance has, the Atuna Stock Index also...
EU Canned Tuna Export Grew Further In H1
European canners and traders continued the upward trend in exports of canned tuna in the first six months of 2024, which was set in Q1. Most products were purchased internally with Italy and...
Bumble Bee’s Annual Advent Calendar Has A Twist
The holiday season is around the corner and Bumble Bee introduced its ‘2024 version of the Tuna Lovers’ Advent Calendar’ that sings the newly recorded version of the 1970s Bumble Bee jingle by...
Manta Skipjack Price Shoots Up As Veda Begins
Many large purse seiners have stopped fishing because of the veda which began last week. For now, the skipjack tuna supply to Manta canneries seems sufficient as these vessels are still...
Demand For Private Label Tuna Drove Thai Union’s Earnings
Thai Union’s ambient tuna segment, which comprises canned tuna and other seafood, did very well from January to September this year. The company sold 261,351 tons of branded and private-label...
Spain And Portugal Team Up To Strengthen Iberian Canning Sector
Canning associations Anfaco and ANICP from Spain and Portugal, respectively, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last Monday. The agreement aims to promote the Iberian tuna canning...
Thai Canned Tuna Trade Up To Q3 Expanded In Americas
Canned tuna exports to the Americas grew by 27 percent from January to September this year. Business with most markets expanded and, the average FOB price remained stable with only a one...
Vietnamese Tuna Traders Expect Sales Boost As Free Trade With UAE Is Sealed
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Vietnam signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) last month after a year of negotiations. Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and...
US Canned Tuna Consumption Rose In 2022
Americans ate more canned tuna in 2022 compared to the year before while there was a decline in interest for some fresh and frozen seafood. While canned tuna remained the third-most eaten...
Thai Union’s Roadmap To Ambitious Growth
Thai Union Group has presented its Strategy 2030 to boost its turnover by a 79.5 percent increase within six years. On Monday, it revealed that the strategy is “pivotal to the Company’s vision...
Balanced Demand and Supply Maintain Bangkok Skipjack Price
Fair supply and lukewarm demand are keeping the trade of frozen whole-round skipjack in Bangkok going. The news is that the deals made varied widely in price for processors of different sizes....
Confluence Of Factors Pushed Massive Expansion In Q3 Thai Canned Tuna Exports
Thai canned tuna trade had a strong performance from January to September, propelled by a large hike in exports in the third quarter. The falling prices of raw material and ocean freight, and...
Century Pacific Says Canned Tuna Exports Drove Profits In First Nine Months
Century Pacific Food Inc. (CNPF) declared that its consolidated sales for the first nine months of this year amounted to PHP 56.9 billion (USD 974.26 million), a 13 percent rise compared to...
Thai Union’s USD 110 Mln In Earnings Boosted By Strong Canned Tuna & Pet Food Sales
Net profit of the Thai Union Group reached THB 3.77 billion (USD 110.03 million) in the first nine months of this year, a substantial jump of 19.5 percent year on year. It was propelled by...
The Big Impact Of Plunged Maldivian Pole-And-Line Tuna Exports
Following continued low catches, the Maldivian exports of pole-and-line fresh, chilled, or frozen skipjack collapsed in the third quarter resulting in less than half of shipment volumes sent...
Volatile Factors Impacted Freight & Prices Says Maersk Executive
The global tuna sector has experienced a lot of disruption this year. While freight prices have continued to fall, the Red Sea crisis which began nearly a year ago, is still impacting ship...