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Yong Sheng is a common Chinese ship that is about to make history. He is the first holder containers to sail from China to Europe through the Arctic instead of the usual route south (through the Suez Canal), reducing in two weeks time regular travel.
Yong Sheng, which weighs 19,000 tons and is operated by Chinese state-owned COSCO Group, left the port of Dalian on August 8 and should reach Rotterdam, the Netherlands, via the Bering Strait, on 11 September. The journey time is 35 days, and through the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea it usually takes 48 days.

The coffee harvest in Brazil in 2014 was estimated at 60 million bags of 60kg, representing a growth of approximately 15% compared to the current season, the harvest of which goes for the final, estimated Wednesday the INTL FCStone.
Evaluation of consulting and commodity broker points to record volumes in Brazil, the largest producer and exporter of coffee, next season, which will be high in the biennial Arabica variety of the country. The current season in the cycle is low, alternating larger and smaller crops each year.