Red Sea Shipping Attacks Paused | Carlsberg Acquires UK Bottler Britvic | Kidney Mortality Rates Lower for Tea Drinkers Consuming Oxidized Tea

Episode 202 Shipping firms are cautiously optimistic that a Gaza truce will enable safe passage through the Suez Canal. The 14-month Red Sea trade route disruption has cost tea companies millions of dollars by forcing all European-bound tea from Asia, South Asia, and Africa to transit South Africa, adding the cost of 10 - 12 days in transit. Drewery’s World Container Index decreased 11% this week to $3,445 per 40ft container, but shipping insurance premiums remain high. Yemen-based Houthis

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Dan is an editor and publisher, a podcaster, blogger, and beverage retail consultant. He is a frequent speaker at industry seminars and conferences (virtual and in-person). Dan was the first editor and publisher at World Tea News and has worked as editor and publisher of Tea Magazine and managing editor of STiR coffee and tea. His work appears online and in many magazines. In 2016 he organized the collaborative group of tea journalists and experts who founded Tea Journey magazine and in 2021 launched the Tea Biz podcast. He began his publications career in 1974 as a newspaper reporter.