In a commentary released May 17, DBRS Morningstar said it didn't believe the current fires would disrupt movement too much.
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Bunge earnings take a hit
Supply disruptions because of the ongoing war in Ukraine and a severe drought in Argentina have dented earnings for the grains merchants.
Flooding stops Mississippi River barge traffic
Closures that could last for weeks will force grain and fertilizer shippers to find more costly transportation alternatives
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has halted barge traffic across a wide swath of the upper Mississippi River, it said April 27, as record winter snowfall is melting and flooding into waterways. The closures will force grain and fertilizer shippers to find alternative, potentially more costly, transportation by truck or rail, […] Read more
Federal workers back at work; CRA staff still out
A tentative agreement was reached for the bargaining groups representing more than 120,000 workers on the weekend.
Feds approve container port
Many of Canada’s crops are transported to overseas markets in containers, including half of its lentils, one-quarter of its peas and all its special crops.
Feds approve Vancouver container port
Many of Canada’s crops are transported to overseas markets in containers, including half of its lentils, one-quarter of its peas and all its special crops.
With two more, grain handler G3 well on its way to four
G3 Canada is on track to become Western Canada’s fourth largest grain-handling company this year based on total primary elevator capacity, with the addition of nearly 84,000 tonnes of new space in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Construction continues at G3’s two newest elevators locations at Melfort, Sask., and Rycroft, Alta. The two elevators, expected to take […] Read more
Railway efficiency hits next level
Like the infinity symbol, the high efficiency product train forms a loop with no beginning and no end. It’s like a crop cyclotron that is accelerating 40 percent more grain down the rails per train and shortening the end-to-end times of each train. “It’s a complete loop that just moves, stays together. We don’t break […] Read more
Groups continue push for grain contract changes
Saskatchewan crop organizations continue to work on a resolution, passed at their 2022 annual general meetings, that called for the various commissions to lobby for fairer grain delivery contracts. Shaun Dyrland, chair of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, told delegates attending the 2023 annual general meeting that the groups hired Mercantile Consulting Venture to conduct an analysis […] Read more
Rain complicates grain loading at Vancouver port
Talks planned to resolve a bottleneck in the supply chain that can leave trains stranded when it rains on the West Coast
One day this fall, there were nine grain trains stranded on the way to Vancouver, unable to unload their cargoes at port terminals. Why? Because it had been raining. Most grain-loading in Vancouver is cancelled when it rains. For all the talk about Canada developing a high-velocity, high-throughput grain transportation system, it can still be […] Read more
