Insights and Stories on Grain Shipments

Canada rail shutdown may still delay western grain exports

Aug. 23, 2024 at 1:38 pm CDT

Canada's rail shutdown may still delay loading of some bulk grain ships at the country's west-coast ports despite the government's move to end a stoppage at the nation's two largest railroads, traders and analysts said.

Strong Thunder Bay grain movement through May

Jun. 6, 2024 at 1:27 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Thunder Bay grain shipments up to start season

May. 8, 2024 at 11:59 am CDT

By MarketsFarm

Red Sea crisis cutting farm exports from Ukraine, minister says

Jan. 18, 2024 at 10:22 am CST

By emma-farge Pavel Polityuk Reuters

US reopens key rail crossings between Texas and Mexico

Dec. 22, 2023 at 3:41 pm CST

By David Shepardson Reuters

Thunder Bay grain shipments up on year

Jul. 6, 2023 at 4:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Grain shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay are running well ahead of the previous year’s pace, according to updated data from the Lake Superior facility. Grain shipments through the end of June of about 2.5 million tonnes were up by 760,000 from the same point the previous […]

By MarketsFarm

Russia rejects bank compromise as Black Sea grain deal expiry looms

Jul. 4, 2023 at 6:36 pm CDT

Reuters — Russia on Tuesday restated a demand for its state agricultural bank to be reconnected to the global SWIFT payments system to avert the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal, and said it would not accept a reported compromise proposal. With 13 days remaining until the expiry of […]

By Reuters

Ukraine ‘99.9 per cent’ certain Russia will quit Black Sea deal next month

Jun. 23, 2023 at 1:14 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Russia is 99.9 per cent certain to quit a U.N.-brokered deal on the safe wartime passage of Black Sea grain next month because it no longer needs Ukrainian ports to export ammonia, a senior Ukrainian diplomat said. The United Nations and Turkey brokered the Black Sea […]

By Pavel Polityuk

Black Sea grain deal slow to get moving after extension

May. 26, 2023 at 10:05 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — A deal allowing the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from Ukrainian Black Sea ports has not yet resumed full operations, the United Nations said on Friday, having come to a halt before Russia’s decision last week to extend it. The pact called the […]

By Michelle Nichols

CN, CP set third-quarter records for grain movement

Oct. 5, 2020 at 3:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s big two railways again reported moving record amounts of Canadian grain during the third quarter of 2020. Canadian National Railway (CN) reported Monday it had shipped 7.76 million tonnes of grain by rail, and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) said Friday it had moved 7.72 million tonnes. For […]

By MarketsFarm Team

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