Insights and Stories on Grain Shipping

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally on war concerns

Aug. 18, 2023 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures jumped nearly four per cent on Friday as a drone attack on Moscow revived concerns over the risk of war disruptions to Black Sea grain exports, analysts said. Soybean futures advanced for a third session to reach a July high […]

Strike’s impact on grain movement yet to come

Jul. 31, 2023 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm Reuters

Russia delivers Black Sea warning as Ukraine decries ‘hellish’ grain port attacks

Jul. 20, 2023 at 8:39 am CDT

By Max Hunder Olena Harmash

Insurers seen reviewing Black Sea ship cover after Russia quits deal

Jul. 17, 2023 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Jonathan Saul

Grain shipping deal can operate without Russia, Zelenskyy says

Jul. 17, 2023 at 5:49 pm CDT

By Reuters

Black Sea grain deal expires after Russia quits

Jul. 17, 2023 at 3:22 pm CDT

United Nations/Moscow | Reuters – A deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine’s grain for the past year expired on Monday after Russia quit and warned it could not guarantee the safety of ships in a move the United Nations said would “strike a blow to people in […]

By Guy Faulconbridge Michelle Nichols

UN waits for Russian answer as Black Sea deal deadline looms

Jul. 14, 2023 at 6:27 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is still waiting for a response from Russian President Vladimir Putin on a proposal to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain beyond Monday, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday. Guterres wrote to Putin on Tuesday […]

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise as Ukraine shipping deal set to end

Jul. 14, 2023 at 5:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday as drought conditions in Canada and the northern Plains continue to weigh on the market, as does uncertainty over the future of Ukraine’s wartime grain export shipping deal that is set to expire on Monday. Corn followed wheat up on […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Preview: Railways, grain shippers at loggerheads over interswitching

Jul. 13, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

Recent legislation has raised the stakes in a decade-long battle between the railways and Canadian grain shippers over the interswitching radius. Interswitching refers to a regulation to ensure shippers located where only a single railway operates can access points that are not served by that railway. The issue is especially […]

By Don Norman

UN scrambles to save Black Sea deal ahead of Monday deadline

Jul. 13, 2023 at 6:46 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — The European Commission is helping the United Nations and Turkey try to extend a deal allowing the Black Sea export of Ukraine grain and is open to “explore all solutions,” a European Union spokesperson said on Thursday, ahead of the deal’s possible expiration on Monday. […]