Insights and Stories on Shipping

Pulse weekly outlook: Shipping delays aggravate growers, exporters

Mar. 30, 2021 at 8:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — On top of disruptions to major supply chains and shipping routes already due to the COVID-19 pandemic, recent events are causing even more headaches for pulse exporters and growers. The six-day blockage of the Suez Canal by the grounded container ship Ever Given caused a major backup of […]

Richardson to upsize Yorkton canola crush plant

Mar. 22, 2021 at 8:57 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Baltic Dry Index tops 2,000 points

Mar. 17, 2021 at 1:57 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Push on to prevent strike at Port of Montreal

Feb. 26, 2021 at 2:25 am CST

By Allan Dawson

Pulse industry watching container supply closely

Oct. 30, 2020 at 10:39 am CDT

By Allan Dawson

Trump issues permit for Alaska-to-Alberta railway

Sep. 29, 2020 at 7:59 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a presidential permit for a private-sector proposal to build a railway from northeastern Alberta’s oil sands to ports in Alaska, a project that still faces numerous hurdles. Trump said over the weekend on Twitter he would issue the permit, which […]

By GFM Staff Reuters

Churchill’s shipping season to start next month

Aug. 14, 2020 at 4:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There won’t be any vessels laden with grains and pulses departing from the Port of Churchill until next month, according to Murad Al-Katib, CEO of AGT Foods in Regina. “We’re in the early days of harvest, so it would be very normal to expect the first vessels to […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Food exporters sign safety declarations in lieu of virus-free guarantees

Jun. 29, 2020 at 10:37 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. food and feed exporters are shipping goods to China with letters assuring the safety of their cargo in lieu of official declarations requested by Chinese authorities that guarantee coronavirus-free shipments, a U.S. agricultural export group said on Friday. The commitment statements, drafted by the Agriculture Transportation Coalition […]

By Karl Plume

Ocean freight rate index moving higher

Jun. 15, 2020 at 6:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ocean freight rates have shown steady gains over the past month, rising to some of their highest levels of 2020 as world economies show signs of recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a major indicator of shipping rates, has moved higher for 12 straight […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Logistics, lack of containers hamper pulse crop movement

Apr. 16, 2020 at 9:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Logistics disruptions due to COVID-19 are hampering nearby movement of pulses, according to a number of industry participants speaking Thursday on a webinar organized by the Global Pulse Consortium. However, the longer-term impact of the pandemic remains to be seen. “The shipping industry has been hugely impacted by […]