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wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

‘Containergeddon’ drives sugar, rice shippers back to bulk vessels

Oct. 22, 2021 at 8:04 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Food traders are switching from containers back to dry bulk vessels to transport refined sugar and rice, hoping to avoid shipping delays caused by container shortages and port congestion the industry is calling “containergeddon,” according to traders. Container-based transportation has been hit by sky-high costs […]

Canada’s CPPIB to buy major U.S. port terminal operator

Sep. 29, 2021 at 4:16 pm CDT

By David French Sohini Podder

U.S. grains: Wheat firms on global supply issues

Sep. 23, 2021 at 4:22 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn, soy jump despite rising harvest as oil, equities gain

Sep. 22, 2021 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slump with harvest pressure, equities, oil

Sep. 20, 2021 at 2:49 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean, wheat fall ahead of USDA report

Sep. 9, 2021 at 6:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest in 7-1/2 months on Thursday, under pressure from expectations that the U.S. government will raise its domestic production forecast, traders said. Wheat futures sank 2.4 per cent to their lowest in more than a month on follow-through technical selling […]

By Mark Weinraub

Grain shortage, cold snap cause delays at West Coast ports

Feb. 24, 2021 at 8:09 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Grain movement in Western Canada remains faced with significant difficulties, according to Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corp., which monitors rail traffic and vessel movements in Canada. February’s cold snap resulted in grain movement across the region falling below its three-year average. The most pressing issue has been […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silo after blast

Aug. 24, 2020 at 2:36 am CDT

Beirut | Reuters — Kuwait said it will rebuild Lebanon’s only large grain silo that was destroyed by the massive Beirut port explosion, raising fears of food shortages in a country already in financial meltdown. The destruction of the 120,000-tonne capacity structure at the port, the main entry point for […]

By Reuters

P+H reworks Lake Huron grain terminal for larger boats

Aug. 21, 2020 at 11:15 pm CDT

Grain and agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has built out the mooring structures at its Lake Huron grain terminal to allow “all configurations” of boats to load and unload there. The Winnipeg company announced Friday it has completed a new mooring dolphin at its terminal at Goderich, Ont., as well […]

By Dave Bedard

Viterra to build new elevator near Winnipeg

Jul. 16, 2020 at 6:56 pm CDT

Grain handler Viterra is set to replace a relatively small concrete elevator just northwest of Winnipeg with a new higher-throughput terminal. Glencore Agriculture’s Prairie grain arm said Thursday it will build a new high-throughput in the municipality of Rosser, Man., near the northwest corner of Winnipeg’s Perimeter Highway. The new […]