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A live Google map from the evening of March 30, 2021 showing vessels currently at Thunder Bay. (Portofthunderbay.com)

Port of Thunder Bay opens for season

MarketsFarm — The 2021 navigation season is officially underway at the Port of Thunder Bay, as the tugboat Sharon M1 and barge Huron Spirit arrived late Friday. The tug-barge combo discharged a calcium chloride brine solution, used as a stabilizer and dust suppressant. The same combo also opened the season 2020, one year ago to […] Read more

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Port of Thunder Bay wraps up 21st-century-best year

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News January 14, 2021

MarketsFarm — The last vessel of the 2020-21 shipping season left the Port of Thunder Bay on Tuesday, wrapping up the busiest year at the port since 1997. Annual cargo volumes through came in at 10.2 million tonnes, which marked the first time the tonnage topped 10 million since 1997. A total of 9.3 million […] Read more

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Thunder Bay port on pace for largest season in over 20 years

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News December 3, 2020

MarketsFarm — Shipping activity through the Port of Thunder Bay remained strong during November, with just over a million tonnes of grain moving through the facility on the northern shore of Lake Superior. Increased demand for Canadian grain in Europe, the Middle East and Africa has led the port to a 20-year high for cargo […] Read more

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Thunder Bay wraps up active shipping season

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News January 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — The last cargo vessel of the year departed the Port of Thunder Bay on Sunday, bringing total cargo shipments through the facility to their highest level in half-a-decade. “Strong shipments of Prairie-grown grain and other dry bulk commodities from Western Canada buoyed the port’s cargo tonnage to 9.3 million metric tonnes, the highest […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soy eases on improved weather view

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit two-month high

U.S. ag secretary backs proposed meatpacking investigator

U.S. grains: Soy eases on improved weather view

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Port of Thunder Bay opens for season

Port of Thunder Bay wraps up 21st-century-best year

Thunder Bay port on pace for largest season in over 20 years

Thunder Bay wraps up active shipping season

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