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

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News 3 days ago

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, 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

Crops, Markets

Export demand keeps Thunder Bay grain traffic solid

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News November 5, 2020

MarketsFarm — Grain movement out of Thunder Bay continues to run at a very strong pace, with shipments to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa behind much of the increased movement. As of Saturday, more than two million metric tonnes of grain have been directly exported from Thunder Bay elevators by ocean-going (saltie) vessels […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Trump issues permit for Alaska-to-Alberta railway

By Reuters, GFM Staff, GFM Network News September 30, 2020

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 he signed on Monday but […] Read more

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Grain traffic at Thunder Bay up 27 per cent on year

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News September 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — Grain movement through the Port of Thunder Bay is reported to be up 27 per cent compared to the previous year halfway through the 2020 shipping season. A total of 5.05 million tonnes of grain were shipped through Thunder Bay as of Aug. 31, port officials said in a release. That compares with […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silo after blast

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 24, 2020

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 food imports, meant buyers must […] Read more

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Truce reached in Montreal port strike

Longshoremen to return to work Sunday

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 21, 2020

Striking longshoremen at the Port of Montreal plan to return to work Sunday morning, beginning a truce of up to seven months brokered by federal mediators. Federal Labour Minister Filomena Tassi announced Friday that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 375, Syndicat des debardeurs and the port’s Maritime Employers Association (MEA) have “concluded […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Churchill’s shipping season to start next month

Tracks 'in good shape' leading to northern Manitoba port

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News August 14, 2020

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 arrive in the first half […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Thunder Bay grain exports continue at strong pace

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News August 12, 2020

MarketsFarm — Grain shipments through the Port of Thunder Bay continue to run at a strong pace, with season-to-date volumes of 4.2 million tonnes up 26 per cent on the year. A total of 961,419 tonnes of grain were shipped through the port, located on the northern shores of Lake Superior, in July, port officials […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Containerized crops may get stuck in Montreal port’s strike

Longshoremen on 'indefinite' strike as of Monday morning

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News August 11, 2020

Bulk grain traffic through the Port of Montreal isn’t expected to be affected by a longshoremen’s strike that began Monday morning, but eastbound containerized crops may be among the traffic put on hold. CUPE’s Syndicat des debardeurs Local 375, which represents about 1,150 longshoremen and longshorewomen at the port, served notice Friday that it would […] Read more

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

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

Export demand keeps Thunder Bay grain traffic solid

Trump issues permit for Alaska-to-Alberta railway

Grain traffic at Thunder Bay up 27 per cent on year

Kuwait to rebuild Beirut port grain silo after blast

Truce reached in Montreal port strike

Churchill’s shipping season to start next month

Thunder Bay grain exports continue at strong pace

Containerized crops may get stuck in Montreal port’s strike

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