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Container rates soar on concerns of prolonged Red Sea disruption, inflation

U.S. and British militaries have advised all ships to steer clear of the conflict zone

By Jonathan Saul, Lisa Baertlein, Reuters, GFM Network News January 12, 2024

Container shipping rates for key global trade routes have soared this week, with U.S. and UK air strikes on Yemen stirring fears of a prolonged disruption to global trade in Red Sea, one of the world's busiest routes, industry officials said on Friday.

Hogs, Livestock

Pork sector calls for essential service status amid B.C. port strike

Council says pork should receive same consideration as grains

By Jonah Grignon, GFM Network News July 11, 2023

Leaders in Canada’s pork sector are calling on the federal government to give perishable agriculture products the same consideration and protection as grain. The call comes as a longshore workers’ strike at British Columbia’s West Coast ports nears its second week, blocking the shipment of Canadian meat and most other exports. Canadian Pork Council (CPC) […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather, Winter Wheat

Thunder Bay reports rare inbound grain shipment

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News September 3, 2021

MarketsFarm — Grain movement at the Port of Thunder Bay included a rare inbound cargo of feed wheat, according to the port’s latest monthly report. A 12,000-tonne shipment of feed wheat was delivered to Richardson’s Current River elevator from the company’s facility in Hamilton, Ont. The wheat was said to be destined for Manitoba feedlots, […] Read more

A Shanghai container terminal. (Chuyu/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Container crisis affecting markets, shipments

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News July 14, 2021

MarketsFarm — As hot and dry weather, especially in Western Canada, have wrought havoc on Canadian pulse crops and raised prices, it’s also becoming more difficult to export pulses overseas. Shipping containers, in which 30 per cent of Canada’s peas and more than 50 per cent of Canada’s lentils are transported, are currently in a […] Read more

File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)

U.S. says it would ban pig shipments if swine fever detected

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 7, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it will prohibit shipments of all pigs for at least three days if the nation ever finds a case of a fatal hog disease that has ravaged China’s herd. The federal government is preparing to contain and eradicate African swine fever if it spreads […] Read more

A CN freight train remains halted as train tracks are blocked two km away at Tyendinaga, Ont., east of Belleville, on Feb. 14, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Chris Helgren)

Crops

Fraser: Rail blockades should be a lesson for all

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News February 20, 2020

Our latest so-called national crisis led to calls for police to arrest protesters and tear down blockades, but perhaps we should be thinking about how to prevent conflicts like this from happening in the first place. It’s amazing how much can change in just a few days. Canada’s Agriculture Day on Feb. 11 brought together […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Grain vessel lineup rising at Vancouver

By MarketsFarm Team October 3, 2018

CNS Canada — The lineup of grain vessels waiting for loading at Vancouver increased to 21 for Week 8 of the grain shipping season. Reports by Quorum Corp., which monitors Prairie grain handling, stated vessels at Vancouver were up 31 per cent from the previous week (17). The increase in ships raised sentiments that grain […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Strings seen attached to India’s extended fumigation deadline

By Terry Fries June 29, 2017

CNS Canada –– India has extended its Friday deadline on a requirement that all pulse shipments to that country be fumigated with methyl bromide — but it wasn’t quite the good news the Canadian pulse industry had hoped to hear. “India has basically extended the ability for exporters around the world to ship to India […] Read more

Daily Network News

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Container rates soar on concerns of prolonged Red Sea disruption, inflation

Pork sector calls for essential service status amid B.C. port strike

Thunder Bay reports rare inbound grain shipment

Pulse weekly outlook: Container crisis affecting markets, shipments

U.S. says it would ban pig shipments if swine fever detected

Fraser: Rail blockades should be a lesson for all

Grain vessel lineup rising at Vancouver

Strings seen attached to India’s extended fumigation deadline

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