Reading Time: < 1 minute Argentine grains ports and soybean crushing plants in the area surrounding the major Rosario hub are standing idle due to a nationwide strike launched on Thursday, the head of the major grains exporting nation's oilseed export chamber said.
Argentine grains ports and crushing plants idled due to general strike
Thunder Bay grain shipments up to start season
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grain shipments out of the Port of Thunder Bay are running well ahead of average through the first few weeks of the 2024 shipping season.
Only grain ships from Black Sea and for Iran still crossing Red Sea, analysts say
Houthi attacks have disrupted global shipping since November, forcing ships to re-route
Reading Time: < 1 minute Grain ships originating from the Black Sea or bound for Iran are about the only ones still sailing through the Red Sea as Houthi militants continue to attack vessels in the area, analysts said on Friday.
Zelenskiy says Black Sea grain corridor in doubt without US aid
Conservative Republicans in US House of Representatives threatening to block further military aid
Reading Time: 2 minutes New York | Reuters -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that without new U.S. military aid his country would be unable to defend a Black Sea shipping corridor that has allowed Kyiv to export millions of tons of grain to global markets.
More grain ships diverted from Red Sea due to Houthi attacks
Air strikes, naval forces not enough to end attacks on ships, trader says
Reading Time: 2 minutes More ships carrying grain were diverted from the Suez Canal to sailings around the Cape of Good Hope this week as concern about attacks on vessels in the Red Sea continued, shipping analysts said on Friday.
More grain ships divert from Red Sea as attacks continue
Millions of tons of grain cargo have avoided the area since December, analysts say
Reading Time: 2 minutes More ships carrying grain were diverted from the Suez Canal to routes around the Cape of Good Hope this week as attacks on shipping in the Red Sea continued, analysts said on Friday.
Houthi attack on dry bulk ship to boost grain diversions
About twenty per cent of grain shipments diverting around Cape
Reading Time: 2 minutes An attack on a dry bulk carrier this week in the Red Sea region is set to lead to more diversions of grain cargoes around the Cape of Good Hope but most are still willing to risk using the Suez Canal for now, shipping sources said on Tuesday.
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
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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.
US reopens key rail crossings between Texas and Mexico
American, Mexican agriculture groups express relief
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said operations resumed at 2 p.m. ET at the international railway crossing bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas. The closures had prompted alarm from railroads, the agriculture industry and some lawmakers over the economic impact to halted export trade.
Seaway workers ratify labour deal
Deal ended one-week strike on waterway
Reading Time: < 1 minute Unionized workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway in Ontario and Quebec have voted their approval of the agreement that brought them in off the picket line. Unifor, which represents about 360 Seaway workers across five locals in the two provinces, announced Thursday its members had voted to ratify a three-year agreement retroactive to April 1. […] Read more
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