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Viterra's Agassiz grain elevator between Winkler and Morden.
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Grain elevator capacity soaring across the Prairies

The growth in the last four years has been phenomenal — and there’s more to come

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Glacier FarmMedia – The business of building grain elevators is — pardon the pun — on a runaway train. The growth has been, by any measure, phenomenal. In just the last four years, elevator companies have added 1.2 million tonnes of storage — a 16 per cent jump. And that expansion train isn’t slowing down.
The operators of the rail line to Churchill say a honeycomb form, seen here empty, then filled with crushed rock, is central to their rehabilitation of the rail line over muskeg.
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Churchill port on two-year hiatus

Operator says ambitious rail rehabilitation will be key to future success

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It’s going to be awhile before the next ship is loaded at the northern Manitoba Port of Churchill. About two years, according to Sheldon Affleck, chief executive officer of the Arctic Gateway Group (AGG). The group consists of 29 Indigenous and a dozen non-Indigenous communities that own and operate the 627-mile rail line from The
Container companies are choosing to eliminate the backhaul from Canada, which hurts exports, Pulse Canada says.
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Ottawa urged to tackle shipping container crisis

Pulse Canada says pulse farmers and the entire Canadian economy are being damaged

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The Canadian government must address the container crunch hurting the nation’s pulse growers and every part of the Canadian economy, says Pulse Canada. “It’s no secret that life is getting more expensive by the day here in Canada, and the lack of containers is playing a big role in driving up the cost of living
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Pulse Canada alleges anti-competitive behaviour by container lines

Others see the true problem as demand simply exceeding the available supply

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Pulse Canada alleges container shipping lines are acting as a cartel to maximize profits at the expense of the world’s shippers.  “They clearly see how this works now and they are getting smarter collectively as a group,” Greg Northey, Pulse Canada’s vice-president of corporate affairs, said in an interview Aug. 30.  “They are absolutely controlling
Grain bins can be a dangerous location and safety precautions are very important.
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Don’t be complacent around grain storage hazards

The list of dangers is very long, and it includes people who aren’t properly trained

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Glacier FarmMedia – There’s a plethora of hazards associated with storing and moving grain, and farm safety expert Robert Gobeil had a long list during a recent online presentation. Those entering a storage area containing a grain mass can be sucked under flowing grain, trapped by avalanching grain, and fall through crusted or bridged grain
File photo of wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia. (YGrek/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Other

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

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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 and delays amid booming shipping
File photo of a CN locomotive in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

CN CEO to retire as investor pressure weighs

Shareholder TCI has replacement in mind

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Reuters — Canadian National Railway (CN) said on Tuesday its CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest will retire at the end of January, following investor demands for his exit after the railroad operator’s failed bid for Kansas City Southern. TCI Fund Management, which owns five per cent of Canadian National, in August pitched former Jim Vena — a
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Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Rubber, meet road

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In recent years the country’s two major railways have all but dislocated their metaphorical shoulders patting themselves on the back. They’re rightly very proud of record grain movement year after year, and have pointed to major investments in infrastructure, equipment and personnel as key to that success. And to be clear, both CN and CP
Shippers say they’ll be watching CN’s performance closely following staff cuts.
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Turmoil at CN making Canadian grain shippers nervous

Hedge fund is threatening to oust the railway’s senior management

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Canadian grain shippers are worried CN Rail’s plan to boost profits and avoid a shakeup in the executive suite could result in poorer service. “Even though (grain shipping) demand is a bit down (due to a smaller crop) they (CN) started rationing last week and their order fulfilment, especially out of Alberta is dropping,” Greg

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