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The Clipper Bettina. (Clipper-Group.com)

Churchill’s first shipment of season now loading

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus September 9, 2015

Churchill, Man. | CNS Canada — Grain loading has started on the first vessel of the season to reach Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill. The Clipper Bettina arrived at the Hudson Bay port Sunday and began receiving grain Wednesday. The vessel is to leave for Africa within days, with 36,000 tonnes of hard red spring

Crops, Weather

Churchill caps off challenging year

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News November 14, 2014

CNS Canada — The harsh winter of 2013-14 appears to have taken a toll on the tonnage of grain and oilseeds shipped through Hudson Bay during its now-concluded shipping season. Just 540,000 tonnes of wheat and other products including durum and canola were shipped through the Port of Churchill in 2014. Last year, that number

An Aerial View Of The Port Of Churchill, Manitoba.

Cereals, News

Churchill gets another booster

By Allan Dawson November 27, 2013

The Port of Churchill is getting a boost from the Manitoba government. Legislation to create Churchill Arctic Port Canada Inc., a non-government agency, to develop economic opportunities, spur job creation and ensure the viability of Churchill, was introduced in the Manitoba legislature Nov. 21. OmniTRAX Canada, which owns the port and the railway that serves

Rising export demand is underpinning prosperity in agriculture.

Cereals, Crops

Churchill exports up after longer than usual shipping season

OmniTRAX says exporting crude oil through Churchill would help ensure the port’s viability

By Allan Dawson November 20, 2013

The Port of Churchill, which closed for the season Nov. 12, was open almost two weeks later than usual and exported more than 600,000 tonnes of grain. Merv Tweed, president of OmniTRAX Canada, which owns the port and the Hudson Bay Railway that serves it, said that while this year’s performance is encouraging, the port

Crops

Churchill enjoys busy shipping year

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 1, 2013

Churchill is nearing the end of a busy grain shipping season, with the tonnage moving through the northern port expected to come in well above the previous year. “We’ll be wrapping up in the next 10 to 12 days,” Darcy Brede, president and chief operating officer of OmniTRAX, said last week. More than 500,000 tonnes

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

Northern port forecasts busy season

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 12, 2013

The head of the Port of Churchill is predicting both grain movement and the number of customers using the facility will increase this year. “It looks like it will be a solid year,” said Jeff McEachern, executive director of the Churchill Gateway Development Corporation. Last year, the first boat didn’t load until early August, but

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Changing climate and oil markets good for Churchill

By Daniel Winters April 10, 2013

Churchill port sees new opportunities for shipping in a melting — and rapidly developing — Arctic

The thawing of the Arctic is a chilling environmental prospect, but Port of Churchill proponents say it heralds a new era for Canada’s long-neglected and underutilized northern deepwater port. Since the port was built 70 years ago, the focus has been on grain shipments, but it’s now shifting to supplying the fast-growing communities in Nunavut

Cereals, Crops

Seaway raises tolls after five-year freeze

By Alex Binkley March 25, 2013

Tolls on the St. Lawrence Seaway are going up by three per cent this year. It’s the first hike in six years, and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation says the increase will help fund infrastructure renewal, efforts to reduce system costs, and marketing efforts. A late-season surge in Prairie grain exports last fall pushed

News

Seaway opening on an upbeat note

By Alex Binkley February 28, 2013

St. Lawrence Seaway officials are optimistic last year’s four per cent surge in traffic was no fluke as the export route gears up for a March 22 opening. A late-season surge in grain exports from Western Canada lifted the seaway traffic to 38.9 million tonnes of cargo for the 2012 season, a haul that bested

Crops, Livestock, News

Water management, northern development cited in throne speech

By Lorraine Stevenson December 6, 2012

Churchill’s role will grow as province pursues initiative to boost northern prosperity, speech says

New research to track phosphorus flow from flood-prone areas will be one component of a comprehensive surface water management strategy coming for Manitoba, the speech from the throne stated November 19. New research looking at the role of wetland conservation and restoration, and risks to watercourses from toxic algae is also promised. “Our government recognizes

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley still the king of Canadian feed grains

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans chop up and down as traders assess China demand

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