# Red Sea attacks disrupt grain shipping | World Grain

> The International Grains Council reports that Houthi drone and missile attacks have begun to disrupt dry bulk grain shipments, not just containers. Grain and oilseed volumes through the Suez Canal fell 20% in December from November.

- Date: 2024-01-25 · published 2024-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/14333-red-sea-attacks-disrupt-grain-shipping-world-grain
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Diversions away from Suez lengthen voyages and raise freight costs for grain shipped from the Black Sea and Europe to Asia and East Africa.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-10-08 | [Grain Ships Avoid Suez Canal Due to Red Sea Attacks \| Waradana](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16996-grain-ships-avoid-suez-canal-due-to-red-sea-attacks-waradana.md) | -0.3% | -1.3% |
| WHEAT | 2024-02-02 | [Weekly highlights - What the Red Sea shipping disruptions mean for grain prices - Graintab](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31561-weekly-highlights-what-the-red-sea-shipping-disruptions-mean-for-grain-prices.md) | -1.6% | -8.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-06-10 | [Grain shipping trade navigates turbulent waters \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40846-grain-shipping-trade-navigates-turbulent-waters-world-grain.md) | +1.7% | -7.4% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-17 | [Impacts of Red Sea shipping disruptions on global food security \| IFPRI](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14334-impacts-of-red-sea-shipping-disruptions-on-global-food-security-ifpri.md) | -0.4% | -5.3% |
| WHEAT | 2026-08-31 | [Russian grain exports shift to Baltic as Black Sea trade disrupted \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14089-russian-grain-exports-shift-to-baltic-as-black-sea-trade-disrupted-reuters.md) | +2.4% | +6.4% |

## Sources

- world-grain.com: https://www.world-grain.com/articles/19543-red-sea-attacks-disrupt-grain-shipping

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