# NOLA Lower 9th Ward residents fight against grain train | The Latest | Gambit Weekly | nola.com

> Residents of the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans are opposing a proposed grain transloading project at Alabo Street Wharf that would use a rail line to move grain by 10-car train through the neighborhood. The Sunrise Foods International project is at the center of the dispute.

- Date: 2025-05-09 · published 2025-05-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/24673-nola-lower-9th-ward-residents-fight-against-grain-train-the-latest-gambit
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Local opposition could delay or constrain a new Gulf grain rail-transload facility, a small change to export logistics capacity at the margin.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-06-25 | [Grain shipment in ports improved a third wk/wk — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58442-grain-shipment-in-ports-improved-a-third-wk-wk-latifundist-com.md) | -8.4% | -12.7% |
| WHEAT | 2026-02-09 | [Lower Ocean Freight Costs Boost Grain Export Competitiveness -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16879-lower-ocean-freight-costs-boost-grain-export-competitiveness.md) | +1.4% | +6.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-04-28 | [CP Rail revenue sags due to bad winter, lower grain shipments and labour dispute - Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41859-cp-rail-revenue-sags-due-to-bad-winter-lower-grain-shipments-and-labour-dispute.md) | -1.3% | +0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2026-01-29 | [Low Water on U.S. Rivers Disrupts Grain Exports, Raising Costs for Ag Supply Chains - Agrolatam](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16395-low-water-on-u-s-rivers-disrupts-grain-exports-raising-costs-for-ag-supply.md) | -0.5% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-11-03 | [Ukrainian grain exporters incur the highest costs in ports — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67885-ukrainian-grain-exporters-incur-the-highest-costs-in-ports-latifundist-com.md) | +0.1% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- nola.com: https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/going-against-the-grain-train-lower-9th-ward-residents-fight-against-commercial-rail-plan/article_ff45e805-ba45-4dde-b491-501ee70ba27e.html

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