# Containerized grain exports surge in 2024 as shipping alliances reshape in 2025

> USDA's Grain Transportation Report showed US containerized grain exports rose 13% in 2024 to 15.2 million metric tons. DDGS and soybeans each reached 5.1 million metric tons, with a 51% jump in DDGS container shipments to South Korea.

- Date: 2025-03-07 · published 2025-03-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25679-containerized-grain-exports-surge-in-2024-as-shipping-alliances-reshape-in-2025
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Growing containerized DDGS and soybean flows show shifting export logistics, and the 2025 shipping alliance reshuffle could change ocean freight costs for feed exporters.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- DDGS: neutral
- OCEANFRT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2026-05-06 | [Freight Bottlenecks Reshape Grain and Fertilizer Shipping Routes - RFD](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16855-freight-bottlenecks-reshape-grain-and-fertilizer-shipping-routes-rfd.md) | +1.5% | -3.5% |
| SOY | 2020-04-01 | [Shipping markets in flux amid COVID-19 chaos \| 2020-04-01  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53529-shipping-markets-in-flux-amid-covid-19-chaos-2020-04-01-world-grain.md) | -3.5% | -6.1% |
| SOY | 2021-09-09 | [U.S. Gulf Coast grain exports slowly resume after Ida as more power restored \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44973-u-s-gulf-coast-grain-exports-slowly-resume-after-ida-as-more-power-restored.md) | +1.9% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2019-11-20 | [Grain leaves St. Joseph port for 1st time as barge shipments resume](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55926-grain-leaves-st-joseph-port-for-1st-time-as-barge-shipments-resume.md) | -3.0% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2018-11-09 | [Report Touts Containerization For Soy Exports - The Waterways Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61944-report-touts-containerization-for-soy-exports-the-waterways-journal.md) | +2.4% | +4.9% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-supply-chain/logistics/news/15739336/containerized-grain-exports-surge-in-2024-as-shipping-alliances-reshape-in-2025

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