# Vancouver Port Strike Disrupts Grain Shipments at Harvest - TT

> Grain Workers Union Local 333 went on strike at Vancouver on September 24 after a 72-hour notice and failed talks. Canada's largest port handles about 52% of the country's grain, and the Grain Growers association estimated the stoppage could hold up about 100,000 metric tons daily. Its estimated cost was about $26 million per day.

- Date: 2024-09-24 · published 2024-09-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28345-vancouver-port-strike-disrupts-grain-shipments-at-harvest-tt
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Losing about 100,000 tonnes a day of Pacific-bound grain capacity tightens near-term supply to Asian buyers and can lift freight and competing origin prices. Limited alternative corridors make the export impact harder to offset.

## Read by commodity

- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- ttnews.com: https://www.ttnews.com/articles/vancouver-port-grain-strike

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