# Canadian Railway Strike Poses Threat to Global Supply Chain | Food Logistics

> Food Logistics explains that a strike at Canada's two largest railways would affect more than 900,000 tons of cargo moving daily, including fertilizer and chemicals. The CIRB paused the strike while it reviews public safety impacts, and companies are advised to prepare alternative supply plans.

- Date: 2024-07-18 · published 2024-07-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29277-canadian-railway-strike-poses-threat-to-global-supply-chain-food-logistics
- Commodities: [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Fertilizer rail disruptions in Canada could constrain potash and other fertilizer deliveries to prairie farmers and add to freight costs for agricultural inputs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bullish ▲
- BARGE: neutral
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2024-08-27 | [Industrial Action Threatens Phosphate, Potash Supply \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4543-industrial-action-threatens-phosphate-potash-supply-cz-app.md) | -0.3% | +2.2% |
| UREA | 2021-09-15 | [Urea: Slow reaction to CF Industries’ Donaldsonville plant restart; logistics still an issue](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45386-urea-slow-reaction-to-cf-industries-donaldsonville-plant-restart-logistics.md) | +0.4% | +41.4% |
| UREA | 2023-09-29 | [Major Canadian rail carriers to embargo shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34122-major-canadian-rail-carriers-to-embargo-shipments.md) | -2.8% | -7.8% |
| UREA | 2022-07-06 | [Fertiliser supply chain \| Maersk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40414-fertiliser-supply-chain-maersk.md) | +2.2% | +13.7% |
| UREA | 2020-04-20 | [Precision ag softens fertiliser, chemical supply risk - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53564-precision-ag-softens-fertiliser-chemical-supply-risk-grain-central.md) | -1.8% | -19.6% |

## Sources

- foodlogistics.com: https://www.foodlogistics.com/transportation/rail-intermodal/article/22914979/everstream-analytics-canadian-railway-strike-poses-threat-to-global-supply-chain

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