# St. Lawrence Seaway strike leaving goods, ships stranded at Port of Thunder Bay | CBC News

> The Seaway strike has left ships unable to load or offload at the Port of Thunder Bay on Lake Superior. Port CEO Chris Heikkinen said grain was still being offloaded to rail for now, but shipments could slow or stop if the strike lasted more than a couple of days.

- Date: 2023-10-24 · published 2023-10-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33668-st-lawrence-seaway-strike-leaving-goods-ships-stranded-at-port-of-thunder-bay
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Thunder Bay is a key outlet for Western Canadian grain and potash, so a lasting halt would cut export capacity and could weigh on Canadian grain prices while supporting rail and trucking costs.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-08-17 | [Three more ships leave Ukrainian ports under U.N.-brokered grain deal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40151-three-more-ships-leave-ukrainian-ports-under-u-n-brokered-grain-deal.md) | -10.0% | -10.7% |
| WHEAT | 2020-05-14 | [Grain shipping. It’s a good news-bad news story - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53143-grain-shipping-it-s-a-good-news-bad-news-story-manitoba-co-operator.md) | +0.4% | +1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2022-09-25 | [Seven more crop-laden ships leave Ukrainian ports on Sunday](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14453-seven-more-crop-laden-ships-leave-ukrainian-ports-on-sunday.md) | +0.6% | -10.1% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-15 | [Farmers say CN strike sullied their reputations — and they want a permanent fix \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55602-farmers-say-cn-strike-sullied-their-reputations-and-they-want-a-permanent-fix.md) | +2.0% | +4.8% |
| WHEAT | 2023-09-22 | [First big grain ship leaves Ukraine's Black Sea port](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14359-first-big-grain-ship-leaves-ukraine-s-black-sea-port.md) | -1.5% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- cbc.ca: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/st-lawrence-seaway-strike-leaving-goods-ships-stranded-at-port-of-thunder-bay-1.7005258

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