# US soybean meal export hub damage may take months to fix | Air Freight News

> Shipments from Ag Processing's Aberdeen, Washington export terminal, which handles about 20% of US soybean meal exports, have been curbed after a crane collapse on Sept. 1. Repairs could take months, and a ship was diverted to a Longview terminal.

- Date: 2021-09-29 · published 2021-09-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45140-us-soybean-meal-export-hub-damage-may-take-months-to-fix-air-freight-news
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced US Pacific Northwest meal export capacity tightens supply to Asian buyers such as the Philippines, supporting meal export premiums and boosting reliance on South American supply.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: neutral
- BARGE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2020-05-18 | [Soybeans: COFKO dampens import expectations  - Mundus Agri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53217-soybeans-cofko-dampens-import-expectations-mundus-agri.md) | -1.2% | +0.3% |
| SBM | 2021-08-31 | [Concerns Arise for Soybean Exports Following Arrival of Hurricane Ida - Central Mo Info](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45731-concerns-arise-for-soybean-exports-following-arrival-of-hurricane-ida-central.md) | -1.4% | -1.1% |
| SBM | 2022-10-30 | [Domestic demand for soybeans, export demand for corn keeps prices up - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39175-domestic-demand-for-soybeans-export-demand-for-corn-keeps-prices-up-high-plains.md) | -0.9% | -3.4% |
| SBM | 2024-09-12 | [Brazilian soybean meal widens gap to Argentina \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28390-brazilian-soybean-meal-widens-gap-to-argentina-s-and-p-global.md) | +1.3% | +2.4% |
| SBM | 2023-02-27 | [Ukrainian sunflower meal exports to the EU higher than last season-27.02.2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37432-ukrainian-sunflower-meal-exports-to-the-eu-higher-than-last-season-27-02-2023.md) | -0.4% | -9.6% |
| SOY | 2021-02-26 | [Study shows use of Panama Canal may reduce freight costs on 'Northern Arc' exports by 35% - DatamarNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48523-study-shows-use-of-panama-canal-may-reduce-freight-costs-on-northern-arc.md) | +0.7% | +0.6% |
| SOY | 2025-10-07 | [Soybean, corn barge basis bids steady, export premiums firm — TradingView News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22607-soybean-corn-barge-basis-bids-steady-export-premiums-firm-tradingview-news.md) | -1.0% | +10.0% |
| SOY | 2026-01-18 | [Lower Ocean Freight Rates Could Aid Grain Export Margins - RFD-TV](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16886-lower-ocean-freight-rates-could-aid-grain-export-margins-rfd-tv.md) | +0.4% | +7.2% |

## Sources

- airfreight.news: https://airfreight.news/articles/full/u.s-soybean-meal-export-hub-damage-may-take-months-to-fix

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