# Railways to blame for terminal shortages, WGEA says - AgCanada

> The Western Grain Elevator Association says delays loading vessels at Vancouver and Prince Rupert stem from inadequate rail service rather than grain shortages. The association disputes a MarketsFarm report that blamed low grain deliveries. Record grain volumes were moved by CN and CP to the West Coast.

- Date: 2021-03-09 · published 2021-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48136-railways-to-blame-for-terminal-shortages-wgea-says-agcanada
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Rail bottlenecks slow Prairie grain movement to port, which can widen the spread between Canadian and other origins and affect export shipments to feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-01-23 | [IFC to disburse money for building a terminal at Yuzhny sea port](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72854-ifc-to-disburse-money-for-building-a-terminal-at-yuzhny-sea-port.md) | -1.3% | +4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2017-07-01 | [New terminal for Chornomorsk ‣ WorldCargo News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69818-new-terminal-for-chornomorsk-worldcargo-news.md) | -0.1% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2022-03-22 | [Canada's CP Rail to resume operations after arbitration agreement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42313-canada-s-cp-rail-to-resume-operations-after-arbitration-agreement.md) | +2.0% | -9.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-28 | [Vancouver grain workers reach tentative deal to end strike - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27885-vancouver-grain-workers-reach-tentative-deal-to-end-strike-agcanada.md) | +0.6% | -6.3% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-06 | [IFC loan to support new grain terminal at Black Sea port \| World-grain.com \| April 06, 2017 13:39 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71357-ifc-loan-to-support-new-grain-terminal-at-black-sea-port-world-grain-com-april.md) | +0.3% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- agcanada.com: https://www.agcanada.com/daily/railways-to-blame-for-terminal-shortages-wgea-says

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