# The Sprout: Farm groups fret about possible Port of Montréal strike - iPolitics

> Nearly a dozen Canadian agricultural commodity groups asked the federal labour minister to intervene before a possible strike at the Port of Montreal. The port handles more than $880 million in containerized crops and about 40 per cent of containerized special crops. The truce was set to expire March 20.

- Date: 2021-03-04 · published 2021-03-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48139-the-sprout-farm-groups-fret-about-possible-port-of-montreal-strike-ipolitics
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Agricultural groups' concern highlights the export exposure at Montreal, where a strike could divert containers and raise freight costs for Canadian crop shipments.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- ipolitics.ca: https://www.ipolitics.ca/2021/03/04/the-sprout-farm-groups-fret-about-possible-port-of-montreal-strike/

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