# Port of Lake Charles to Resume Shipments — Louisiana Farm Bureau News

> Port of Lake Charles is cleaning up and repairing damage from Hurricane Laura, with the bulk terminal reported to have suffered minimal damage. Rough rice and milled rice vessel loadings are expected to resume in October, with the first of two 30,000-ton rough rice vessels sold to Brazil scheduled for October and the second in November.

- Date: 2020-09-21 · published 2020-09-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51188-port-of-lake-charles-to-resume-shipments-louisiana-farm-bureau-news
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Restored export capacity at Lake Charles eases a logistics bottleneck for US rough rice shipments, so the price impact is modest. Any further delay would tighten nearby supply and support prices.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-06-12 | [South Louisiana Rail Facility to build rice mill - Rice Farming](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6719-south-louisiana-rail-facility-to-build-rice-mill-rice-farming.md) | -3.6% | +10.9% |
| RICE | 2024-06-14 | [High shipping costs dent Vietnam's rice prices - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29840-high-shipping-costs-dent-vietnam-s-rice-prices-businessworld-online.md) | -1.9% | -20.7% |
| RICE | 2022-01-14 | [Port helps local rice producers deliver to international markets \| American Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43223-port-helps-local-rice-producers-deliver-to-international-markets-american-press.md) | +5.6% | +8.1% |
| RICE | 2021-12-06 | [Importers to pay N300b freight rates on foreign rice to Nigeria, others \| The Nation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43667-importers-to-pay-n300b-freight-rates-on-foreign-rice-to-nigeria-others-the.md) | -1.7% | +2.6% |
| RICE | 2021-07-15 | [Rice sector revisits tactics as exports hit \| The Phnom Penh Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46157-rice-sector-revisits-tactics-as-exports-hit-the-phnom-penh-post.md) | +3.7% | +4.7% |

## Sources

- lafarmbureaunews.com: https://lafarmbureaunews.com/news/2020/9/20/port-of-lake-charles-to-resume-shipments

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