# Rail shipping disrupts canola | farmnewsNOW

> The Canadian Canola Growers Association says over 50 grain vessels are waiting off the West Coast, against a typical 25, and 60,000 rail car orders remain unfilled, equal to 5.4 million tonnes. Prairie elevators are nearing capacity amid rail disruptions.

- Date: 2020-02-24 · published 2020-02-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54609-rail-shipping-disrupts-canola-farmnewsnow
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Export backlogs and full country elevators reduce canola flow to buyers and raise demurrage costs, supporting canola meal prices while hurting farm-gate bids.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farmnewsnow.com: https://farmnewsnow.com/2020/02/24/rail-shipping-disrupts-canola/

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