# Intracontinental shipments set to top 03 | Farm Online | ACT

> CBH expects record grain shipments from Western Australia to eastern ports, with about 1.15 million tonnes moved so far and around 2 million tonnes expected this season. Eastern drought-hit regions are driving demand.

- Date: 2019-01-28 · published 2019-01-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61047-intracontinental-shipments-set-to-top-03-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy east-bound freight demand supports domestic eastern grain basis and coastal logistics costs, while reflecting tight eastern supply.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-27 | [Industrial action set to hit Kwinana grain port all next week \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23327-industrial-action-set-to-hit-kwinana-grain-port-all-next-week-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | -0.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-04-25 | [PN industrial action costing Vic grains sector millions \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71505-pn-industrial-action-costing-vic-grains-sector-millions-farm-online-act.md) | +3.6% | +2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-08 | [Grain industry may be hit by MUA and Qube Ports dispute \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26509-grain-industry-may-be-hit-by-mua-and-qube-ports-dispute-farm-online-act.md) | -0.2% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-03-16 | [Ukraine: in the second week of March, the seaports halved grains shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53985-ukraine-in-the-second-week-of-march-the-seaports-halved-grains-shipments.md) | -3.2% | -5.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-08-28 | [Automation dispute threatens Australia's grain export supply \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23331-automation-dispute-threatens-australia-s-grain-export-supply-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | -0.7% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/5872827/intracontinental-grain-shipments-set-to-smash-2003-record/

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