# Port of Winona Sees Strong Barge Year, Improves Port - The Waterways Journal

> Canadian Pacific reached a tentative agreement with the Teamsters and IBEW, averting a strike planned for April 21 and cancelling its embargoes on Canadian shipments. Union ratification votes on final offers remain pending and the Teamsters called the offer ridiculous, so a strike is not fully off the table.

- Date: 2018-04-23 · published 2018-04-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65384-port-of-winona-sees-strong-barge-year-improves-port-the-waterways-journal
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A CP rail stoppage would disrupt grain and fertilizer movement from western Canada and the western US, so the averted walkout lowers near-term logistics risk and eases pressure on Canadian canola and wheat basis.

## Read by commodity

- KWHEAT: neutral
- CANMEAL: neutral

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| KWHEAT | 2017-09-12 | [Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68948-winter-wheat-moving-again-to-gulf-coast-export-facilities-ap-news.md) | +8.1% | +5.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2026-05-01 | [Weskan Grain challenges K&O Railroad over grain shipping barriers \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19277-weskan-grain-challenges-k-and-o-railroad-over-grain-shipping-barriers-feed-and.md) | -3.4% | -4.2% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-12-20 | [World prices for wheat are falling, but they continue to rise in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38270-world-prices-for-wheat-are-falling-but-they-continue-to-rise-in-ukraine.md) | +4.2% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- waterwaysjournal.net: https://www.waterwaysjournal.net/2018/04/23/port-of-winona-sees-strong-barge-year-improves-port/

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