# Parties broker train truce | Farm Online | ACT

> Pacific National and the RTBU agreed to a truce halting industrial action for eight weeks, starting the following day, with minor shunting and training bans excepted. Grain trains are to return to work. Bulk handlers and exporters welcomed the decision but warned that lost shipping capacity will be hard to recover.

- Date: 2017-05-05 · published 2017-05-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71047-parties-broker-train-truce-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Resumed rail services should ease Victorian port congestion, but the backlog of lost capacity will keep export logistics tight for weeks. The eight-week window leaves the risk of renewed disruption open.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2017-05-03 | [Grain shipment transferred to SA due to Vic logistics chaos \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71049-grain-shipment-transferred-to-sa-due-to-vic-logistics-chaos-farm-online-act.md) | -2.1% | -1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-06 | [Grain Trade Australia says record crop, not market failure behind price lag \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36374-grain-trade-australia-says-record-crop-not-market-failure-behind-price-lag-farm.md) | -3.0% | -2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-01-28 | [Intracontinental shipments set to top 03 \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61047-intracontinental-shipments-set-to-top-03-farm-online-act.md) | +0.1% | -2.8% |
| 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 | 2017-08-23 | [Talks break down between GrainCorp and AWU in relation to EBA \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69480-talks-break-down-between-graincorp-and-awu-in-relation-to-eba-farm-online-act.md) | +3.1% | +7.2% |

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/4642709/parties-broker-train-truce/

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