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GRAIN DELIVERIES TO MAJOR PORTS This map shows deliveries of western Canadian grain and oilseeds (in million tonnes) to terminals at Canada’s three largest ports for the first 42 weeks of each year. For full statistics by crop type and year, see page 3. | MICHELLE HOULDEN GRAPHIC
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Grain shipments flowing again Record shipments to West Coast | Deliveries hustle through system after months of delay BY BRIAN CROSS SASKATOON NEWSROOM
Millions of tonnes of grain that were stuck on prairie farms are moving steadily through export terminals at Thunder Bay, Vancouver and Prince Rupert. | FILE PHOTO
The stubborn clog that was plugging Western Canada’s grain export pipeline last winter has finally been flushed through the system. Millions of tonnes of western Canadian grain that were stuck on prairie farms for most of the winter are now flowing steadily through export terminals at Thunder Bay, Vancouver and Prince Rupert. On the West Coast, record grain movement over the past month has pushed year-to-date shipments received at terminals ahead of last year’s pace — a remarkable turnaround given the languid pace of deliveries during much of the winter. As of late May, West Coast terminal receipts of wheat, durum, oats, barley, flax, canola and peas stood at nearly
18.4 million tonnes, up six percent from the same period in 2012-13. Grain movement has also picked up through the Port of Thunder Bay, Ont. Officials at Thunder Bay announced that May 2014 was the port’s busiest month since the late 1990s. Thunder Bay moved more than 1.5 million tonnes of cargo last month, including more than 1.3 million tonnes of grain. Last year, Thunder Bay’s total grain shipments during the month of May barely surpassed 700,000 tonnes. Tim Heney, chief executive officer with the Thunder Bay Port Authority, attributed the increased handlings in May to large grain stocks from prairie farms and to government measures aimed at increasing shipments of grain. SEE GRAIN SHIPMENTS, PAGE 3
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