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An aerial view showing rail, terminal elevator and rail lines
Photo by Jerry Bielicki, provided courtesy of the Canadian Wheat Board, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Marine freight transportation is a major segment of the logistics chain that gets grain from prairie fields to its international consumer. Canadian grain is moved by rail to wharf-side terminal elevators at tidewater or Great Lakes ports, then loaded onto ships. The volume moved by ships and the port of destination varies depending on market requirements.
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Grain being handled in a foreign port
Saskatchewan Archives Board, Regina, R-A15194-2
Grain that has been off-loaded from an ocean going vessel into foreign handling facilities is transferred to a barge, road or rail equipment for onward, inland transport.
Canada would not be able to market high volumes of grain without ocean transportation. Because grain has a low value per tonne, the slow but relatively low-cost transportation provided by ships is essential for grain sales in the overseas markets.
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