Must be 20 Ships sitting in Vancouver!

[SASKFARMER3]

Just down today at the water front in Vancouver, boy are their ships sitting in the harbor. Yes Grain ships waiting to be loaded.
Hopefully its not with HRS the CWB sold for 4.00's a bushel. DPC is getting close to my magical $9.00 that I have been waiting for. Closed a 8.68 freight off to our terminal. Not the $9.25 plus like ND but getting close.

[Fransisco]

If I was looking at those ships one word would come to mind. 'DEMURGE'

[parsley]

Demurage

Demurage

Demurage

[TOM4CWB]

Parsley,

"Demurage

Demurage

Demurage"

Actually on CWB boats... it is 'Dispatch credit minus day one'

'Dispatch credit minus day two'

'Dispatch credit minus day three'...



On non-CWB grain it is Basis getting wider (lower farmgate price) on non-CWB grain:

Day one...

Lower,day two....

Lower yet day three.....

[silverback]

So what or who will be blamed for it this winter?

Railways? Too cold? Too warm? Corporations? Lack of farmer selling? The easter bunny?

[Fransisco]

Darn it, another spelling mistake.

[Jagfarms]

I just got back from a Port Tour and a tour of the AGT
terminal that the ITAC purchased this summer. We
went on a tour of the harbor as well and there was not
many ships there on monday. They can not load the
ships when it rains and it was raining almost
everyday. THe long shoremen would tarp the ships 5
years ago to load in the rain and they will not tarp to
load in the rain anymore,

[charliep]

The CWB posts the number of ships in port.

http://www.cwb.ca/wcm/wps/wcm/connect/cwb/root/en/newsroom/Grain movement updates#updates-daily

Not so sure if available on the web but there was also another report which provided details on the vessel lineup including destination and grain. Has anyone seen this?

[SASKFARMER3]

Jag farms I have been here since wednesday and This morning (saturday) I am sipping my Starbucks and guess what there are about 20 ships sitting waiting. If they werent there monday thats great. But dont let people blow smoke up your --- that every thing is as it seems. We have been sold that line for years and years and years. Trust us we know better. Farmers need to ask questions and get answers, not just simple trust us we know better attitude. Oh yea its been sunny and 7 - 3 today no rain.

[SASKFARMER3]

That should read 7 to 3.
One thing is certain if those ships are here for grain thats great.

[SASKFARMER3]

Damb computer thats plus 7 to plus 3 today.

[Jagfarms]

We were there from Nov 30 to Dec 4 and It rained and
snowed everyday. It never quit and it rained over 4
inches in one day. Wish we could have brought some
of that rain home with us.

The rain must have caused a back up of ships. Some
of those ships could be there for coal, sulfur, wood
chips ect. I was suprised to learn how much coal they
ship out of the port. I thought coal was a thing of the
past with global warming and everything.

[TOM4CWB]

Jagfarms,

At the Alberta Barley Commission AGM the point was made that we would be better to straight burn barley.... we could get more for our feed barley in the EU as fuel that the CWB is selling it for on the world feed market.



How the CWB manages to get us less than west coast foresters are getting for wood pellets... staggers the mind!

[Burbert]

I really, really, really doubt that a Saskboy, could tell the difference between a ship that is in the bay to load grain, or one that is in the bay to load, lets say, lumber, coal, wire, shingles, oil, logs, cans, pans, fans, etc.etc.etc. Jumping to conclusions though, is what angriville, is all about. Isn't it?????

[SASKFARMER3]

BurpFart I Can tell the difference, plus have a brother who works out here to explain which one is heading where.
Time for a glass of wine.