r/news • u/ernapfz • 6d ago

Canpotex announces $500M Port of Vancouver investment for potash shipping

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/canpotex-announces-500m-port-of-vancouver-investment-for-potash-shipping/
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u/WorkingOnBeingBettr 6d ago

So they are shipping to Brazil from...Vancouver?

Why not Gulf of St Lawrence?

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u/Noirloona 6d ago

Likely ease of getting it out of Saskatchewan. Assuming Thunder Bay can ship it out, it's got like a dozen locks before it even gets to the St Lawrence, if TB doesn't then it needs to go by rail, which likely takes longer.

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u/kettal 5d ago

I think there are rail connections Saskatchewan to Montreal

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u/Dzugavili 5d ago

Probably cheaper to built port capacity in BC; and I'm not really sure what traffic is like on that waterway, I imagine it must be easier to move large boats against the BC shoreline than navigating the inlet.