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PNWA International Trends For Northwest Grain Markets. By Amer Y. Badawi Vice President Columbia Grain International, Inc. Topics. Global Seaborne Dry Bulk Trade Grain Market Review Transportation Trends & Challenges. GLOBAL SEABORNE DRY BULK TRADE. Dry Bulk Seaborne Trade. Iron ore
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PNWA International Trends For Northwest Grain Markets By Amer Y. Badawi Vice President Columbia Grain International, Inc.
Topics • Global Seaborne Dry Bulk Trade • Grain Market Review • Transportation • Trends & Challenges
Dry Bulk Seaborne Trade • Iron ore • Coal, Coke • Grains, Agribulks • Bauxite, Alumina, Phosphate Rock • Sugar • Fertilizer • Scrap, Steel Products, Pig Iron • Cement • Forest Products
Clarkson Research & other Seaborne Bulk Profile
Clarkson Research & other Seaborne Dry Bulk Trade Forecast adjustment from 6% to 3% growth. Forecast Historical
General Outlook for Grain 08/09 World Consumption up by 30MT (1.8%) to 1,714 MT. Almost entirely due to rise in Ethanol use; set to reach 124 MT. Slight increase in direct food consumption 0.6%. TradeForecast up 4.1%
PNW’s Geographical Advantage Grain Imports by Region
Wheat Outlook • 08/09 World Production: 679 MT 68 MT or 11% above last year’s. 28 MT in EU. • 08/09 World consumption: 631 MT. • World Stocks: to go up by 19 MT, to 131 MT. US stocks to double, to 16 MT. • Shipments by 5 Major Exporters are forecast to increase by 1.8 MT, to 78.4 MT. • Shipments by US to fall by 10.1 MT to 24.5 MT due to greater export availabilities in other countries.
Fleet Size Handymax
Bulk Carrier Unit Profile Total 6,903
2.5Billion Metric tons/Year Bulk Carrier DWT Profile
Vessel Size Trend Vessel Size DWT Profile
Freight Deadweight Growth Fleet up 45%, in 7 years!
Fleet Age Handymax
Bulk Carrier Size/Age Profile Percent
Historical Earnings Handymax
Historical high earnings have been behind the Huge ship-building boom
Global markets turmoil. effect on global economies, banks, ship mortgage, and …Psychology.
Major Rail Serving the US • Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) • Union Pacific (UP) • CSX Corporation (CSX) • Norfolk Southern (NS) • Plus Two Canadian Railroads • Canadian Pacific (CP) • Canadian National (CN)
North American Rail System CSX CP CN BNSF UP NS
Columbia Grain’s Newest Shuttle Facility Kasa Point, Montana Need for facility upgrade, i.e. spend more $$ 21,773 metric tons of storage Load shuttle in 10 hours