![]() "We just hit the perfect spot this first ship, where it was looking for a backhaul to Europe because of the demand for grain, and we fulfilled that demand quickly,” Scriber said. Clair, is headed out today, rather than initial plans for late this month. Scriber said between the loss of grain farmed in Ukraine and the economic sanctions against Russia, the demand for grain is high, so a ship laden with soybeans, the Lake St. “And that was all because of product demand, and I don’t think product demand is going to subside this year.” So the whole idea of being the first grain ship out of the Great Lakes, that was a shocker, said William Scriber, Executive Director of the Port of Oswego. “We were not really expecting a grain shipment until middle or late April. ![]() More than 18,000 metric tons of soybeans grown in central New York is headed to Belgium and Ireland about a month ahead of schedule, in part because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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