Russian Ports and Railways Feel Strain of Giant Harvest
- SovEcon sees Russia reaching grain-export limit this season
- Reports of rail-car, storage shortages and port silo delays
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Russia’s massive grains harvest is starting to put a strain on the country’s ability to ship out and store crops.
Grains output is set to surpass a Soviet-era record and exports in the season that began in July may be the biggest since the USSR collapsed a quarter of a century ago. With more crops than ever before needing to be taken from fields to as far away as Indonesia, there are signs of rail-car and storage shortages in some places and concerns shipments will reach their limit.