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Bulk Handling Grain

Beating hurricane hangovers

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused unprecedented human and financial damage along the Gulf coast of the US last year. As this year's season gets underway, Michael King examines how the grain ports are gearing up for this season's onslaught

The hangover from last year's hurricane season, which saw import and export cargoes transferred away from the Mississippi River System because of the devastation wrought on ports and shipping in the Gulf region, appears to have had remarkably few long-term repercussions for grain exporters.

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