Rapeseed (canola) ports and hubs in Europe
24 ports and hubs in Europe handle rapeseed (canola), across 10 countries: Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and United Kingdom. Grades: Rapeseed (Canola).
ExportImportCrushing / transitInland river
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Grades
- Rapeseed (Canola) (19.0% - 22.0% (Oil 40-42%)) - Key European oilseed crop for biodiesel (FAME/HVO) and food-grade culinary vegetable oil.
Ports and hubs (24)
| Hub | Country | Type | Grades handled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Ghent (North Sea Port) Ghent Biofuel and compound feed powerhouse. Euro-Silo’s Grootdok and Sifferdok complexes hold around 650,000 MT, among the largest in Europe. | Belgium | Seaport Crushing / transshipment | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Muuga Grain Terminal (Tallinn) Tallinn / Muuga The largest grain storage and loading facility in the region: 300,000 t across 48 silos, with 17.3 m quays taking vessels up to 120,000 DWT. | Estonia | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Chalons-en-Champagne Hub (Marne) Chalons-en-Champagne Champagne chalk-country origination. High-yielding soft wheat and malting barley railed to Rouen, or trucked north to the Belgian and German maltings. | France | Inland hub Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Chartres Cereal Hub (Beauce) Chartres The Beauce, France’s flattest and most productive wheat plain. Cooperative silos load unit trains north to Rouen and Dunkirk for export. | France | Inland hub Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Orleans Cereal Hub (Loiret) Orleans Loire valley origination at the heart of Axereal country. Soft wheat and barley move by rail to the Atlantic and Channel export terminals. | France | Inland hub Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Port of Rouen (Sénalia & Simarex) Rouen Western Europe's undisputed #1 grain export port. Located on the River Seine in the heart of the Paris Basin grain belt, exporting millions of tons of wheat and barley each season. | France | River port Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Leipzig-Halle Cereal Hub Leipzig Central German origination on the Leipzig lowland, railing wheat, rye and rapeseed north to Rostock and Hamburg for export. | Germany | Inland hub Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Magdeburg Elbe Hub Magdeburg Elbe river port for the Saxony-Anhalt Boerde, some of Germany’s richest loess soils. Barges run down the Elbe to Hamburg, unit trains to Rostock. | Germany | River port Inland river | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Port of Hamburg (ADM & Rethe Silos) Hamburg Major German export and processing hub on the Elbe. Famed for high-protein German A-wheat and extensive rapeseed/feed processing facilities. | Germany | River port Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Port of Rostock (Grossilo) Rostock Baltic deep-sea export port for Mecklenburg and eastern German crops, loading wheat, barley and rapeseed on a 13 m draft. | Germany | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Freeport of Riga Riga Latvia’s largest port and its main grain outlet, where agricultural cargo runs about a third of throughput and locally grown wheat dominates. | Latvia | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Jelgava Cereal Hub (Zemgale) Jelgava The Zemgale plain, Latvia’s breadbasket. Flat, fertile and rail-connected to Riga and Ventspils for Baltic export. | Latvia | Inland hub Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Port of Liepaja Liepaja Ice-free Courland port where bulk cargo is dominated by grain, serving the western Latvian arable belt. | Latvia | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Ventspils Grain Terminal Ventspils Dedicated grain terminal with 100,000 t of simultaneous storage and over 2 Mt a year of throughput, also handling rapeseed, meal and soybeans. | Latvia | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Kaunas Cereal Hub (Nemunas) Kaunas Central Lithuanian origination in the Nemunas basin, railing wheat and rapeseed the short distance west to Klaipeda. | Lithuania | Inland hub Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Port of Klaipeda (KLASCO & Bega) Klaipeda Ice-free Baltic export terminal and the volume outlet for Lithuanian and wider Baltic grain, with KLASCO and Bega handling wheat and rapeseed. | Lithuania | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Vlissingen-Terneuzen (Zeeland) Vlissingen Deep-water Scheldt terminals handling oilseeds and meal for the Zeeland crushers, with direct barge access to Ghent and Antwerp. | Netherlands | Seaport Crushing / transshipment | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Port of Gdańsk & Gdynia (BTZ) Gdańsk / Gdynia Poland's prime Baltic agribulk terminal complex. Connecting Polish grain rail corridors with Baltic export routes. | Poland | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Port of Gdynia (BTZ) Gdynia Poland’s primary grain export and transshipment gateway. The Baltycki Terminal Zbozowy and Viterra berths load Polish wheat, rye and rapeseed. | Poland | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Poznan Cereal Hub (Wielkopolska) Poznan Greater Poland origination, the country’s most intensive arable and pig region. Unit trains run north to Gdynia and west to Szczecin. | Poland | Inland hub Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Port of Norrkoping (Braviken) Norrkoping Ostergotland’s Baltic outlet on Braviken bay, exporting grain and oats from the central Swedish plain. | Sweden | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Vasteras Malaren Hub Vasteras Lake Malaren inland port for the Malardalen grain belt, shipping through the Sodertalje lock to the Baltic. | Sweden | River port Inland river | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Hull & Immingham (Humber) Hull / Immingham East coast grain complex exporting Yorkshire and Lincolnshire wheat and barley, and importing animal feed raw materials for the northern mills. | United Kingdom | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |
| Port of Ipswich Grain Terminal Ipswich The UK’s leading grain export port, handling over 2 Mt a year out of the East Anglian arable belt. | United Kingdom | Seaport Export | Rapeseed (Canola) |