Rye map: ports and hubs
GrainsMap lists 20 ports and hubs that handle rye, in 8 countries across Europe and North America. Grades covered: Milling Rye (Bread Grade).
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By region
- Europe (17)
- North America (3)
Grades
- Milling Rye (Bread Grade) - Northern European bread rye, the staple dark-bread grain of Poland, Germany and the Baltic states. Traded on falling number and amylase activity rather than protein.
Ports and hubs (20)
| Hub | Country | Type | Grades handled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta (Calgary) Calgary Western prairie province, strong in barley and canola and closest to the Pacific ports. Prices here are Statistics Canada provincial farm-gate averages, not quotations at Calgary. | Canada | Inland hub Export | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| Manitoba (Winnipeg) Winnipeg Eastern prairie province and historic centre of the Canadian grain trade. Prices here are Statistics Canada provincial farm-gate averages, not quotations at Winnipeg. | Canada | Inland hub Export | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| Saskatchewan (Regina) Regina Canada's largest wheat, durum and canola producing province. Prices here are Statistics Canada provincial farm-gate averages, not quotations at Regina. | Canada | Inland hub Export | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| Kalundborg Bulk Terminal Kalundborg One of Denmark’s premier grain export hubs. An 11.6 m berth with load rates to 900 MT/hour, plus drying, sieving and high-capacity bagging. | Denmark | Seaport Export | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| Port of Koge Koge Zealand export port south of Copenhagen shipping cereals and milling wheat, with Valsemollen’s flour mill on the quay. | Denmark | Seaport Export | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| Tartu Cereal Hub (South Estonia) Tartu Southern Estonian origination around the Emajogi basin, railing wheat and oats north to Muuga for export. | Estonia | Inland hub Export | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| Port of Naantali Naantali One of Finland’s largest grain handling ports and a major dry bulk centre, with silos and agri-bulk storage alongside the fertiliser terminals. | Finland | Seaport Export | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| Regensburg Danube Hub Regensburg Upper Danube transshipment point for Bavarian grain, and the western end of the Danube corridor that runs down to Constanta. | Germany | River port Inland river | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| Lublin Cereal Hub (Eastern Poland) Lublin Eastern Polish origination on the Lublin upland, a rye and milling wheat belt that rails north to Gdynia for Baltic export. | Poland | Inland hub Export | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| 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 | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |
| Szczecin-Swinoujscie (Oder) Szczecin Oder river gateway serving western Poland and eastern Germany, with Elewator Ewa handling wheat, barley and maize for short-sea export. | Poland | Seaport Export | Milling Rye (Bread Grade) |