US cooperative CHS expects it will take two to four weeks for power to be restored at its Myrtle Grove, Louisiana, grain export terminal after Hurricane Ida knocked out power in the region.
CHS plans to divert exports to its facility in Kalama, Washington, according to the company's subsidiary CHS Hedging, and has not accessed the Myrtle Grove terminal for further assessment because of localized flooding.
"CHS trading and transportation teams are working with transportation partners and customers to divert vessels scheduled for loading at Myrtle Grove through the next month," said John Griffith, executive vice president of CHS Global Grain & Processing.
Local utility Entergy said its online map of power outages in Louisiana showing fewer than 800,000 people without power today could not be trusted because of inaccuracies. Independent outage tracker PowerOutage.US showed nearly 1mn still in the dark in Louisiana alone this morning.
