Eastern Ontario has reopened one of Canada’s most strategic agricultural gateways with the arrival of the Federal Montreal , the first bulk fertilizer cargo vessel to dock in the region in almost three decades, officials said.

Its discharge, which was co-ordinated through a logistics partnership led by V6 Agronomy alongside the Port of Johnstown, reactivates a long‑dormant section of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

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The route establishes a modern Prairie-Seaway trade corridor connecting Western Canadian producers to eastern and international markets.

“This moment marks the renewal of a corridor that has been dormant for nearly three decades,” Ryan Brophy, CEO of V6 Agronomy, said in a prepared statement. “By reactivating this gateway, we are creating a reliable, efficien

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