Contamination of agricultural shipments focus of Fibreco legal case

By Jane Seyd
North Shore News
December 19, 2025
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada West

A North Shore port terminal is entitled to damages stemming from the cancellation of a multimillion-dollar contract, despite several incidents where wood pellets were found mixed in with loads of agricultural products, a BC Supreme Court judge has ruled. The decision, handed down in November by Justice Kevin Loo, follows legal arguments from Fibreco Export, which handles a number of products for export at its North Vancouver port terminal, and AGT Food and Ingredients, a large agricultural customer of the port. …In January 2025, AGT abruptly cancelled its contract with Fibreco, after several incidents where wood pellets were found mixed in with shipments of canola, wheat and lentils shipped from the terminal. …The wood pellet contamination was a “ticking time bomb” that could potentially cost AGT millions of dollars, the head of AGT told the court. …Loo eventually ruled that AGT had also violated the terms of its contract.

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