P&H acquires Port of Quebec export terminal
Since 2021, the terminal has been managed by Sollio Agriculture.
CANADA – Parrish & Heimbecker, Ltd. (P&H), a Canadian family-owned agribusiness, has purchased a deep-water bulk marine export terminal located at the Port of Quebec in Quebec City from Societe En Commandite Terminal Grains for an undisclosed amount.
P&H stated that this facility, positioned in a vital eastern shipping corridor along the St. Lawrence River, will significantly enhance the company’s operations and support its goal of improving Canada’s grain handling and transportation infrastructure.
“Acquiring a terminal in Quebec City aligns perfectly with our long-term growth strategy. It enables us to provide even more reliable and efficient services to our customers while optimizing our logistics and supply chain across the nation,” said John Heimbecker, CEO of P&H.
Additionally, with this acquisition, P&H has established a new commercial partnership with QSL International Ltd., whose extensive experience and presence at the Port of Quebec will facilitate the effective integration and operation of the terminal.
P&H is dedicated to collaborating with the Port of Quebec to meet operational standards, and current staff will continue to manage the facility.
Parrish & Heimbecker Limited employs around 1,500 people across Canada and the northern United States.
The company’s operations encompass grain merchandising, flour milling, crop inputs, and feed mills at over 70 locations globally. Its subsidiary, P&H Milling Group, focuses on flour milling and pea processing.
With 40 grain storage facilities and a licensed storage capacity of 23.4 million bushels, P&H ranks as the 67th largest grain handling company in North America and the sixth largest in Canada, according to Sosland Publishing Co.’s 2025 Grain & Milling Annual.
In the past five years, P&H has been expanding its grain handling and milling operations in Eastern Canada.
In 2020, its milling division, P&H Milling, doubled the capacity of its Hamilton facility and announced plans in early 2025 to further increase capacity with an additional mill and two storage silos.
In August 2024, P&H revealed plans to build a new marine bulk agricultural terminal at Picton Terminals.
Sollio Agriculture, which is the Agri-business Division of Sollio Cooperative Group, is a Canadian leader in the agriculture industry. Present in almost every part of Canada, it has more than 1,200 employees.
The firm specializes in the merchandising of farm inputs and value-added agronomic services and benefits from a synergy between three sectors: Livestock Production, Crop Production and Grain.
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