<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Summerside, PE-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By ANUK Staff<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">1.25.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The Bosse, a Barbadian transport ship is docked at the port of Summerside, located in Prince Edward Island, Canada, biding its time until temperatures are warm enough to take on a load of potatoes.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The 9,032 ton South American-bound vessel has been waiting in port since Jan. 17.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">David Bellefontaine, spokesman for the Summerside Port Authority, said on Wednesday that the vessel will likely remain docked until at least the end of the month.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The cold can cause the potatoes to bruise or freeze, he said, which could mean the buyer refusing to take possession once they reach their destination.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">It’s just not worth the risk to load the product until workers get several hours with temperatures above -10 Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit), said Bellefontaine.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Once the Bosse is loaded and departs, it’s unlikely any more potato ships will arrive in port for another couple of months, as ships traditionally don’t arrive mid-winter.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2013-01-24/article-3163064/Cold-prevents-loading-of-potato-boat/1" target="_new">The Guardian </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
