It would be the best thing ever if the system could ship 1 million tonnes to clear up this backlog. But how is it going to happen?
So far this crop year the best week for receipts of grain at west coast terminals was week 10 at 575,100 tonnes. So, an expert in shipping logistics is going to have to explain how they are going to unload 1 million/week.
That same week there was 904,900 tonnes in railcars in transit, so it seems it will be possible to get that one million tonne headed down the railroad but its going to have to go somewhere else besides the west coast. Maybe some will go south.
It seems obvious that Thunder Bay will have to play a larger role. I wonder if all the players are even contemplating increased use of T Bay and the seaway. If not there will be full railcars with no where to go. It seems inevitable.
The bottlenecks at the west coast include rain delays(no water wanted in ships holds), shifting between terminals to fill a ship is way down since every grain company now makes their own sales, and the fact that west coast ports are being asked to handle huge amounts of everything else. Will everything just get dropped to move the grain out faster?
This I gotta see. Hope it all comes together. It would be one for the record books.
So far this crop year the best week for receipts of grain at west coast terminals was week 10 at 575,100 tonnes. So, an expert in shipping logistics is going to have to explain how they are going to unload 1 million/week.
That same week there was 904,900 tonnes in railcars in transit, so it seems it will be possible to get that one million tonne headed down the railroad but its going to have to go somewhere else besides the west coast. Maybe some will go south.
It seems obvious that Thunder Bay will have to play a larger role. I wonder if all the players are even contemplating increased use of T Bay and the seaway. If not there will be full railcars with no where to go. It seems inevitable.
The bottlenecks at the west coast include rain delays(no water wanted in ships holds), shifting between terminals to fill a ship is way down since every grain company now makes their own sales, and the fact that west coast ports are being asked to handle huge amounts of everything else. Will everything just get dropped to move the grain out faster?
This I gotta see. Hope it all comes together. It would be one for the record books.