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Ag Transport Coalition Performance Measurement - Grain Week 25 Reportâ€
"Railway Car Supply – Grain Week 25
 CN spotted 3,896 hopper cars and CP spotted 2,615 hopper cars in the country in Grain Week 25 for a total supply of 6,511 cars – this included 4,159 cars that had been ordered for prior weeks. Grain Week 25 car spotting performance for CP is lower than its YTD average of 3,500 cars. CN’s performance in Grain Week 25 was slightly lower than the YTD average of 3,600 cars per week.
o In Grain Week 25 CN and CP supplied 2,352 (31%) of the 7,588 hopper cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 25 representing a shortfall of 5,236 cars for Grain Week 25 orders.
o In the crop year to date, the railways have supplied 44% of customer orders in the week for which cars were ordered with CN supplying 57% of orders, and CP supplying 31%.
ï‚· Through the first 25 weeks of the current crop year, railways have failed to supply 18,403 hopper cars ordered by shippers. This represents a shortfall equivalent to 10% of shipper demand. The number of hopper car orders not filled by both CN and CP has continued to increase each week since the beginning of the crop year; overall, unfulfilled orders have levelled off at about 10% of total shipper demand in recent weeks indicating that the railways are not making up ground for prior week shortfalls.
o more than 6,400 customer orders – approximately 46% of unfulfilled orders - have been outstanding for 4 weeks or longer 1
ï‚· For the 3rd consecutive week boxcar shippers received 100% in total. Despite recent improvements performance year to date fulfillment remains at 65% of shipper orders.
Corridor Performance
ï‚· In Grain Week 25, as has consistently been the case this year, traffic destined to bulk terminals in Western Canada received a higher percentage (34%) of cars than other corridors. By comparison, non-bulk corridors including the USA/Mexico, Vancouver transload and Canadian domestic corridors continue to experience lower fulfillment rates with the railways supplying 27% of cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 25.
1 Based on net unfulfilled demand – excluding rejections, cancellations and denied orders – of 14,226.
ï‚· While CN fulfilled 56% of orders in non-bulk corridors, CP supplied 6% of cars for current week orders in Grain Week 25 in non-bulk corridors.
Railway Dwell Times at Country Origins:
 In Grain Week 25, CN’s loaded dwell times for multicar block traffic at country origin locations averaged 32 hours while CP’s loaded dwell times averaged 65 hours. CN’s performance in Grain Week 25 is an improvement over its YTD average of 40 hours; CP improved slightly in Grain Week 25 from the prior week but remains higher than its YTD average dwell time of 60 hours.
o In the crop year to date, 34% of all bulk grain shipments have waited for more than 48 hours at origin for pick up by the railways after being released by shippers for movement to destination. 29% of shipments were picked up within 24 hours.
Railway Dwell Times at Destination Terminals – Grain Week 25:
ï‚· CN: Thunder Bay (42 hours), Vancouver bulk (19 hours) and Vancouver transload/local (22 hours)
ï‚· CP : Thunder Bay (29 hours), Vancouver bulk (20 hours) and Vancouver transload/local (50 hours)
ï‚· With the exception of CN bulk traffic at Thunder Bay both railways maintained or improved on their prior week
performance."
Ag Transport Coalition Performance Measurement - Grain Week 25 Reportâ€
"Railway Car Supply – Grain Week 25
 CN spotted 3,896 hopper cars and CP spotted 2,615 hopper cars in the country in Grain Week 25 for a total supply of 6,511 cars – this included 4,159 cars that had been ordered for prior weeks. Grain Week 25 car spotting performance for CP is lower than its YTD average of 3,500 cars. CN’s performance in Grain Week 25 was slightly lower than the YTD average of 3,600 cars per week.
o In Grain Week 25 CN and CP supplied 2,352 (31%) of the 7,588 hopper cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 25 representing a shortfall of 5,236 cars for Grain Week 25 orders.
o In the crop year to date, the railways have supplied 44% of customer orders in the week for which cars were ordered with CN supplying 57% of orders, and CP supplying 31%.
ï‚· Through the first 25 weeks of the current crop year, railways have failed to supply 18,403 hopper cars ordered by shippers. This represents a shortfall equivalent to 10% of shipper demand. The number of hopper car orders not filled by both CN and CP has continued to increase each week since the beginning of the crop year; overall, unfulfilled orders have levelled off at about 10% of total shipper demand in recent weeks indicating that the railways are not making up ground for prior week shortfalls.
o more than 6,400 customer orders – approximately 46% of unfulfilled orders - have been outstanding for 4 weeks or longer 1
ï‚· For the 3rd consecutive week boxcar shippers received 100% in total. Despite recent improvements performance year to date fulfillment remains at 65% of shipper orders.
Corridor Performance
ï‚· In Grain Week 25, as has consistently been the case this year, traffic destined to bulk terminals in Western Canada received a higher percentage (34%) of cars than other corridors. By comparison, non-bulk corridors including the USA/Mexico, Vancouver transload and Canadian domestic corridors continue to experience lower fulfillment rates with the railways supplying 27% of cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 25.
1 Based on net unfulfilled demand – excluding rejections, cancellations and denied orders – of 14,226.
ï‚· While CN fulfilled 56% of orders in non-bulk corridors, CP supplied 6% of cars for current week orders in Grain Week 25 in non-bulk corridors.
Railway Dwell Times at Country Origins:
 In Grain Week 25, CN’s loaded dwell times for multicar block traffic at country origin locations averaged 32 hours while CP’s loaded dwell times averaged 65 hours. CN’s performance in Grain Week 25 is an improvement over its YTD average of 40 hours; CP improved slightly in Grain Week 25 from the prior week but remains higher than its YTD average dwell time of 60 hours.
o In the crop year to date, 34% of all bulk grain shipments have waited for more than 48 hours at origin for pick up by the railways after being released by shippers for movement to destination. 29% of shipments were picked up within 24 hours.
Railway Dwell Times at Destination Terminals – Grain Week 25:
ï‚· CN: Thunder Bay (42 hours), Vancouver bulk (19 hours) and Vancouver transload/local (22 hours)
ï‚· CP : Thunder Bay (29 hours), Vancouver bulk (20 hours) and Vancouver transload/local (50 hours)
ï‚· With the exception of CN bulk traffic at Thunder Bay both railways maintained or improved on their prior week
performance."
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