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    Week 29 grain shipping

    Wow is Cp off!!!
    The Ag Transport Coalition released the railway performance measurement update for Grain Week 29 today (attached).
    The report covers 90% of grain movement originating in Western Canada.
    The weekly report details railway performance for the current grain year across a range of key indicators including rail car demand, railway car supply, timeliness of railway car supply in response to weekly customer orders, unfulfilled shipper demand, corridor performance, railway dwell times at origin and railway dwell times at destination.
    Past weekly reports can be found on the Ag Transport Coalition website www.agtransportcoalition.com<http://www.agtransportcoalition.com>
    Key figures from Grain Week 29:

    - CN and CP supplied 1,823 (27%) of the 6,861 hopper cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 29 representing a shortfall of 5,038 cars for Grain Week 29 orders.

    - CN supplied 43% of cars for current week orders in non-bulk corridors and CP supplied 10% of orders.

    - CN's loaded dwell times for multicar block traffic at country origin locations averaged 43 hours while CP's loaded dwell times averaged 89 hours.

    - In the crop year to date, railways have supplied 43% of customer orders in the week for which cars were ordered.

    - In the crop year to date, 35% 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. Only 28% of shipments were picked up within 24 hours.

    - In the crop year to date, railways have failed to supply 23,929 hopper cars ordered by shippers. This represents a shortfall equivalent to 11% of shipper demand.

    Ag Transport Coalition members look forward to advancing discussions with Government and collaboration with the railways on next steps to ensure that the rail transportation system is meeting the needs of Canadian businesses, contributing to their competitiveness and supporting economic growth throughout Canada.
    * The Ag Transportation Coalition is comprised of the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA), the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC), Pulse Canada, the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association (MPGA), The Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA), the Inland Terminal Association of Canada (ITAC) and the Canadian Special Crops Association (CSCA).

    #2
    Sure looks like this nice winter weather is improving service.

    Let's remove the cap. Yeah that will do it.

    That will make it all better.

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      #3
      So US Wheat Associates was not too far off the mark when it said just government ordering movement was not best solution.

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        #4
        They have competition for rail services and grain companies. As well they have cars available and a better infrastructure.
        Not to mention government agencies to enforce railways.

        You get some of that in canada and then it's worth discussing.

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          #5
          Does not look like it will go anywhere if nobody is willing to discuss it.

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            #6
            The railways have used this line about efficiency gains before. They haven't delivered.

            That's why 1997 happened again in 2014 and 2015.

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