The Ag Transport Coalition released the railway performance measurement update for Grain Week 37 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.
Key figures from Grain Week 37:
o CN and CP supplied 5,119 (58%) of the 8,893 hopper cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 37: a shortfall of 3,882 cars for Grain Week 37 orders.
o CN spotted 62% of the hopper cars that were ordered for Grain Week 37.
o CP spotted 53% of the hopper cars that were ordered for Grain Week 37.
o Boxcar shippers received only 63% of cars ordered for Grain Week 37
o CN’s loaded dwell times for multicar block traffic at country origin locations averaged 46 hours while CP’s loaded dwell times averaged 85 hours.
o CN fulfilled 55% of orders in non-bulk corridors including the USA/Mexico
o CP fulfilled 28% of orders in non-bulk corridors including the USA/Mexico
Key YTD figures:
o 4,900 customer orders – approximately 47% of unfulfilled orders - have been outstanding for 4 weeks or longer.
o To date, the railways have supplied 46% of customer orders in the week for which cars were ordered:
§ Railways cars not supplied in the week they ordered results in:
· Lost sales – sales that cannot be recovered as international buyers will obtain this grain from suppliers outside Canada.
· Deferred sales - may be filled by the grain company using cars supplied by railways later in the year but deferred sales can result in extra costs to the supply chain through higher inventory carrying costs, payment of contract penalties by shippers, payment of ocean demurrage for waiting vessels and loss of goodwill with overseas customers.
Past weekly reports can be found on the Ag Transport Coalition website www.agtransportcoalition.com
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).
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.
Key figures from Grain Week 37:
o CN and CP supplied 5,119 (58%) of the 8,893 hopper cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 37: a shortfall of 3,882 cars for Grain Week 37 orders.
o CN spotted 62% of the hopper cars that were ordered for Grain Week 37.
o CP spotted 53% of the hopper cars that were ordered for Grain Week 37.
o Boxcar shippers received only 63% of cars ordered for Grain Week 37
o CN’s loaded dwell times for multicar block traffic at country origin locations averaged 46 hours while CP’s loaded dwell times averaged 85 hours.
o CN fulfilled 55% of orders in non-bulk corridors including the USA/Mexico
o CP fulfilled 28% of orders in non-bulk corridors including the USA/Mexico
Key YTD figures:
o 4,900 customer orders – approximately 47% of unfulfilled orders - have been outstanding for 4 weeks or longer.
o To date, the railways have supplied 46% of customer orders in the week for which cars were ordered:
§ Railways cars not supplied in the week they ordered results in:
· Lost sales – sales that cannot be recovered as international buyers will obtain this grain from suppliers outside Canada.
· Deferred sales - may be filled by the grain company using cars supplied by railways later in the year but deferred sales can result in extra costs to the supply chain through higher inventory carrying costs, payment of contract penalties by shippers, payment of ocean demurrage for waiting vessels and loss of goodwill with overseas customers.
Past weekly reports can be found on the Ag Transport Coalition website www.agtransportcoalition.com
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).
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