Quit complaining about transportation

[sumdumguy]

Seems Tom is meditating at the moment.

[Hamloc]

Bucket, Hermanson released his report in 1997 when the Liberals were in power, how did they respond? Did they do anything? Not that I can remember, yet you blame Harper.

One problem I see, is that the terminals at the coast aren't big enough to fill a ship in one stop very inefficient.

[riders2010]

Tom s still dealing with the mental stress of having Princess catch him getting a ***** every time he goes by that flaming naked girl.

Oh lord forgive me and pray for tom during this troubling time for him. Bless you tom. Lord have mercy.

[sumdumguy]

Or else he is waiting for a call from Harper's office to tell him what he can say. Maybe a gag order. Its no pun being a yes-man.

[riders2010]

How could any farmer defend a minister of ag that says transportation problems don't cost money for farmers. Bizarre.

[bucket]

Hamloc

The problems were identified.

The liberals didn't do SFA either but after voting conservative and them getting a majority I expected them to do something in 8 years.

Nothing.

They couldn't even enforce fines properly. FFS.

[dmlfarmer]

Hamloc: There is about 1.2 million tonnes of storage in the 6 major terminals on the west coast; or an average of 200,000 tonnes per facility. Panamax bulk carriers handle 60-80 thousand tonnes. There is plenty of grain in a terminal to fill a ship. However, there is no longer any coordination of grain movement into or out of the terminals to match ships coming in. The cons overlooked the fact the CWB was managing grain movement and shipping and did nothing when they ended the single desk and have done nothing since to coordinate grain movement. That is the cause of the inefficiency!

[MBgrower]

Hey tom, how about dropping those idiotic inserted video clips. Makes a mess try to view this site on a phone.

[Hamloc]

Dml canola was never under the CWB so I assume the shipping of it was never coordinated by the CWtB. I also believe that all companies handled CWB grain therefore wheat of various grades would have been spread throughout the terminals. I would guess that a ship could then access wheat of similar grade from more than one terminal and be filled in one pass which is more efficient than today. I would think the grain companies will eventually figure it out unfortunately we pay for the delays now. Canola doesn't face the same issues because there are fewer grades.

[farmaholic]

There probably aren't as many grades of wheat as you think in the west coast terminals either. Probably only 1&2 13.5 cwrs and maybe the odd boatload of feed.

[sumdumguy]

Ritz and Harper had a chance to really shine when the CWB lost its monopsony. Need I say more?

[LEP]

Dumlfarmer when the cab was in charge the west coast was a gong show. The CWB would push grain to the coast of all grades whetherr or not there was a sale for it, thereby plugging the system.

Vessels were repositioned several times to get filled. Often times they would get partially filled and sent back out to anchor in the bay while more grain was brought in from the country.

I don't think the terminals were a big part of the transportation backlog,
.
That was all CN and CP.

[riders2010]

The grain cos have it figured out alright. Haul it further to suit them not us. Under the banner of individual rights we farmers have never had less power in the market place than now. Harper and wall are very content to sell us out to any country or corporation that wants the industry.

[TOM4CWB]

MBgrower,

Foil song plays perfectly on my iPhone;

What is the problem exactly????

[bucket]

Ritz's indignant response just made my mind up that it will be a protest vote for the ndp in grasslands.

Anderson was just a lark all these years. Never represented constituents views to Ottawa. It was always the other way around.

Pretty shitty considering the size and value of the grasslands riding.