Grain Train Shipments Slowly Improving: Ag Transport Coalition

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 71% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 5, an improvement from the 57% order fulfillment performance seen in week 4. 

In supplying 65% of cars ordered by shippers in week 5, CN performance declined from the 77% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week.

CN performance remains below the 90% performance threshold for the seventh straight week. 

CPKC performance improved with the railway supplying 75% of shipper orders in week 5 as compared to 44% the prior week. 

CPKC performance remains below the 90% performance threshold for a fifth straight week, not having reached 80% in any of those weeks. 

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