CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 52% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 33, representing a slight decline from the 56% order fulfillment performance seen in week 32. 

On a combined basis the railways have now not supplied more than 58% of shipper orders in a week for eight consecutive weeks and have failed to reach the 70% threshold for eleven straight weeks.

That’s according to the Ag Transport Coalition. 

In supplying 58% of cars ordered by shippers in week 33, CN performance improved slightly from the 56% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week. 

CN performance remains below the 90% performance threshold for a thirty-fifth straight week going back to week 51 of the prior grain year. 

CPKC saw performance decline on the heels of three straight weeks of improvement, with the railway supplying only 45% of shipper orders in week 33, down from 56% a week ago. 

CPKC has now not supplied more than 56% of shipper orders in a week for ten consecutive weeks, averaging 47% weekly order fulfillment over that time period. 

CPKC performance remains below the 90% performance threshold for a seventeenth consecutive week