Summary
The performance update for Grain Week 26 has restated net unfulfilled shipper demand on the basis of previously unreported rejected cars and railway cancellations related to hopper car ordering rules imposed by the railways at the beginning of the current grain year. While total unfulfilled shipper demand remains in excess of 19,000 cars for the current year the net unfulfilled demand – those orders that shippers continue to expect the railways to supply excluding orders associated with rejected cars, denied orders and railway cancellations – is now 10,816 orders.
The data represents 90% of Western Canadian grain shipments.
Railway Car Supply – Grain Week 26
 CN spotted 3,302 hopper cars and CP spotted 3,020 hopper cars in the country in Grain Week 26 for a total supply of 6,322 cars – this included 3,715 cars that had been ordered for prior weeks. Grain Week 26 car spotting performance for both railways was lower than their YTD average performance of approximately 3,600 cars each.
o In Grain Week 26 CN and CP supplied 2,607 (33%) of the 7,756 hopper cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 26 representing a shortfall of 5,149 cars for Grain Week 26 orders.
o In the crop year to date, the railways have supplied 44% of customer orders in the week for which cars were ordered with CN supplying 57% of orders, and CP supplying 31%.
ï‚· Through the first 26 weeks of the current crop year, railways have failed to supply 19,546 hopper cars ordered by shippers. This represents a shortfall equivalent to 10% of shipper demand. The number of hopper car orders not filled by both CN and CP has continued to increase each week since the beginning of the crop year; overall, unfulfilled orders have levelled off at about 10% of total shipper demand in recent weeks indicating that the railways are not making up ground for prior week shortfalls.
o more than 2,000 customer orders – approximately 21% of unfulfilled orders - have been outstanding for 4 weeks or longer 1
ï‚· Boxcar shippers received 99% of cars ordered for Grain Week 26. Despite recent improvements performance year to date fulfillment remains at 65% of shipper orders.
Corridor Performance
ï‚· In Grain Week 26, as has consistently been the case this year, traffic destined to bulk terminals in Western Canada received a higher percentage (39%) of cars than other corridors. By comparison, non-bulk corridors including the USA/Mexico, Vancouver transload and Canadian domestic corridors continue to experience lower fulfillment rates with the railways supplying 26% of cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 26.
ï‚· While CN fulfilled 55% of orders in non-bulk corridors, CP supplied 7% of cars for current week orders in Grain Week 26 in non-bulk corridors.
Railway Dwell Times at Country Origins:
 In Grain Week 26, CN’s loaded dwell times for multicar block traffic at country origin locations averaged 38 hours while CP’s loaded dwell times averaged 75 hours. CN’s performance in Grain Week 26 is better than its YTD average of 40 hours; CP performance deteriorated in Grain Week 26 from the prior week and remains higher than its YTD average dwell time of 60 hours.
1 Based on net unfulfilled demand – excluding rejections, cancellations and denied orders – of 9,454.
Weekly Performance Update – To Grain Week 26 (CY 2014)
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o In the crop year to date, 34% 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. 29% of shipments were picked up within 24 hours.
Railway Dwell Times at Destination Terminals – Grain Week 24:
ï‚· CN: Thunder Bay (23 hours), Vancouver bulk (30 hours) and Vancouver transload/local (62 hours)
ï‚· CP : Thunder Bay (56 hours), Vancouver bulk (22 hours) and Vancouver transload/local (64 hours
The performance update for Grain Week 26 has restated net unfulfilled shipper demand on the basis of previously unreported rejected cars and railway cancellations related to hopper car ordering rules imposed by the railways at the beginning of the current grain year. While total unfulfilled shipper demand remains in excess of 19,000 cars for the current year the net unfulfilled demand – those orders that shippers continue to expect the railways to supply excluding orders associated with rejected cars, denied orders and railway cancellations – is now 10,816 orders.
The data represents 90% of Western Canadian grain shipments.
Railway Car Supply – Grain Week 26
 CN spotted 3,302 hopper cars and CP spotted 3,020 hopper cars in the country in Grain Week 26 for a total supply of 6,322 cars – this included 3,715 cars that had been ordered for prior weeks. Grain Week 26 car spotting performance for both railways was lower than their YTD average performance of approximately 3,600 cars each.
o In Grain Week 26 CN and CP supplied 2,607 (33%) of the 7,756 hopper cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 26 representing a shortfall of 5,149 cars for Grain Week 26 orders.
o In the crop year to date, the railways have supplied 44% of customer orders in the week for which cars were ordered with CN supplying 57% of orders, and CP supplying 31%.
ï‚· Through the first 26 weeks of the current crop year, railways have failed to supply 19,546 hopper cars ordered by shippers. This represents a shortfall equivalent to 10% of shipper demand. The number of hopper car orders not filled by both CN and CP has continued to increase each week since the beginning of the crop year; overall, unfulfilled orders have levelled off at about 10% of total shipper demand in recent weeks indicating that the railways are not making up ground for prior week shortfalls.
o more than 2,000 customer orders – approximately 21% of unfulfilled orders - have been outstanding for 4 weeks or longer 1
ï‚· Boxcar shippers received 99% of cars ordered for Grain Week 26. Despite recent improvements performance year to date fulfillment remains at 65% of shipper orders.
Corridor Performance
ï‚· In Grain Week 26, as has consistently been the case this year, traffic destined to bulk terminals in Western Canada received a higher percentage (39%) of cars than other corridors. By comparison, non-bulk corridors including the USA/Mexico, Vancouver transload and Canadian domestic corridors continue to experience lower fulfillment rates with the railways supplying 26% of cars ordered for delivery in Grain Week 26.
ï‚· While CN fulfilled 55% of orders in non-bulk corridors, CP supplied 7% of cars for current week orders in Grain Week 26 in non-bulk corridors.
Railway Dwell Times at Country Origins:
 In Grain Week 26, CN’s loaded dwell times for multicar block traffic at country origin locations averaged 38 hours while CP’s loaded dwell times averaged 75 hours. CN’s performance in Grain Week 26 is better than its YTD average of 40 hours; CP performance deteriorated in Grain Week 26 from the prior week and remains higher than its YTD average dwell time of 60 hours.
1 Based on net unfulfilled demand – excluding rejections, cancellations and denied orders – of 9,454.
Weekly Performance Update – To Grain Week 26 (CY 2014)
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o In the crop year to date, 34% 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. 29% of shipments were picked up within 24 hours.
Railway Dwell Times at Destination Terminals – Grain Week 24:
ï‚· CN: Thunder Bay (23 hours), Vancouver bulk (30 hours) and Vancouver transload/local (62 hours)
ï‚· CP : Thunder Bay (56 hours), Vancouver bulk (22 hours) and Vancouver transload/local (64 hours
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