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Canada's two major railways see a sight decline in grain deliveries in Week 51: Ag Transport Coalition

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 94% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 51, representing a decline from the 98% order fulfillment performance seen in week 50. That's according to the Ag Transport Coalition.
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CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 94% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 51, representing a decline from the 98% order fulfillment performance seen in week 50.

That's according to the Ag Transport Coalition.

This marks the tenth consecutive week that system performance has been above the 90% threshold.

In supplying 96% of cars ordered by shippers in week 51 CN saw performance decline slightly from the 97% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week.

This marks the fourteenth consecutive week that CN order fulfillment performance has reached or surpassed the 80% performance threshold, and the seventh time in the last ten weeks that performance has been 90% or better.

CPKC also saw performance decline this week, with the railway supplying 92% of shipper orders in week 51 as compared to the 99% order fulfillment performance seen in week 50.

This marks the eleventh consecutive week the railway has posted performance of 90% or better