CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 62% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 36, representing modest improvement from the 61% order fulfillment performance seen in week 35.
The Ag Transport Coalition says this represents the first time in three months that system performance has been 60% or better in consecutive weeks.
In supplying 57% of cars ordered by shippers in week 36 CN performance declined from the 64% order fulfillment performance seen the prior week.
CN performance remains below the 90% performance threshold for a thirty-eighth straight week going back to week 51 of the prior grain year.
CPKC saw performance improve with the railway supplying 68% of shipper orders in week 36, an improvement from the 57% performance seen the prior week.
This represents CPKC’s best performance over the prior thirteen weeks and the first time during that period that performance has risen above the 60% threshold.
CPKC performance remains below the 90% performance threshold for a twentieth consecutive week.
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