Reading Time: < 1 minute Feed prices in Alberta climbed 20 cents per bushel the week ended Aug. 29, likely according to last week's rail disruption, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton.
Feed Grains Weekly: Rail disruptions push up Alberta prices
Jasper fires force trains to go slow
CN has resumed service but at a reduced speed through the area
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian National Railway line through Jasper, Alta,. is open, but trains are moving slowly due to the wildfire that destroyed a significant part of the community this week. The implications for grain movement are unknown, but unloads are already down at the port of Vancouver.
Federal government moves to push back possible rail strike
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government is moving to push back the start of a possible strike by railway workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), an official said on Friday.
CN closes deal on Iowa railway
The agreement will link about 275 track miles to the carrier's U.S. rail network
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian National Railway (CN) has inked a deal to buy an Iowa railway and connect it to its U.S. rail network, the company announced Dec. 6.
Rail interswitching expansion pilot clears Parliament
Grain handlers to press for plan to be made permanent
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week’s passage of the 2023 federal budget starts a 90-day countdown toward an 18-month test of expanded interswitching on railways in the three Prairie provinces. Bill C-47, the government’s budget implementation bill — which was first read April 20 in the House of Commons and got third reading in the Senate and royal assent […] Read more
Richardson elevators expanding to feed ‘high-efficiency’ trains
Eight sites along CPKC lines to get expanded rail car spots
Reading Time: 2 minutes Grain handler Richardson International plans to expand rail car spots at eight Prairie elevators on Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) lines as the railway gears up for longer trains with new higher-volume hopper cars. Winnipeg-based Richardson on Monday announced expanded rail car spots for its elevators at Lacombe, Carseland, Provost and Olds, Alta.; Estevan, Whitewood […] Read more
Loss of Black Sea grain deal not seen as threat to global supplies, for now
Alternate routes exist but would be more expensive
Reading Time: 2 minutes Geneva | Reuters — The end of the Black Sea grain deal would not pose an immediate threat to the world market as Ukraine would still be able to export supplies, although at such a high cost that production in the war-torn country would likely fall even further. Turkey, Ukraine, Russia and the United Nations […] Read more
CN’s mechanics, intermodal staff ratify labour deal
Agreement averted strike in March
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mechanics, intermodal and clerical workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) who were on the brink of striking in March have voted to ratify the agreements that kept them off the picket line. Unifor, which represents about 3,000 CN employees, said Friday its members voted to ratify four new two-year collective bargaining agreements taking them through […] Read more
CN, mechanics avert strike with tentative deal
Ratification votes pending
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian National Railway and the union representing its mechanics and intermodal and clerical workers have reached a tentative labour deal, averting a potential strike. CN, Unifor Local 100 and Unifor Council 4000 on Monday announced they have reached four new tentative collective agreements to cover about 3,000 railway employees, who had voted earlier this month […] Read more
U.S. regulator approves CP’s purchase of Kansas City Southern
Two U.S. grain grower groups warn of reduced rail competition
Reading Time: 3 minutes Washington | Reuters — The Surface Transportation Board of the United States said on Wednesday it had approved Canadian Pacific Railway’s US$31 billion acquisition of railroad company Kansas City Southern, with a series of environmental and competition conditions. The board, which oversees U.S. freight railroads, is imposing some requirements on the deal, which was agreed […] Read more
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