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Viterra files service complaint against CN Rail to CTA

A trickle of cases alleging inadequate rail service for grain could turn into a torrent

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Viterra is the latest organization headed to transportation court seeking better rail service for grain. It filed a level-of-service complaint with the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) against CN Rail June 20 alleging the railway breached its level-of-service obligations by failing to provide cars in accordance with CN’s car-rationing plan. Industry observers don’t expect it to
grain cars
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Canola growers take on the railways

A second level-of-service complaint has been filed

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A second legal complaint has been filed alleging the railways provided inadequate grain-shipping service this crop year. And more might be coming. The Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) filed a level-of-service complaint with the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) May 26, accusing both Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways of failing to fulfil their common carrier
Cargill grain terminal in Nesbitt, Manitoba
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KAP wants open railway running rights to spur improved rail service

Delegates complain about the historically wide basis on grain prices 
at their spring general council meeting

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Two major western farm groups called on the federal government to increase competition in rail transportation last week by granting running rights on national railroads. The calls from Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) and the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) came as the senior railway officials continued to publicly defend their performance and lobby against
Canadian federal ministers at press conference.
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Mixed reviews for new rail legislation to improve grain shipping

C-30 doesn’t spell out the service agreements grain companies want, but Ritz says 
they can be added through regulation. He also rejects calls for a new GTA

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The Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act — Ottawa’s answer to the issues facing Canada’s grain export system — fell a little flat among the 240 farm and industry leaders’ meeting here last week. While government action on the issue was welcomed, many said the legislation tabled March 26 falls far short of providing the
Man in suit and tie.
News, News & Opinion

Railways accused of trying to swamp West Coast, Thunder Bay

The WGEA says it can handle 11,000 cars a week, but in all shipping corridors

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Faced with meeting performance targets, Canada’s railways are now flooding the West Coast and Thunder Bay terminals with grain, the Western Grain Elevators Association says. Western grain elevator companies can handle the 11,000 cars a week the federal government has ordered the railways to move, but some of those cars need to go to the
Cargo ship at a grain terminal.
News

CP’s Hunter Harrison confirms grain is captive to rail

Western Canada’s transportation mess and the railways’ response is getting 
lots of attention in the mainstream media

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Railway executives came out swinging last week following the federal government’s March 7 order to get the grain moving, while the western provinces stepped up the pressure on Ottawa to keep the pressure on. The Manitoba government followed Alberta and Saskatchewan’s lead in getting involved in the issue by striking a Provincial Task Force on
Woman making a speech at podium.
News

Push comes to shove for grain trains

The federal government is promising a legislated fix to ensure railway performance

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Now that the federal government has given the two national railways four weeks to get grain shipments up to speed or face daily fines of up to $100,000, all eyes are on what happens next. The government has promised it will table legislation to improve rail service for grain after the parliamentary break this month.
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says Canada’s railways are doing an “adequate” job moving this year’s record crop to market. The Western Grain Elevators Association says it’s not good enough and farm groups agree.   photo: allan dawson
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Ritz rates current rail service for grain ‘adequate’

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Canada’s railways are doing an “adequate” job moving this year’s record crop to market, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz told an industry conference last week. “The increase in volume means the logistics system must fire on all cylinders to ensure farmers’ products are making it to market on time. To date our system is proving effective
Producer car shippers bypass plugged elevators
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Producer car shippers bypass plugged elevators

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A12-car train jerks to a steady rhythm every few seconds as part-time engineer Travis Long ever so slowly “stretches” the newly connected cars, while a roaring hum fills the locomotive’s cab. It’s the satisfying sound of grain moving to market via producer cars on the Boundary Trail Railway Company’s (BTRC) short line — 23 miles

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