Major Canadian railways struggling to meet grain demand: ATC

Week 7 saw system performance improve slightly with CN and CPKC Rail combined supplying 81% of hopper cars ordered, representing a slight improvement from the 80% order fulfillment performance seen in week 6. 

That's according to the Ag Transport Coalition.

This marks the fourth consecutive week that system performance has been below the 90% threshold. 

In supplying 84% of cars ordered by shippers in week 7, CN saw performance improve from the 73% order fulfillment performance in week 6. 

CN performance returns above the 80% threshold for the first time since week 4, but is the fourth consecutive week the railway has fallen short of the 90% threshold. 

CPKC saw performance decline again, with the railway supplying 79% of shipper orders in week 7 as compared to the 86% order fulfillment performance seen in week 6. 

This marks the second consecutive week that performance has fallen below 90% and the first time in twenty weeks that performance has failed to reach the 80% threshold.