The Ag Transport Coalition says week 20 saw performance decline for a second consecutive week, with CN and CPKC Rail combined supplying 80% of hopper cars ordered, down from the 84% order fulfillment performance seen in week 19.
System performance has now been below the 90% performance threshold for four consecutive weeks.
In supplying 85% of cars ordered by shippers in week 20, CN saw performance decline slightly from the 87% order fulfillment performance seen in week 19.
CN performance remains below the 90% threshold for a third straight week.
In supplying 76% of shipper orders, CPKC saw performance decline once again from the 81% order fulfillment performance seen in week 19 with the railway posting its worst performance of the year.
CPKC performance has now fallen short of the 90% performance threshold for two consecutive weeks and in four of the last six weeks.
(ATC news release)
