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Tag: Quorum Corporation

Ag Policy Connection Ep. 3 — How a massive grain backlog led to new rules for railways (and whether those changes are on track)

Mar 29, 2023 Jan 22, 2025 by Kelvin Heppner

The winter of 2013-14 stands out in the minds of many who were involved in growing and marketing grain in Western Canada as the year of the massive grain backlog, as railways struggled to meet demand for moving crops from country elevators to export markets. With no access to water, like the St. Lawrence or... Read More

RealAg LIVE! with Mark Hemmes on rail movement and port performance

Mar 1, 2021 Mar 2, 2021 by RealAgriculture News Team

The vast majority of Canadian grain has to move to port before being exported, and overwhelmingly the majority of crop that heads west is moved by rail. Keeping tabs on how this complex, integrated logistics system works is Mark Hemmes, with Quorum Corp, Canada's grain transportation monitor. For this episode of RealAg LIVE!, host Kelvin... Read More

Full trains and full elevators: Rail movement catching up, but ports waiting on vessels

Mar 26, 2020 Jun 13, 2022 by RealAgriculture News Team

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic ban began impacting trade flows out — and in — to China and other overseas markets, Canada's railways were struggling to catch up from a challenging shipping season. An 8-day strike, closed western lines due to slides, and then the blockades in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people of B.C., meant... Read More

Grain Movement Ahead of Average: "So Far, So Good," Reports Rail Monitor

Nov 3, 2014 Jul 13, 2022 by Kelvin Heppner

A repeat of last winter’s logistical nightmare for grain in Western Canada is unlikely. That’s because a combination of factors, including the federal shipping mandates for CN and CP Rail, summer weather and a smaller 2014 crop, have reduced the size of the rail backlog, noted the head of the company that monitors grain movement... Read More

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