Movement of grain by rail in Western Canada has improved slightly over the last few weeks, according ot the president and CEO of Viterra North America – one of Canada’s largest grain shippers.
“The weather obviously has improved and we’ve seen improvements to West Coast shipments. We’ve also started to position product in Thunder Bay,” says Kyle Jeworski. “We still continue to have challenges moving grain into markets such as the US and Eastern Canada, but we are moving in the right direction.”
He says his company is helping the railways – CP and CN Rail – meet their federal mandate of shipping 5,500 cars of grain per week.