Clogged: slow rail service causes port delays
Grain transportation constraints have become the top issue for western Canadian farmers this year. The railways say the main cause of the problem is unusually cold weather, but others allege that increased rail movement of crude oil is also a factor. As politicians and farmers hold meetings to try to get to the bottom of the disaster, producers wait for calls to deliver, country elevators remain plugged and ships at the West Coast collect demurrage waiting to load. This second part of Western Producer reporter Brian Cross’s multi-week transportation special report looks at how grain companies are coping with the problem.
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