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Budget and Rail Service Bill Priorities in Parliament
The latest session of Parliament opened this week, and for Cypress Hills-Grasslands MP David Anderson, it’s business as usual as the Harper Government prepares this year’s Federal Budget. “Trying to...
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Grain companies say rail service getting worse
Grain companies are continuing to push for amendments to federal legislation that is intended to give railway users more sway in their dealings with major Canadian rail companies. Wade Sobkowich,...
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GOVERNMENT INCREASES SHORTLINE RAILWAY GRANTS …
The Saskatchewan government announced today $900000 in grants is being awarded for 13 shortline railways through the … Government of Saskatchewan …www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=9941f418-8596-42a8-bab9… via...
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Port woes will get worse: STEP
The Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership says the province’s agriculture sector has an Achilles’ heel. According to STEP, the logistics of getting crops to overseas [...] via The Western Producer...
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Oil shipments by rail up 28,000 per cent since ’09
Oil shipments by rail up 28,000 per cent since ’09 Quebec disaster: Oil shipments by rail have increased 28,000 per cent since 2009 Reported by Murray Brewster and Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press...
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John Gormley Live – Has Canada’s pipeline debate led to poor decision making?
via John Gormley Live http://ckom.com/audio/john-gormley-live-has-canada-s-pipeline-debate-led-poor-decision-making/119792 Filed under: Oil & Gas Tagged: Oil Pipelines, Rail Service
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Oil-via-rail continues to surge
11 Jul 2013 National Post – (Latest Edition) By Yadullah Hussain Oil-via-rail continues to surge Jumped 48% in U.S. in first half of this year Oil deliveries by rail in the United States shot up 48% in...
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Producer car shipments plunge in past year, says Wheat Board Alliance
Producer car shipments are down by almost 40 per cent from last year – to 8,487, as of July 10, from 13,038, as of July 10, 2012 – according the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance (CWBA). via Leader-Post –...
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Ewart: Railway industry expects oil transport to continue to grow
Ewart: Railway industry expects oil transport to continue to grow By Stephen Ewart Calgary Herald July 25, 2013 7:32 AM It may not be exactly business as usual for moving oil by rail since Lac-Mégantic...
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Producer car volumes decline
Canada’s top handler of producer cars says the amount of producer car grain it receives at its export terminal in Thunder Bay was down 20 [...] via The Western Producer...
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Saskatchewan oil rail terminal planned
Saskatchewan oil rail terminal planned JEFFREY JONES CALGARY — The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Aug. 14 2013, 6:55 PM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Aug. 14 2013, 6:58 PM EDT The deadly oil-by-rail...
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Critics warn rail plan will ruin roads
The announcement of a $100-million rail terminal to ship oil from Kerrobert to U.S. refineries shows Saskatchewan can compete economically with Alberta and any other jurisdiction, says Minister for...
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New Committee To Look At Railway Safety
With the recent fatal train crash in Quebec that destroyed a community, a lot of groups are talking about how to make rail shipping safer, when it comes to dangerous goods such as oil. Last week, the...
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Farmers, terminals struggle to store and ship bumper crop
Several golden piles of feed wheat – more than 30,000 bushels in all – sit in the farmyard of Anthony Eliason and his father, Dale. “It’s rare. We try not to store it on the ground, but we ran out …...
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Railways say they’re ready for big crop
Demand for hopper cars to move this year’s record grain crop is unusually high. However, the number of rail cars supplied to country elevators is [...] via The Western Producer...
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More isn’t better, says CN on lack of rail cars
Grain industry frustration with Canada’s two national railways is boiling over as stored grain doesn’t move as fast as many had hoped. Canadian Pacific Railway […] via The Western Producer...
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Big harvest, big rail delays
A big haul by western Canadian farmers has helped boost crop exports, says the Canadian Grain Commission. The industry had exported 5.1 million tonnes of […] via The Western Producer...
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Slow grain movement continues to vex farmers
Last fall’s record-breaking crop continues to cause transportation headaches for western Canadian farmers. Mark Dyck, director of logistics with CWB, said as much as seven […] via The Western Producer...
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Grain backlogs will be probed
Ottawa is chipping in half the cost of a $3-million transportation study to tackle huge rail backlogs that have left a bumper crop of grain still sitting on some fields. via Leader-Post – Business...
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Rail service gets Ottawa’s ear
As Parliament opens a new session next week, the government can expect political pressure over inadequate rail service that has left many prairie farmers unable […] via The Western Producer...
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