The Canadian Transportation Agency has set its volume-related composite price indices (VRCPI) for Canada's national railways, key metrics used to determine the railways' revenue caps for movement of Western Canadian grain.
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Canadian Transportation Agency announces railway price indices for 2025-2026 crop year
CPKC overshoots grain revenue entitlement, CN comes up short
Total Western Canadian grain volume moved over crop year down 3.5 per cent
Canadian National Railway Company (CN)'s grain revenue fell below its annual entitlement, and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway Company (CPKC) overshot its entitlement in the 2023-2024 crop year.
Railways blast past revenue cap
Grain moved was up 60 per cent from last season on drought recovery
Canada's two big railways will have a $7.1 million Christmas present for the Western Grains Research Foundations following a ruling they exceeded their revenue caps in 2022-23.
Transport Canada to review Bunge-Viterra marriage plans
Competition Bureau also to probe proposed deal
Canada’s federal transport department will conduct its own review of U.S. grain giant Bunge’s plans to buy and merge with Viterra — with an eye particularly on both companies’ stakes […] Read more
Record amount of grain moved, CN goes over revenue limit
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) recently ruled that Canadian National Railway exceeded its maximum grain revenue entitlements for the 2020/21 crop year. Meanwhile, the CTA stated that Canadian Pacific was […] Read more
CN over, CP well under 2020-21 grain revenue caps
Railways moved record-level volume during year, CTA says
Coming off a record-level Prairie grain handle, Canadian National Railway’s $1.042 billion in 2020-21 Prairie grain revenue is set to be trimmed by about $2.52 million. The Canadian Transportation Agency […] Read more
Railways overshoot grain revenue limits for 2019-20
Grain revenues run $5.3 million over caps, CTA rules
Canada’s big two railways have about two more weeks to hand over about $5.6 million in Prairie grain revenue overages and related penalties for the 2019-20 crop year. The Canadian […] Read more
Prairie grain freight cost index adjusted upward
Corrected, May 6, 2019 and Jan. 7, 2021 — Canada’s big two railways can expect a small raise in the amount of revenue they get to keep from hauling Prairie […] Read more
Rail now moving fluidly through Vancouver, CN says
Winnipeg | Reuters — Congestion at Port Metro Vancouver, Canada’s busiest port, has been resolved and rail operations are now “fluid,” Canadian National Railway said Friday. Canadian National and rival […] Read more
Transport agency orders Hudson Bay Railway to start repairs
The Canadian Transportation Agency has ordered the current owners of the Hudson Bay Railway to get repair work underway by July 3 at the latest. The CTA — the quasi-judicial […] Read more
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