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International Intermodal
Western Ports
Total average daily volume headed eastbound from the Western Canada ports grew 18.1% in October compared to September, and CPKC continued to increase its market share of international intermodal volume, partly through the use of larger trains.
CPKC saw a larger increase in volume, improving 23.6% in October compared to a 14.2% increase for CN. With that growth CPKC increased its market share of intermodal from the western ports to 43.5%. In September, CPKC moved 42% of intermodal volume and earlier in the year was only moving about one third of international intermodal containers from the western ports.
The average containers per train dropped slightly for CN and increased on CPKC. CPKC trains carried an average of 14 more containers per train in October compared to September and it’s the first time this year that CPKC’s average intermodal train size was larger than CN’s.