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Southbound Northbound Map August 2023 Full Month
Traffic Report: Cross Border, August 2023

Total southbound traffic from Canada in August was 130,216 carloads. This is a 7.1% increase over July.

Western Ports Traffic August 2023 CN and CPKC
Traffic Report: Western Canada Ports, August 2023

Overall traffic moving into the western ports region increased in August, going from 118,477 carloads moving to the ports in July to 131,338 carloads, an increase of 10.9%. Daily average volume in August was 4,378 carloads per day.

Intermodal Container Volume eastbound from Port of Vancouver CN and CPKC
Traffic Report: Intermodal – Port of Vancouv...

August saw 67,233 containers enter through the Port of Vancouver. This is a 55.0% increase over July, which had much lower volumes stemming from the work shutdown at the western Canada ports. Average daily volume was 2,201 containers per day,

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RailState Update: British Columbia Wildfires

RailState has looked in more detail at how CN and CPKC handled the August 18 traffic interruption in the Fraser River Canyon Directional Running Zone caused by the Kookipi Creek Fire.

Total Trains Through the Directional Running Zone British Columbia
RailState Special Report: Extreme Weather Impact

Flooding Halts Rail Traffic in Southern California, Wildfires Stop Trains in British Columbia

International Intermodal Volume June July August 1-15 CN and CPKC
Canadian Rail Network Update – Recovering Af...

In the month since the end of the main strike period, the railroads are close to matching volumes seen before the strike. There has not been a significant, widespread increase in train volume aimed at clearing backlogs caused by the

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RailState Bolsters Customer Team with Addition of ...

Glen Doiron joins RailState as Solutions Architect. Glen comes to RailState with a unique combination of shipper, class 1 railway, business analytics, and SaaS product experience.

Intermodal Prince Rupert Eastbound Through July 17 (2)
Western Ports Strike Special Report – Tempor...

The port terminals and railroads are moving quickly to resolve any backlogs as a result of the work stoppage.

Total Train Movement Prince Rupert Westbound June 9 to July 11
Western Ports Strike Special Report – Commod...

RailState is closely monitoring the flows of rail traffic in the western ports region as a result of the ILWU strike. Intermodal experienced the most immediate changes from the work stoppage, slowing to a halt soon after the start of

RailState - Intermodal Leaving Prince Rupert by Rail - Eastbound - June 26 to July 10
Western Ports Strike Special Report – Impact...

RailState is closely monitoring the flows of rail traffic in the western ports region as a result of the ILWU strike. The most dramatic change has been in intermodal. All non-domestic intermodal rail traffic into and out of the Ports

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