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For the period May 1-15, 30,109 intermodal containers originated in Vancouver, resulting in a daily average volume of 2,007 containers per day. This represents a 10% increase in the daily average volume from April.
Volume on CP increased in late April compared to earlier in the month and that trend has continued with CP traffic up 14% in the first two weeks of May. CN has increased traffic by 6.4% in May.
Intermodal traffic through the first two weeks of May puts volume on pace to be the strongest month since October 2022. At the current rate of volume, May will see more than 60,000 intermodal containers coming through the western ports.
Differences Between Railways
In May, CN is running approximately 2 more trains per week than in April, and the same number of trains per week as in March. CP is on pace to increase volume by more than 4 trains per week.