The busiest border crossings on CN-originated traffic were Port Huron, MI (40.0% of total CN southbound traffic), Fort Frances, ON/International Falls, MN (34.4%), and Blaine, WA/Vancouver-Seattle (via BNSF) (23.0%). At Fort Frances, CN carried 32% more cars northbound in June. At Port Huron, CN moved 13% more southbound cars than northbound.
For CPKC, the busiest crossings were Windsor (33.1% of total CPKC southbound traffic), North Portal, SK (27.2%), Emerson, MB (18.0%), and Kingsgate, BC (13.3%). Northbound traffic outpaced southbound traffic most significantly at North Portal, carrying 30% more northbound traffic in June.
What is Moving – Car Mix
CPKC
CPKC carries a greater proportion of energy and agricultural products across the border. In May, tank cars and covered hoppers accounted for 63.3% of total CPKC cross border traffic. In June, these car types account for 58.8% of traffic. Tank cars slightly increased from 24.1% to 25.3% while covered hoppers decreased from 39.2% to 33.5%.
Making up for the drop in covered hoppers was an increase in stack cars and general service flats increasing from 11.1% to 13.5% and vehicular flatcars jumping to 11.3% from 9.7% in May.