Inland Operations
State of the CN Network for intermodal customers
Thursday, April 5th
Network Velocity:
Overall velocity and fluidity across CN’s network is improving.
Ocean Terminals:
Western Ports: Strong car supply and partnership with Ports has resulted in significantly lower overall ground counts. Average dwell is below 3 days and continues to improve. As of April 3, the average port dwell time at Prince Rupert is 1.8 days and 2.7 days at Deltaport.
Eastern Ports: The pipeline remains strong and dwells are anticipated to continue to improve into next week.
CN Inland Terminals:
Ground counts in Canadian Western inland terminals (Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon) are higher than normal levels due to limited car supply over the long weekend. It is expected to return to normal levels by end of the week.
Positive gains have been made in our United States terminals, and while ground counts still remain higher than normal in Memphis, Chicago and Detroit, improved carter turn times and strong car supply into mid-next week will further assist in reducing congestion.
Chicago terminal, feedback has been very positive to the “driver assistance” initiative. Working with carters as they move through the gates, the driver guides are readily available for questions and immediate assistance to improve the speed and overall experience in the terminal.
There is space available for additional empty export containers out of Chicago and Brampton into mid-next week.
Overall Carter turn times have gone down. The last 14-day moving average for all terminals is 45 minutes with a target of 45 minutes for each terminal.
Weather:
CN is watching a spring snow storm in the Lower Great Lakes Region, Northern Ontario and Quebec regions over the next 3 days. While snow fall and high winds are expected, CN don’t anticipate an impact to operations
