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Canadian National Won’t Move Lumber Until Backlog Clears
Note – the embargo refers to shipments to the west coast http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303546204579435050770568642?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303546204579435050770568642.html Canadian National Won’t Move Lumber Until Backlog Clears Railway’s Notice Comes as Port Strike Worsens Delays Caused by Railcar Shortage Canadian National Railway Co. told British Columbia wood and pulp producers it will stop moving products to Pacific Coast loading facilities until a…
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North American Freight
FROM THE MARCH 07 ISSUE OF MADISON’S LUMBER REPORTER: Canada’s prairie grain farmers have been watching the quality and value of their crops decline over the last few months in fields or in storage due to a rail transportation bottleneck. The situation got so dire this week in Vancouver, BC, that Federal Minister of Transport…
