Alberta-based Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) set a record in January for shipping Canadian grain and grain products. It moved 2.395 million metric tons and 24,688 carloads, breaking the previous record set in 2023.
“By working closely with our grain customers and working efficiently with our supply chain collaborators, our railroaders have delivered record amounts of grain and grain products across Western Canada to start the year,” Jonathan Wahba, CPKC senior vice-president sales and marketing, said. “This performance and record volumes have been made possible through significant investment in the grain supply chain made by CPKC and our customers in new and upgraded grain-handling capacity and high-capacity hopper cars.”
CPKC shipped more than 15.1 million metric tons of grain and grain products through the first 26 weeks of the 2025-2026 crop year, the largest totals since 2020-2021. The company included a grain service outlook in its annual plan. Effective planning and demand forecasting helps the railway serve customers’ needs.
The grain and grain product volume moving on CPKC exceeds the average supply chain capacity targets outlined in the grain service plan. It is critical the supply chain, including customer loading facilities and terminal operators loading grain into vessels at ports, operate at full capacity, the railroad said.