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Grain movement updates
Daily vessel line-up
December 5, 2006
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| No. of ships loading | No. of ships waiting | Longest wait (days) | No. of ships due to arrive this week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | 5 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
| - Vancouver | 4 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
| - Prince Rupert | 1 | 0 | 0 |
n/a |
| East Coast | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Thunder Bay | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Churchill | Shipping season closed | |||
Transportation update
December 5, 2006
When viewing the tables which follow, keep in mind that the industry monitors grain movement by shipping weeks. Each week in a month is numbered as below.
Elevator system
| Elevator space by province (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipping week | 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
| Manitoba | 25.5 |
28.0 |
24.3 |
24.1 |
| Saskatchewan | 23.6 |
26.6 |
21.0 |
23.5 |
| Alberta and B.C. | 27.4 |
30.1 |
25.9 |
24.1 |
| Rail unloads (all grains expressed in number of cars) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast | East Coast | |||||
| CP | CN | Total | CP | CN | Total | |
| Week 15 | 1809 |
2350 |
4159 |
1541 |
593 |
2134 |
| Week 16 | 1939 |
2197 |
4136 |
1460 |
557 |
2017 |
| Week 17 | 1636 |
1132 |
2768 |
1120 |
561 |
1681 |
| Week 18 | 1291 |
1567 |
2858 |
1140 |
427 |
1567 |
| Vessel performance (all grain vessels) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port area | Vessel cleared |
Vessel lineup |
Loading | Waiting | Due this week |
Due next week |
| West Coast | ||||||
| Week 15 | 7 |
Nov 6 |
5 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
| Week 16 | 7 |
Nov 13 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
| Week 17 | 10 |
Nov 20 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
| Week 18 | 12 |
Nov 27 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
| East Coast | ||||||
| Week 15 | 3 |
Nov 6 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
| Week 16 | 5 |
Nov 13 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
| Week 17 | 5 |
Nov 20 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
| Week 18 | 5 |
Nov 27 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
8 |