# CN Rail faces grain export backlog of 10,000 carloads -CEO

> Canadian National Railway CEO Jean-Jacques Ruest said CN lost capacity equal to 10,000 carloads, or about one million tonnes of grain exports, in February due to protester rail blockades. He said grain exports would be the slowest supply chain to recover.

- Date: 2020-03-03 · published 2020-03-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54138-cn-rail-faces-grain-export-backlog-of-10-000-carloads-ceo
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lost rail capacity delays Canadian wheat, canola and grain exports, leaving supplies stranded and supporting prices for competing origins while the backlog persists.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-03-03 | [Sea Freight Rates Lift Grain Export Competitiveness](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54141-sea-freight-rates-lift-grain-export-competitiveness.md) | +6.1% | -1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-20 | [One month after CN strike, major grain backlogs remain - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55600-one-month-after-cn-strike-major-grain-backlogs-remain-the-globe-and-mail.md) | +0.3% | +2.3% |
| WHEAT | 2018-07-29 | [Russian battle to keep up grain export pace \| Countryman](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63885-russian-battle-to-keep-up-grain-export-pace-countryman.md) | -1.2% | -1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2025-06-13 | [Nibulon to Export 1 Million Tons of Grain Via Black Sea Port of Chornomorsk](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14200-nibulon-to-export-1-million-tons-of-grain-via-black-sea-port-of-chornomorsk.md) | +1.4% | -3.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-01-28 | [Ongoing strikes slow French grain exports - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55086-ongoing-strikes-slow-french-grain-exports-grain-central.md) | -0.5% | +2.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/canad-natio-rail-ceo/cn-rail-faces-grain-export-backlog-of-10000-carloads-ceo-idUSL1N2AW1SE/

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