# CP Rail says October grain shipments set record, proves it can move bumper crop | iNFOnews.ca

> Canadian Pacific reports it moved a record 15,865 carloads of Western Canadian grain to Vancouver in October, and total grain movements rose 3.9% year over year. The railway says the performance shows it can handle the expected bumper crop but cannot guarantee repeat results.

- Date: 2016-11-07 · published 2016-11-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73858-cp-rail-says-october-grain-shipments-set-record-proves-it-can-move-bumper-crop
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Strong rail capacity reduces the risk of a repeat of the 2013-14 bottleneck, supporting timely Canadian grain and canola meal exports and limiting basis weakness.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: neutral
- CANMEAL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2023-09-05 | [Canadian grain shippers hopeful about rail service in current crop year - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34117-canadian-grain-shippers-hopeful-about-rail-service-in-current-crop-year.md) | +2.1% | -4.1% |
| WHEAT | 2023-04-06 | [Grain Trade Australia says record crop, not market failure behind price lag \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36374-grain-trade-australia-says-record-crop-not-market-failure-behind-price-lag-farm.md) | -3.0% | -2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2025-07-14 | [Ruling allows CPKC grain shipments using UP rail \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23754-ruling-allows-cpkc-grain-shipments-using-up-rail-world-grain.md) | -1.6% | -2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-12 | [Canadian National grain shipments return to pre-strike levels - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55599-canadian-national-grain-shipments-return-to-pre-strike-levels-freightwaves.md) | +2.5% | +4.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-19 | [UPDATED: CN Rail strike will impact grain shipments (2 Photos)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56082-updated-cn-rail-strike-will-impact-grain-shipments-2-photos.md) | +1.1% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- infonews.ca: https://infonews.ca/news/1873327/cp-rail-says-october-grain-shipments-set-record-proves-it-can-move-bumper-crop-2/

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