Canada’s Class I railroads ship record grain volumes in April

A photograph of a train hauling railcars. There are city buildings in the distance.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to disrupt supply chain flows, the Canadian railways boasted record volumes of grain shipped in April.

Canadian National (NYSE: CNI) moved 2.73 million metric tonnes (mmt) in April, beating an April record of 2.72 mmt from 2019. The railway also moved 6.59 mmt in the first quarter of 2020, which the company said was its second-best first-quarter grain movement ever.

Since the start of the 2019-2020 crop year on Aug. 1, Canadian National (CN) has moved...

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