Canadian Pacific has provided notice to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) that it will be seeking changes by Transport Canada that would reduce by a third the maximum permissible hours that its Canadian-based running trades employees can spend at the controls of a train.
Canadian Pacific on November 8 launched a website in response to Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) Chairwoman Kathy Fox’s Oct. 31 public pronouncement that 6% of human-caused rail incidents may have involved fatigue.
Canadian Pacific announced on Nov. 7 that, despite a weather-delayed harvest, October “was its best-ever month for Western Canadian grain movement to Vancouver and stands ready to work with its supply chain partners through the 2016/17 season to transport a bumper crop to world markets.”
Canadian Pacific is calling Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) Chairwoman Kathy Fox’s Oct. 31 public pronouncement that 6% of human-caused rail incidents may have involved fatigue “misguided comments” that “do little to enhance industry safety or improve the quality of life for conductors and engineers.”
Canadian Pacific on Oct. 19 named Nadeem Velani Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He had been serving in an interim capacity since Sept. 9, 2016.
An operating ratio of 57.7%, the lowest-ever when compared to adjusted operating ratios in previous quarters, and increases in diluted earnings per share (both adjusted and non-adjusted) marked Canadian Pacific’s third-quarter 2016 financials.
Canadian Pacific CEO Hunter Harrison says his railroad is ready to move Western Canada’s delayed grain crop to market, provided there is “supply chain accountability,” which will be measured in a new supply chain scorecard CP has developed.
Canadian Pacific on Sept. 26 unveiled a new webpage, cpr.ca/HazMat, which showcases CP’s dangerous goods response capabilities, training available to first responders and other online resources.
Canadian Pacific reports it’s well-positioned and ready to move this year’s western Canadian grain crop, which is forecast to be significantly bigger than the five-year average, to market.
Canadian Pacific joined the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB), which released a study on September 19, in reiterating support for the Minister of Transport to implement Locomotive Voice and Video Recorders (LVVR) as soon as possible.