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Highlights
Second quarter 2005 and June 2005Canadian railways reported their strongest second quarter since 1999 between April and June this year as demand in Asia for Canadian primary goods remained strong. Railways loaded more than 72.9 million tonnes of goods during the second quarter of 2005, up by more than half a million tonnes, or 0.8%, from the same three months last year. Leading the list of commodities where gains in loadings occurred between the first and second quarter were cement, gasoline and aviation fuel, other non metallic minerals, coal and lumber. Coal shipments amounted to nearly 9.1 million tonnes, up 10.2% from the same quarter last year. Lumber shipments, primarily destined for the United States, surpassed 4.3 million tonnes, up 27.6%. Just over 7.0 million tonnes of freight arrived from the United States between April and June, either destined for or passing through Canada , up 6.7% from the same three months in 2004. On a monthly basis, railways shipped nearly 24.7 million tonnes of goods in June, the highest volume of the last six years for June itself. Iron ore loadings were up strongly from May following the settlement of a labour dispute which had more than 1,300 employees off work. However, shipments of major commodities such as potash and coal showed some declines as is often the case in early summer. The non-intermodal portion of freight totalled 22.4 million tonnes in June, up 1.8% from May. About 282,300 railcars were required to load all of June's non-intermodal freight. Loadings of intermodal freight, that is, containers and trailers hauled on flat cars, amounted to 2.3 million tonnes, down 4.9% from May. Freight coming from the United States, either destined for or passing through Canada, fell 12.4%. On a year-over-year basis, non-intermodal tonnage was up 4.3% from June last year. Intermodal traffic rose 0.6%, while traffic received from the United States was up 4.8%. For further information please contact Transportation Statistics, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6 (Telephone: 1-866-500-8400, Internet: TransportationStatistics@statcan.ca). |
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