Ottawa Ontario - The Canadian government will require railroads to provide more detailed information on traffic and performance under amendments to Canada's Transportation Information Regulations, Transport Canada announced on Monday, 9 Jan 2023.
 
The information, to be reported weekly, will be published on the government's Transportation Data and Information Hub.
 
The new rules take effect 4 Apr 2023.
 
Information to be reported will include origination, destination, and commodity types for railcars, waybill information, weekly service and performance information including the average daily number of loaded and empty cars on line, dwell time at origin, destination, and terminals, average velocity, locomotive fleet status, and the number of available railway operating employees.
 
The changes are part of the government's response to the final report issued last year by the National Supply Chain Task force, which called for more transparency in supply chain performance.
 
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