Canadian Rail Service Disruptions

CARLOAD
Given the supply chains and transport distances of Rail Security Sensitive Materials (RSSM), Poison Inhalation Hazard (PIH) - Toxic Inhalation Hazard (TIH) and Time-Sensitive commodities, and to best protect the regulatory requirements of transporting these commodities:

• CN has embargoed all RSSM commodities, PIH/TIH destined to all points in Canada from U.S. origins or U.S. interchange, effective August 12 at 08:01 ET.
       o The schedule can be found here and is also available on www.cn.ca/TCRCinfo 
       o A full list of these commodities can be found here.
       o The embargo includes residue empty cars.
• CN will be embargoing all RSSM, PIH/TIH commodities (and residue empties) from all Canadian origins, effective August 15 at 00:01 ET.
• No permits will be allowed.
• Additional commodities will be embargoed so long as there is no tentative agreement or binding arbitration.
• Effective August 12, 2024, CPKC had embargoed all freight classified as toxic or poisonous “inhalation hazards” on its North America-wide network.

INTERMODAL
Given the time required to carry out a safe and orderly shutdown of CN’s network, and to comply with regulatory requirements of transporting certain commodities, CN is implementing an embargo on specific Intermodal shipments.

• CN will be restricting ingates for all temperature-controlled Intermodal traffic across our network, effective August 15. Exact timing is dependent on origin and destination.
• CN will be restricting ingates for all Intermodal Hazmat traffic across our network effective August 15. Exact timing is dependent on origin and destination.
• Intermodal (Domestic and International) origin/destination timing can be found here.
• CN is embargoing all Intermodal interchange traffic from the U.S. destined to all points in Canada, effective August 16 at 00:01 ET.
• The embargo schedule can be found here and is also available on www.cn.ca/TCRCinfo .
• All U.S. to U.S. Intermodal shipments will continue to move per normal operations.
• Effective August 12, 2024, CPKC had embargoed all freight classified as toxic or poisonous “inhalation hazards” on its North America-wide network.

Planning and staying informed about the strike’s developments can help choose the best alternative transportation options. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your local customer service or sales representative.