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Eleven producers and grain industry representatives recently visited port facilities across the West Coast, like this one in Vancouver.

West Coast terminals have a beef with railways, too

Producers who recently toured terminal elevators say every  official they met said railways are the bottleneck in the system 

By Jennifer Blair September 2, 2014

Turns out farmers aren’t the only ones with a beef with Canada’s railways — operators of West Coast ports say inadequate rail service is holding them back, too. Sylvan Lake farmer Michael Ammeter was one of 11 producers and grain industry representatives who toured ports in Portland, Vancouver, and Prince Rupert for five days in […] Read more