Railways should pay demurrage: APAS

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The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan is calling on the railways to pay demurrage costs incurred because of the rail backlog.

President Todd Lewis said farmers shouldn’t have to pay because they aren’t responsible.

Demurrage fees for ships waiting at port for grain range between $11,000 and $13,000 per day.

APAS said there are more than 30 ships waiting in British Columbia because of delayed grain shipments.

RELEASE: APAS President calls for railways to pay demurrage costs for grain shipment delays
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— APAS (@AgProducersSK) March 28, 2018

“APAS is proposing that in any week that grain shipments fall below 85 percent on hopper car deliveries, both railways share the cost of demurrage,” Lewis said in a news release.

“We have asked that these payments be retroactive to Jan. 1, 2018, when the problems became severe.”

Demurrage costs during the 2013-14 backlog were more than $40 million.

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The CWB had positive demurrage premiums that added constantly to the total pool accounts. Prices for #2 15.5 protein as high as $12.64 at the farm gate and good grain movement most of the time relative to the “Zoo” that is now being experienced by Western Canadian farmers. Strange how people can not recall these benifits, or use selective memory to back up their unresearched positions that have led to all these totally unforseen problems. The ones that were accurately predicted and recorded in the Senate Standing Committee Hansart in Ottawa of late November/ early December of 2011. Look them up and read them. Who knew……??? The smart people did. Farmers, some knowingly, and most unwittingly were sold out to the tune of billions $$ per year. Sad!