For all shipments handled by CN Truckers:

To All Customer Shipping to or from the Province of Quebec. We are expecting that the Government of Quebec will soon be issuing notice of their weight restrictions. You may recall that last year, the period was to start on March 13th, but then was suddenly changed to February 27th. In order to avoid a potential backlog of heavy loads requiring special handling, this year we are implementing our Spring Weight Restrictions in advance of the Quebec Government notice. We are planning to have all heavy loads arrive prior to the start-date of Monday, February 26th, 2018. If the Government of Quebec issues an earlier date, we will advise accordingly.

Please note that payload weights in equipment to be delivered by CNTL must be reduced per the requirements below for shipments planned to arrive after the start-date noted above.

To assist its customers during this period of reduced payload:

CN will establish a "Latest Shipping Date" where customers may ship at regular payload weights from each terminal (based on the consignee receiving the traffic immediately upon arrival at the destination terminal).

Note the shipping date will be the Reservation Date. CN’s online tools can assist in determining the Reservation Date and Trip Plan.

In the event of an overweight load, CN may arrange transloading, or use specialty equipment to deliver the load. Any transloading requirements will be done at the prevailing market rate. Charges for use of quad chassis are per tariff CNR-9100 ($600 premium per delivery). To ensure the specialty equipment is not detained, all deliveries must be live-unloads. The overweight arrangements will be done after receiving written confirmation that the payer understands the charges.

Overweight traffic delayed online, but shipped prior to "Latest Shipping Date", will be delivered by CN without the application of overweight charges.

The following table shows the "Latest Shipping Date" relative to the start of CN’s Spring Weight Restrictions:

Table 1 – Latest Shipping Date for Deliveries in Quebec’s Zone 1

The maximum payload handled using CNR equipment during the Spring Weight Restriction period is:

Table 2 – Maximum Payloads

Thank you for shipping with CN

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