CPKC signs transportation agreement with BHP

(Posted on 12/06/26)

BHP, the world’s largest mining company, has announced that Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and BHP have signed a transportation agreement for CPKC to provide rail service to the company’s future Jansen Potash Mine in east-central Saskatchewan.

CPKC is the combination of two historic railways – Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS). Today, they are CPKC and have created the first and only transnational rail network in North America. “We are pleased to enter into this agreement with BHP as they expand into the potash market,” said Keith Creel, President and CEO. “Leveraging our position as the premiere shipper of potash in North America, we look forward to providing our industry-leading service to BHP helping to drive innovation and reliability across the potash supply chain.”

Under the agreement, CPKC will operate unit trains between Jansen and Westshore Terminals in Vancouver, utilizing BHP-owned railcars. The initial term of the contract is approximately four years, supporting Jansen Stage 1 production, with a future arrangement to be aligned with the next phase of the project.?

Production at Jansen is expected to begin in mid-2027, according to BHP. The project is located approximately 7.5 miles north of CPKC’s Sutherland Subdivision.

The agreement will support the movement of potash from the mine to be exported to global markets.

“This is an exciting step forward as we prepare Jansen for first production,” said Karina Gistelinck, Asset President Potash, BHP, said in the company’s announcement.

Drawing on strong foundations and heritage, CPKC moves essential goods across a 20,000-mile network to support economic growth throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

CPKC has also announced that it has broken its May monthly record for transporting Canadian grain and grain products, moving 2.9 million metric tonnes (MMT) in May 2026. The new May achievement beat the previous tonnage record set in May 2020. Last month’s 30,324 carloads also set a new May monthly record, beating the previous high set in May 2020.

CPKC previously set records for the movement of Canadian grain in the first quarter and set monthly records in four of the first five months of 2026. Monthly records earlier this year have been set in January, February, and April.

Through Week 43 of the 2025-2026 crop year, CPKC transported more than 25.3 MMT of Canadian grain and grain products. These are the largest Canadian grain totals since the record setting 2020-2021 crop year.

This crop year, the volumes of Canadian grain and grain products moving on the CPKC network in multiple weeks exceeded the average supply chain capacity targets outlined in CPKC’s annual grain service plan. It is critical that all supply chain participants, including customer loading facilities and terminal operators loading grain into vessels at ports, operate at full capacity to sustain this strong momentum.

CPKC signs transportation agreement with BHP

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CPKC signs transportation agreement with BHP

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