There's been tremendous growth in our bulk exports through the port of Vancouver. There have been some changes as well in the operational policies within the port, where vessels are limited to stay seven days within the port of Vancouver. We do often see vessels bouncing around more often.
I just wanted to clarify that these vessels are not arriving to just randomly wait for cargo. These vessels are actually contracted to be there. There's a laycan within their charter parties where vessels need to arrive within a certain time to be inspected and ready to load grain. To eliminate the anchorages would severely disrupt the supply chain. Often vessels are entered into contracts with shippers maybe 10 to 12 weeks in advance. Unfortunately, I don't think shippers have confidence in when they'll actually get rail service. What happens is that they think that their cargo may be arriving at the ports within a certain time or certain date, so they ask the vessel to be there. In reality, that just doesn't work.
There's been a lot of focus on improving data, digitalization of the supply chain and understanding where are the bottlenecks. Are there areas where we can improve the fluidity of the supply chain? I think that a lot of that work is going to happen under the supply chain task force. We're hopeful. That's a start. We need to understand what we're working with.