Port of Vancouver feels squeeze from CN, CP wildfire backlog

Rail cars loaded with intermodal containers near the port of Vancouver, with the city skyline behind it.

A disruption in CN and Canadian Pacific rail service caused by a wildfire in western Canada is rippling through the supply chain to the Port of Vancouver, bringing additional delays and congestion at a time of unprecedented container traffic.

While CP (NYSE:CP) has resumed maritime service, CN (NYSE:CNI) is rerouting some traffic as it assesses the damage from a fire that devastated a village in British Columbia last week. The impacts are beginning to take shape in Vancouver, Canada’s largest...

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