Canada’s dockworkers strike impacts freight rail operations

Capt. John

The effects of the dockworkers strike at West Coast ports in Canada is reverberating through the supply chain and to the railways.

About 7,400 workers with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada’s Longshore Division went on strike last Saturday after negotiations with the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association failed to reach a new labor contract.

The strike is affecting container cargo traffic at two of Canada’s busiest ports, Vancouver and Prince Rupert, key export...

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