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News Alert: Canada border agency systems woes hit inbound shipments

Trucks wait to cross the Canada-U.S.

Shipments of commercial goods into Canada are facing delays because of technical issues involving the systems of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

“Backup plans are activated and we are working to resolve the matter as quickly as possible,” the CBSA said on Thursday, adding that it will provide updates on Twitter. 

The agency did not immediately explain the cause, stating that it was having “IT issues.”

The Canadian Trucking Alliance, the largest national carrier organization, reported...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/news-alert-canada-border-agency-systems-woes-hit-inbound-shipments

Big firms eye Canada COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans

A COVID-19 vaccine candidate vial. Canada plans to distribute millions of vaccine doses.

With plans to begin distributing COVID-19 vaccines in January, the Canadian government appears to have no shortage of companies interested in the massive, and potentially lucrative, logistics undertaking.

Representatives from 74 companies attended a bidders’ conference on Friday, where federal officials laid out the complex requirements for transporting as many as 358 million vaccine doses from manufacturers to locations across Canada. Among the companies attending were major logistics providers...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/big-firms-eye-canada-covid-19-vaccine-distribution-plans

Transport Canada: Dangerous goods recommendations under study

A photograph of a train of tank cars.

Transport Canada insists that it supports research involving the safe transportation of dangerous goods.

The federal agency said Tuesday that 23 projects continue to research the transportation of dangerous goods in Canada. Topics for the 23 projects, which will be implemented from 2020 to 2023, were developed during the 2019 Transportation of Dangerous Goods Research Symposium. Project funding of CA$3.6 million (US$2.7 million) came from court settlements paid largely by Irving Oil and were...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transport-canada-dangerous-goods-recommendations-under-study

Canadian railways crush October grain records amid export boom

A photograph of grain elevators and a train next to them.

Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) and CN (NYSE: CNI) crushed grain volumes in October, with shipments exceeding all-time records as export demand and new assets drove volumes higher.

CP hauled 3.04 million metric tonnes (MMTs) in October, crossing the 3 MMT threshold and exceeding the previous all-time record set in April by 6.9%. Compared to October 2019, volumes of grain and grain volumes were up by 14.2%.

“CP’s customers are managing strong and healthy supply chains to the ports, where new and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadian-railways-crush-october-grain-records-amid-export-boom

Private equity-backed Jardine Transport buys Canadian carrier

A tractor-trailer of Jardine Transport Group carrier R.E.M. Transport

Jardine Transport Group, a Canadian trucking company backed by private equity fund SeaFort Capital, has acquired Quality Transportation Services, a cross-border carrier based in New Brunswick.

The acquisition, announced Monday, expands Jardine’s footprint in its home province of New Brunswick and the larger Atlantic Canada region. Quality Transportation Services has a fleet of over 40 power units and provides long-haul dry van services to customers in Canada and the United States.

“The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pe-backed-jardine-transport-buys-canadian-carrier

Election 2020: For Canada, stakes go beyond trade

Trucks cross the the U.S.-Canada border. The US election could impact cross-border trade.

If Canadians could vote in the U.S. presidential election, more than 70% would choose Joe Biden over President Donald Trump, recent polls show. A major reason: Trump’s propensity to pick trade fights with Canada from aluminum and steel tariffs to restrictions on personal protective equipment exports.

“It’s more predictable with Biden. With Trump, you just never know,” Barry Prentice, a professor of supply chain management at the University of Manitoba, told FreightWaves. 

Despite starkly...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/election-2020-for-canada-stakes-go-beyond-trade

Envase adds Tailwind to expand TMS profile

Envase Technologies

Envase Technologies has acquired Tailwind Transportation Software to grow its transportation management system (TMS) offering to the North American trucking sector.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Tailwind, based in Delta, British Columbia, offers TMS for freight forwarding, brokerage, intermodal and over-the-road trucking services.

“Our larger carriers with both intermodal and over-the-road fleets will benefit from access to a robust set of tools to help them efficiently manage...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/envase-adds-tailwind-to-expand-tms-profile

Shopify CEO envisions fulfillment network on global scale

A warehouse worker with a robot from 6 River Systems. The CEO of Shopify says warehouse automation will play a key role in scaling its fulfillment network.

The future for Shopify’s (NYSE:SHOP) fulfillment business could involve a network of highly automated warehouses that lean on technology including robots, CEO Tobi Lutke told financial analysts on Friday after the Canada-based e-commerce company reported third-quarter financial results.

“We can have tens, hundreds, potentially thousands [with] partners and some homegrown ones around the world and balance the products where they need to be stored,” Lutke said.

Lutke made the comments as Shopify...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/shopify-ceo-envisions-fulfillment-network-on-global-scale

Shopify has strong Q3 as pandemic drives rapid e-commerce shift

A robot helps a warehouse worker at a Shopify fulfillment facility.

Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) reported large increases in revenue and profits in its third-quarter earnings report on Thursday, beating analysts’ estimates as the Canadian company benefitted from the rapid move to e-commerce because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The e-commerce company’s earnings of $1.13 per share beat analysts’ estimates of $0.51 by 121.5%. This is a 769.2% increase from a year ago.

Shopify reported quarterly sales of $767.40 million, which beat the analysts’ estimates of $653.22 million by...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/shopify-has-strong-q3-as-pandemic-drives-rapid-e-commerce-shift

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