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Omar Alghabra, the Canadian minister of transport, has proposed legislation aimed at port...
Three commissioners with the Federal Maritime Commission want the Surface Transportation Board to reject Canadian Pacific’s plan to merge with Kansas City Southern, saying the merger could divert intermodal traffic from U.S. ports to Canadian ones, according to a letter to the board on Tuesday.
“While there might be economic benefits to certain shipper organizations and locations in the United States … there will be greater negative impacts relating to employment and long-term investment...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmc-commissioners-want-to-rail-regulators-to-reject-cp-kcs-merger
Canadian Pacific seals relationship with CMA CGMCanadian Pacific will become the primary rail provider at the ports of Vancouver, Montreal and Saint John for ocean carrier CMA CGM as part of a multiyear agreement, the railway announced Tuesday.
CP’s access to the ports of Vancovuer and Montreal, as well as CP’s connection to Port Saint John in New Brunswick via the New Brunswick Southern Railway, will help the railway move the majority of freight from CMA CGM to key Canadian and U.S. Midwest...
The Port of Vancouver handled a record volume of containers in 2021 on increased demand for imports and a surge in exports of empties returning to Asia amid a challenging year for Canada’s largest maritime trade facility.
Container volumes increased by 6% to 3.7 million twenty-foot equivalent units compared to 2021, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority reported in its annual statistics released on Thursday. Growth of overall cargo volumes was more muted, rising by 1% to 146 million metric tons.
Th...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/empties-imports-help-port-of-vancouver-hit-container-volume-record
The Port of Vancouver hit a grim milestone this week as the number of ships waiting for a berth reached 60 despite the resumption of rail service.
It happened Tuesday night, and included nine container, 17 grain and 16 coal vessels. The number had dipped to 57 as of late Wednesday.
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, in an operations update Wednesday, reported that “anchorage demand continues to exceed capacity” as Canada’s largest port continues to battle the impacts of the flooding and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-vancouver-ship-backlog-hits-60
CN has resumed service on its Kamloops-Vancouver corridor, the Canadian railway said on Monday, restoring a critical rail link to the Port of Vancouver.
The rail corridor was shut down three weeks ago as a result of damages brought by flooding and landslides that devastated British Columbia. CN (NYSE: CNI) had briefly restored service two weeks later before shutting it down again as a precautionary measure.
“CN crews will continue to monitor both the rail infrastructure as well as the terrain...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cn-reopens-key-port-of-vancouver-rail-line-again
A strike by container truckers at a carrier serving the Port of Vancouver has been averted after their union reached a last-minute agreement with their company on Thursday.
Prudential Transportation signed a tentative agreement less than a day before around 120 drivers were set to begin their strike, the truckers’ union, Unifor, said. It followed a similar agreement reached by another carrier serving the port, Aheer Transportation, on Tuesday.
The agreements averted a potentially devastating...
Truckers at one of two Port of Vancouver carriers facing a strike have reached a tentative agreement, their union said on Tuesday.
Aheer Transportation signed the agreement a day after the union Unifor issued a 72-hour strike notice. The drivers at the British Columbia port have been seeking health and dental benefits, and improved detention pay.
However, about 120 drivers at Prudential Transportation still plan to begin a strike on Friday.
Aheer signed a tentative pattern agreement similar to...
The number of vessels waiting for a berth at the Port of Vancouver stood at over 50 on Monday as CN reported a major setback in efforts to restore rail service on a key portion of its network.
The rail briefly reopened its Vancouver-Kamloops line over the weekend but quickly shut it down as more heavy rain hit southern British Columbia, the company said in a statement to American Shipper.
“After moving seven trains during the weekend, CN took the decision to proactively close its network as the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-vancouver-ship-queue-tops-50-as-rail-woes-persist
Container truckers at two carriers serving the Port of Vancouver have voted to authorize a strike, threatening another major disruption at Canada’s busiest port as it recovers from the shutdown of rail service.
Drivers for Aheer Transportation and Prudential Transportation “voted overwhelmingly to strike if necessary” to secure a new agreement, their union, Unifor, said in a statement on Tuesday. The drivers are seeking health and dental benefits, and increased pay for waiting times.
“Unifor...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-vancouver-truckers-threaten-to-strike