Port of Montreal

North Sea Port inks partnership deals with Canadian ports

North Sea Port is set to intensify its collaboration with the Canadian ports of Montréal, Québec, Saguenay, Sept-Îles, and Trois-Rivières.

This partnership aims to strengthen trade links between the Saguenay-Saint Laurent Sea corridor and North Sea Port, with Canada ranking as the port’s fourth-largest trading partner.

“Canada is North Sea Port’s fourth most important trading partner in terms of cargo throughput. Our location in Western Europe is of great strategic importance for cooperation with...

https://container-news.com/north-sea-port-inks-partnership-deals-with-canadian-ports/

Top US-Canada supply chain stories of 2024

In 2024, the Canadian commercial transportation industry witnessed everything from one of the largest trucking bankruptcies in the country’s history to work stoppages at ports to Trump’s tariff threats.

With 2024 coming to an end, FreightWaves has compiled the five biggest stories that shaped the Canadian transportation industry this year.

Pride Group files for bankruptcy protection

In March, the Pride Group filed for creditor protection in Canada, making it one of the biggest trucking companies...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/top-us-canada-supply-chain-stories-of-2024

Montreal port terminal has first direct call from China

Supply chain issues brought together a Dutch-operated ship chartered by a U.S. forwarder to make a historic call at a Canadian port.

Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership, a terminal operator at the Port of Montreal, announced its first vessel call originating directly from China.

The heavy-lift vessel Happy Rover arrived in Montreal Nov. 14 under charter agreement with Houston-based forwarder Fracht FWO Inc., MGTP said in a release. The 453-foot ship had departed Taicang, China, on Sept. 29 and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/montreal-port-terminal-has-first-direct-call-from-china

Mediation for Montreal port labor talks

Port of Montreal employers and union dockworkers have mutually agreed to mediation in their contract negotiations.

“Following the decision of the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) on Nov. 14, the union of Longshoremen of the Port of Montreal (CUPE 375) and the Association of Maritime Employers (MEA) have agreed, by consensus, to undertake a mediation process for a period of 90 days,” the sides said in joint releases.

The parties have agreed to retain the services of Gilles Charland, a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/mediation-for-montreal-port-labor-talks

Unions returning to work at Canada ports 

Canada’s busiest maritime gateways will be handling containers again after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered the Port of Montreal to resume operations as of Saturday morning.

Longshore workers returned to the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia on Thursday, just days after Canada ordered an end to a lockout of longshore unions by port employers.

The board acted on a request Tuesday by Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon to formally end the work stoppage and send the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/unions-returning-to-work-at-canada-ports

Canadian Minister of Labour intervenes in port disputes

Canadian Minister of Labour Steven MacKinnon on Tuesday moved to intervene in port labor disputes in Montreal, Vancouver and Quebec City by asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to order an end to work stoppages and impose binding arbitration.

“Canadians have a limited tolerance right now for economic self-harm.”https://t.co/FdaKlhnGVP pic.twitter.com/D20ZakkLN4

— Steven MacKinnon (@stevenmackinnon) November 12, 2024

“As the economic losses threaten the country and begin to...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/canadian-minister-of-labour-intervenes-in-port-disputes/

Ottawa orders end to port work stoppages

The work stoppages that have shut down container imports at Canada’s busiest ports will likely be coming to an end.

Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon on Tuesday asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order an end to lockouts of union employees and restart of port operations at the Port of Montreal and the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert in British Columbia.

The order would also direct binding arbitration in the bicoastal longshore contract disputes, and extend the current collective...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ottawa-orders-end-to-port-work-stoppages

Containers halted as Montreal dockworkers locked out

No contract talks were slated between union longshore workers locked out by employers at the Port of Montreal Sunday in an escalation of the labor crisis at Canada’s second-busiest container gateway.

The Maritime Employers Association (MEA) on Thursday warned of the lockout if the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 375 rejected what MEA termed a “final, comprehensive” contract offer.

The proposal calls for a 20% pay raise spread over the six years of the contract. But the union...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/containers-halted-as-montreal-dockworkers-locked-out

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