Amid the worst political and economic turmoil in the country’s history, port operations around the island of Sri Lanka are managing to continue normally. The country is broke, having failed to repay international loans, with fuel supplies limited and power outages now a daily occurrence. The anger...
Rail flows from ports to the Canadian metropolises of Toronto and Montreal are stuck in low gear, with no end to the congestion in sight. Boxes have piled up at the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, as it takes longer to move them off the...
Some 3,300 trucks, laden with export cargo, are waiting at the gates of the 19 off docks in Chittagong to unload goods, while some 9,300 teu export-ready containers are awaiting vessel designation for shipment. Usually, some 6,000 teu of outbound containers are waiting for shipment, but...
With mass testing again underway, there are renewed fears that Shanghai could go back into lockdown and disrupt peak season. It’s only been five weeks since the major port and manufacturing hub emerged from its two-month “zero-Covid” ordeal, and already several districts are undergoing mass testing again, from...
Ocean carriers are warning of worsening congestion at the Canadian west coast port of Vancouver, while US east coast ports continue to be overwhelmed with import boxes. Canada’s biggest box port is experiencing a wave of record import volumes and when combined with intermodal delays due...
Anchorages continue to fill with waiting container ships off East and Gulf Coast ports, where vessel queues have now far outgrown those off the West Coast. Along all three coasts combined, the number of waiting container vessels remains exceptionally high. There were 125 container ships waiting...
Further to our previous advisories regarding the current climate in Canada, we wish to advise you that we continue to experience a lack of drayage capacity in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. This has, and continues, to put tremendous pressure on the rail network in Canada,...
We are aware customers are experiencing rail intermodal transport delays to certain rail ramps as reflected in this week’s average dwell report. We can report positively that vessels continue to dock upon arrival and un-dock for departure without delay. Terminal truck transport remains fluid. With...
The United Truckers Association voted Friday in favour of job action against a recent Port of Vancouver directive that forbids operators from driving vehicles more than 12 years old. Gagan Singh, the spokesperson for the association, said that 639 of the 1,000 members voted to withdraw...
The strike at CNR (IBEW) will end by July 4 2022 after agreeing to the binding arbitration. Union members will get back to work on July 5 2022 as per the notice. I am writing to advise you that the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW),...
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