'Another nail in the coffin' – congestion on Canada's west coast

© Elena Vlasova

The deteriorative effects of the latest ILWU strikes on the transpacific tradelane are clearly visible, as the eeSea team tracks the live progression of vessel delays and omissions across the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert.

Impacts on individual vessels waiting outside Vancouver were seen as early as Friday and, as of Monday morning, there were at least five waiting outside of the port, with their immediate ETAs pushed back by an additional two to three days since the start of ...