News / Automating port terminals causes a domino effect, claims union

Port of Vancouver Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Site

Site of the Port of Vancouver's Roberts Bank Terminal 2.

04/04/2023

New automated terminals create “an intensified competitive market” that forces existing local terminals to follow suit, a union has claimed.

The International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU), which has been locked in contract negotiations with representatives of the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, sees automation as a ...

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