News / Canadian forwarders call for end to 'appalling' costs and 'broken' inspection model

The port of Vancouver is building a new facility for container inspections near its Deltaport terminal complex. Importers and forwarders hope the inspection station, which is scheduled to come on stream next year, will cut down on inspection times. But they remain resigned to ongoing problems and painful costs at all Canadian ports.

“We hope the new facility will create efficiencies and speed up inspections,” commented Ruth Snowden, executive director of the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA).

She has doubt, however, ...