Hapag-Lloyd won't take bookings if port congestion leaves cargo stranded
A “cautious” Hapag-Lloyd has warned it will not accept bookings if port congestion leaves cargo ...
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Predictions that congestion at rail yards in Canada’s interior would ease this month and next are not playing out so far, prompting frustrated importers and forwarders to ask for government intervention.
The problems are most pronounced at rail hubs around Toronto and Montreal.
“The Montreal rail terminal situation is still bad to very bad,” reported Karl-Heinz Legler, general manager of Rutherford Global Logistics, adding that the forwarder’s Toronto office describes the situation there as even worse.
Truckers have waited up to nine hours ...
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