News / MSC ship first in line for delays with Montreal dockers set for Sunday strike

Strike action is set to resume at Canada’s largest container gateway, Montreal, after the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) received a strike notice today from the Port of Montréal Longshoremen’s Union, CUPE Local 375.

The 24-hour action will see a complete stoppage of work on port territory, including the Contrecœur terminal, from Sunday at 7am until 6:59am the following day.

But an MEA statement predicted the effects of the coming strike would be felt in the port for far longer.

“We recall that the ...