Ocean carriers confirm strike delays as pessimism grows, says eeSea

Port of Vancouver. © Sstoll850 Dreamstime.com.

It seems that the 11th day of the strike has brought renewed confidence from the carriers in confirming schedule delays into long weeks, as well as two blanks; but there was still only one service-wide adjustment to speak of.

Yesterday, MSC announced that the Chinook service would temporarily be reverting to a Seattle-Portland-Vancouver rotation; confirming port swaps in advance for all Chinook vessels currently in the lineup.

On the one hand, these developments give our team what little improved forecasting visibility we ...