News / Race against time for importers as links from Vancouver are re-established

BC Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure

Waterborne Canadian imports from Asia remain under pressure. Traffic links between the port of Vancouver and the Canadian interior are gradually being restored after they were severed by severe flooding, but the situation remains tenuous and a full recovery of cargo flows is still a long way off.

It could get even worse if container truckers serving the port were to move ahead with a threat of industrial action.

Work is progressing on the restoration of rail and road connections in British ...