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

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, ...

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News / Torrential rain washes out roads and railways, cutting links from Vancouver port

For the second time this year, severe weather has severed cargo flows between Canada’s largest ...

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News / Terminal operator and port authority clash over expansion for Vancouver

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News / 2M restores transpacific capacity and pleads for return of empty containers

The 2M is the latest container shipping alliance to return more capacity to the transpacific ...

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

Vancouver Headlines

Recommends / SM Line containership loses 115 boxes overboard in high winds

News / Torrential rain washes out roads and railways, cutting links from Vancouver port

News / Record heatwave across Pacific north-west disrupts air and road supply chains

News / Hapag-Lloyd sails in with a boost to Canadian Pacific's east coast ambitions

News / Terminal operator and port authority clash over expansion for Vancouver

COMPANY NOTICES

News / 2M restores transpacific capacity and pleads for return of empty containers

News / Maersk gets on board with CP Rail to move inland with new transload facility

News / Canadian National shuts down part of its network as protests block the rails

News / Vancouver Airport needs to invest more in cargo to hit its potential

Operators look to maximise cool chain customer service by vertical integration

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

Vancouver Headlines

Recommends / SM Line containership loses 115 boxes overboard in high winds

News / Torrential rain washes out roads and railways, cutting links from Vancouver port

News / Record heatwave across Pacific north-west disrupts air and road supply chains

News / Hapag-Lloyd sails in with a boost to Canadian Pacific's east coast ambitions

News / Terminal operator and port authority clash over expansion for Vancouver

COMPANY NOTICES

News / 2M restores transpacific capacity and pleads for return of empty containers

News / Maersk gets on board with CP Rail to move inland with new transload facility

News / Canadian National shuts down part of its network as protests block the rails

News / Vancouver Airport needs to invest more in cargo to hit its potential

Operators look to maximise cool chain customer service by vertical integration

Most read news

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

News / Asian volumes still switching to Canadian ports from US hubs as fears grow over rates

Recommends / Vancouver port workers rally against controversial border pre-clearance changes

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