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Labor Strike Actions Among Canada East and West Coast Ports

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights reports of labor strike actions simultaneously impacted both Canadian West and East Coast container port operations Today features news reports of a sudden labor strike involving Canada ’s two key West Coast ports. Reportedly 40 percent of Canada’s east coast container traffic traverses the Port of Montreal.

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Canada Rail Disruption Underway- Impacts to Industry Supply Networks

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters updates readers and multi-industry supply chain teams on the implications of today’s development of a nationwide Canadian rail freight transport disruption. As noted in our prior Supply Chain Matters updates the threat of a stoppage involving Canada ’s two principal coast-to-coast rail networks has indeed occurred.

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Trucking Regulations in Canada! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Per sheer physical size Canada is the world’s second largest country. Of course, in terms of population, Canada is also one of the least densely populated major nations. Though it’s not as if Canada is left with just a bunch of empty space that no one uses. Transportation in Canada.

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Tentative Agreement Reached in Canada West Coast Port Strike

Supply Chain Matters

Canada’s Labor and Transport Ministe r’s have just announced that a tentative agreement has been reached between The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada labor union after a 13-day labor stoppage. A statement was featured on Twitter. All rights reserved.

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Canada West Coast Port Strike Resumes After Union Workers Rejection of Agreement

Supply Chain Matters

After last week’s news of a tentative agreement being reached between The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association and the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Canada labor union, after a 13-day labor stoppage, union workers voted yesterday to reject the agreement and return to picket lines. All rights reserved.

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Freightera Launches The Nearshoring Canada Directory, in Partnership With Supply Chain Canada – the first of its kind in Canada Freightera and Supply Chain Canada

Freightera

Freightera and Supply Chain Canada launch The Nearshoring Directory, a potential sourcing solution that could revolutionize the way supply chain works. See below the official press release from Supply Chain Canada. And now, particularly in Western Canada, natural disasters have increased the chaos. ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN CANADA.

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Flexible Online Fulfillment and the ‘Power of Two’ in Canada

Supply Chain Network

In Canada, customer demands for more rapid and cost-effective e-commerce delivery are increasing on a daily basis. Online sellers, since the dawn of e-commerce, have successfully serviced Canada from one fulfillment operation. still servicing Canada from U.S. Online sellers in the U.S. Risk mitigation. The Outlook.

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