Truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver on March 10 picketed the Pacific Coast port to protest extensive delays at marine terminals that the truckers say are making their economic situation intolerable.
Trucker demonstrations to protest long waits at congested marine terminals have disrupted Canada’s largest container port for the past two weeks. As tensions mounted last week, the Canadian government appointed veteran mediator Vince Ready to save the day. Ready quickly developed a plan, which he submitted to the truckers at the weekend, but they said it was too little and too late.
At the JOC’s TPM conference in Long Beach last week, port congestion was one of the hottest topics. Industry experts said the ports and terminal operators must work more closely with the harbor trucking industry and beneficial cargo owners to develop and implement an action plan, or the mega-ships being deployed by carrier alliances will have a serious impact on international trade.
