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Each month we will publish highlights from the important articles we’re reading about shipping and logistics. This month’s articles include forest fires impacting B.C. terminals, lockdowns in Southeast Asia, and reasons for the current high demand for ocean and air freight.

We recently read an excellent article on change management in the Harvard Business Review, with the title “How Good is Your Company at Change? A new system for measuring (and improving) your ability to adapt“. In this article, we share highlights of what we learned and how we are trying to apply these lessons at Canaan Group.

The CP rail line that was shut down because of the B.C. interior wildfires is now operational. The backlog of trains is now being processed.

Each month we will publish highlights from the important articles we’re reading about shipping and logistics. This month’s articles include non-compliance penalties for electronic manifests, US retail demand surges, Southern China port congestion, the West’s misconceptions about doing business in China, and air freight rate updates.

Each month we will publish highlights from the important articles we’re reading about shipping and logistics. This month’s articles include trans-pacific rates doubling next year, carrier on-time reliability near an all-time low, real-time cargo visibility technology, Canada’s ELD implementation, and India’s shipments being impacted by COVID-19.

The Port of Montreal Longshoremen gave a 72-hour notice of an indefinite strike starting Monday, April 26th to the Maritime Employers Association (MEA). 

Each month we will publish highlights from the important articles we’re reading about shipping and logistics. This month’s articles include shippers diverting their cargo as the Port of Montreal dispute escalates, container shortages in Asia due to the Suez Canal Blockage, a $36-million cargo expansion at Edmonton International Airport, using the Port of Vancouver as an alternative to the congested …

99.71% of the union dock workers at the Port of Montreal rejected an offer from management. A strike could happen anytime, with 72-hours of notice.

Each month we will publish highlights from the important articles we’re reading about shipping and logistics. This month’s articles include implications of another Port of Montreal strike, the challenges reefer shippers are facing, delays at all North American ports, a look at how air cargo is doing in 2021, and the story of shipping a drilling rig from India to …

The union representing the longshoremen at the Port of Montreal announced on Tuesday to its members that contract negotiations with management and mediators have been suspended. The Union president Martin Lapierre clarified that the mediation process had been suspended and did not end.

Each month we will publish highlights from the important articles we’re reading about shipping and logistics. This month’s articles include the need for better accuracy in shipping forecasts, electronic manifest requirements, real-time cargo visibility platform, ELD implementation, Canaan Group being named a BC Finalist for Canada’s Best Managed Companies, and forwarders expanding charter flights to increase capacity.

Each month we will publish highlights from the important articles we’re reading about shipping and logistics. This month’s articles include a 2021 air freight rates outlook, eBill of Lading standards, limited warehouse space, shipping antique cars, and a Canadian terminal and rail operations update.

The Association for Supply Chain Management has found resilience to be the top priority for executives in the supply chain industry for 2021, with digitization also trending as critical.

Between continued capacity issues, rising shipping costs, and anticipated changes to the way contracts are negotiated, it’s more important than ever to partner with the right logistics company.

With increasing demand and soaring freight rates for container liners, multipurpose carriers are offering their ships for use to try and help close the supply gap.

Electronic logging devices (ELDs) will be mandatory for most Canadian motor carriers as of June 2021. 

With e-commerce driving demand, the final-mile delivery landscape is shifting and enlarging, with companies such as Amazon and grocery stores relying more on other logistics forwarding partners for residential delivery. 

Global Affairs Canada has announced a new interim deal with the United Kingdom that will bridge the gap between the end of the UK’s involvement with CETA at the end of this year, and the establishment of a comprehensive trade agreement between the two countries.