April 8, 2024 | Canada, Headlines, Ports, PSR, Shippers, Teamsters Canada
(Source: The Load Star, April 5, 2024) A surge of imports meeting strained rail capacity has pushed up container dwell times at North American west coast ports, especially in Vancouver. Full story: The Load Star
February 23, 2024 | Canada, Derailment, Headlines, Railroad Safety, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Global News, February 21, 2024) Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents more than 9,000 rail workers across Canada, is raising concerns about safety following three freight train collisions in B.C. in less than two months. Two TCRC members...
February 22, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, February 19, 2024) The union representing more than 9,000 workers at Canada’s two biggest railways says public safety is at stake as contract negotiations ground to a halt this month, with a potential strike on the horizon. Teamsters...
December 11, 2023 | Canada, Headlines, Railroad Safety
(Source: Trains.com, December 11, 2023) The Canadian government has announced new rules regarding rail air brake inspection and maintenance, to take effect Dec. 1, 2025. Full story: Trains.com
December 8, 2023 | Canada, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, December 6, 2023) The U.S. and Canadian governments plan to work together to reduce the railway sector’s greenhouse gas emissions via a task force that will explore accelerating the use of zero-emissions locomotive technologies, leaders from...
November 21, 2023 | BNSF, Canada, Derailment, Headlines
(Source: CBC.ca, November 19, 2023) Canada’s Transportation Safety Board says it is sending an investigator to probe a train collision and derailment in Metro Vancouver, while a spokesperson for the company says no one was injured and there’s no threat to...
August 25, 2023 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: CTV News, August 23, 2023) The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which is the union that represents 5,500 Canadian National railway employees, alleges CN has been monitoring the whereabouts of a train operator outside of work hours through a company-issued...
August 8, 2023 | Canada, Headlines, Ports
(Source: CNBC, August 5, 2023) Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) of Canada voted to ratify the second tentative agreement with West Coast port ownership, meaning an end to the uncertainty and trade congestion that has gripped the supply...
August 1, 2023 | Canada, Headlines, Ports
(Source: CNBC, July 31, 2023) The International Longshore and Warehouse Union of Canada (ILWU) and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) late Sunday announced a tentative labor agreement. Full story: CNBC
July 19, 2023 | Canada, Headlines, Ports
(Source: Freight Waves, July 18, 2023) The dockworkers union strike that shuttered the container ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, Canada, was supposed to be over. It’s back on again. Vancouver and Prince Rupert are important to American supply chains because...
