NEWS: The Loadstar - "Another Nail in The Coffin" - Congestion in Canada

The Loadstar

The deteriorative effects of the latest ILWU strikes on the transpacific trade-lane are clearly visible, as the eeSea team tracks the live progression of vessel delays and omissions across the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert.

Impacts on individual vessels waiting outside Vancouver were seen as early as Friday and, as of Monday morning, there were at least five waiting outside of the port, with their immediate ETAs pushed back by an additional two to three days since the start of the weekend. That number increased to 11 vessels waiting in under 24 hours; bringing the overall congestion rate yesterday to over 90%, up from 71% Monday.

Yesterday, there was still one vessel waiting outside Rupert for over 48 hours and none in port; topping out the congestion rate at 100%.