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Container truckers at Prudential Transportation were set to strike Friday over health benefits and waiting-time pay, and Unifor said the drivers would walk off unless better terms were offered. Aheer Transportation had already reached an agreement earlier in the week.
The Port of Vancouver is under strain from storm damage to rail and road routes.
The dispute threatened to worsen port congestion while rail links were still impaired, which would raise shipping costs for bulk commodities. The outcome of the talks determined the size of that risk.
supplypro.caMichael PowerDec 1, 2021Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
