# Port of Vancouver truckers threaten to strike - FreightWaves

> Container truckers at Aheer Transportation and Prudential Transportation voted to authorize a strike over benefits and waiting-time pay. The roughly 200 affected trucks could walk out as early as the following week, as the port recovers from rail shutdowns.

- Date: 2021-11-25 · published 2021-11-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44092-port-of-vancouver-truckers-threaten-to-strike-freightwaves
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Losing about 200 trucks would worsen the port's backlog of cargo and ships, slowing commodity exports from western Canada. The feed price impact is limited.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-30 | [Container truck drivers serving Vancouver port threaten to strike \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44086-container-truck-drivers-serving-vancouver-port-threaten-to-strike-cbc-news.md) | -1.0% | -3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-29 | [Port of Vancouver truckers issue strike notice - DredgeWire : DredgeWire](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43626-port-of-vancouver-truckers-issue-strike-notice-dredgewire-dredgewire.md) | -1.1% | -3.5% |
| WHEAT | 2021-11-30 | [Two trucking companies serving Vancouver port threaten to strike Friday - BC \| Globalnews.ca](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44091-two-trucking-companies-serving-vancouver-port-threaten-to-strike-friday-bc.md) | -1.0% | -3.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-03-02 | [California port drivers, warehouse workers strike - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60130-california-port-drivers-warehouse-workers-strike-freightwaves.md) | +0.7% | +5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2017-08-07 | [Hundreds of workers go on strike at Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok port - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69484-hundreds-of-workers-go-on-strike-at-jakarta-s-tanjung-priok-port-freightwaves.md) | -3.8% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-of-vancouver-truckers-threaten-to-strike

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