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Montreal's port was shut down when more than 1,100 longshore workers began an unlimited general strike at 7 a.m. on August 10. Grain transport and shipments to Newfoundland and Labrador were exempt, and several ships had already been diverted to Halifax, New York and Saint John during earlier strikes.
A prolonged halt at a major Canadian port diverts container traffic to East Coast rivals, which tightens capacity and lifts ocean freight costs for exporters.
cbc.caCBC NewsAug 10, 2020Not 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.
