Newsletter – November 23, 2021

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    Newsletter – November 23, 2021
    AIR FREIGHT UPDATES
    Cost-hit air cargo handlers warn of double-digit rise in charges

    theloadstar.com
    Forwarders can expect significant increases in air cargo terminal handling charges next year, as the sector struggles with rising costs.
    It’s no secret that there have been some big winners, financially, from the chaos that is the current logistics market. Read more here (login required).

    Air Canada Adding Extra Cargo Capacity Into Vancouver to Help Maintain British Columbia’s Economic Supply Chain

    aircanada.mediaroom.com
    In response to flooding that disrupted transportation supply chain network in the province
    586 tonnes of additional capacity added into and out of YVR, an increase of 45% over originally planned levels
    Air Canada Express Dash 8-400 aircraft being converted into special freighter configuration to transport cargo. Read more here.

    China Encourages Continued Use Of Preighters, For Now

    simpleflying.com
    China’s huge export market has relied heavily on makeshift passenger to freighter conversions to fill its air cargo needs over the past two years. Despite rumors that dissatisfaction with cargo prices and underhand tactics by some airlines could force a ban, the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) has explicitly encouraged the use of these temporary freighters, at least for the remainder of the winter season. Read more here.

    OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES
    Ports of LA and Long Beach put container dwell fee on hold for another week

    splash247.com
    Thanks to “continued progress moving containers off marine terminals,” the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have again postponed the container dwell fee they had planned to implement starting on November 15, according to a statement issued by the two ports on November 22. The fee has now been delayed for two weeks. The ports said they will reassess fee implementation after another week of monitoring data. Read more here.

    GROUND AND RAIL FREIGHT UPDATES
    CP to resume freight service between Vancouver and Kamloops by midday Tuesday

    theglobeandmail.com
    Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.CP-T +1.03%increase
    says freight trains will begin moving again between Vancouver and Kamloops by midday Tuesday, after crews worked to repair rail damage from last week’s flooding.
    CP said hundreds of people worked around the clock to repair the tracks in 30 locations, in an effort to restore rail service on the carrier’s busiest corridor. The damage severed rail links to the Port of Vancouver, the country’s biggest marine shipping hub. Read more here.

    CANADA BUSINESS –  GOVERNMENT UPDATES
    Latest on B.C. flooding: Volunteer boaters told to slow down

    ctvnews.ca
    TORONTO/OTTAWA — Volunteer boaters who are helping to retrieve items from flood-ravaged areas of British Columbia are being told to slow down, as their waves are affecting the local farms.
    B.C.’s Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham told reporters on Monday that volunteers need to be careful when traversing these areas. Read more here.

    Government of Canada announces adjustments to Canada’s border measures

    canada.ca
    COVID-19 testing and vaccine requirements, as well as other border measures, are an important part of Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and serve to protect the health and safety of all Canadians. With vaccination rates increasing around the world, and an evolving epidemiological situation, it is important that Canada’s border measures reflect the current global context. Read more here.

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