Canada

A tentative deal has been reached between the Canadian government and the union representing CBSA workers, preventing a strike.

The union representing over 9,000 Canadian border workers has set a Friday deadline for a new contract agreement, threatening a strike that could disrupt travel and trade across the country.

Cross-border movements are surging as U.S.-based companies seek to shorten supply chains exposed for over-reliance on Far East manufacturing during and after the pandemic. Shippers are advised to plan early to avoid congestion and keep up with every shifting Customs procedure. Amid all the complexity, here’s how to win at cross-border moves.

U.S. regulators are investigating new Canadian ballast water management rules that may unfairly impact American vessels in the Great Lakes trade.

IBM announces a $730 million investment in its Bromont, Quebec semiconductor facility, aiming to boost its packaging and testing capabilities.

Take a closer look at the Top 15 trade partners for the United States, and why Mexico continues to dominate the top spot.

Over 9,000 Canadian rail workers may strike on May 22, threatening major disruptions across national supply chains.

Set to go into effect on Jan. 1, legislation is designed to ensure products are sourced ethically.

A Canadian supply chain law set to take effect Jan. 1, 2024, will place the responsibility on brands, retailers, and importers to identify and prevent child and forced labor within their supplier networks.

The rapid development of electric and autonomous vehicles will arm trucking with competitive tools and advantages that they’ve not seen in quite some time.

FR8Focus is a new mobile application on the market that proves to be the next step in visual, real-time digitization of freight and asset tracking for North American carriers.

Ever-shifting Customs regulations are causing shippers to stay on their toes. Our experts suggest partnering with experienced north-south carriers and Customs brokers in order to execute seamless cross-border moves in 2022.

A labor standstill, with repercussions for the North American supply chain is underway in Canada, starting Sunday morning, as Calgary-based Class I railroad Canada Pacific Railway Limited (CP) and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) have not made significant headway to settle their differences. The TCRC has 16,000 Canadian-members in rail transportation and represents approximately 3,000 locomotive engineers, conductors, train and yard workers across Canada.

Rail carloads—at 238,870—headed up 2.8% annually, and intermodal units—at 266,307—decreased 5.8% annually.

The last thing most Americans want imported from Canada is the noise, chaos and tension associated with a two-week trucker protest that occurred in Ottawa and on key border crossings. But that appears to be what’s heading to Washington, D.C.