Exporters face logistical nightmare as CN yet to restore service to Vancouver port
CBC
Flooding in southern B.C. continues to present logistical challenges for exporters as Canadian National Railway Co. shut its service along the key freight corridor because of heavy precipitation, flooding and landslides.
Exports are further hampered by ship traffic moving slowly through the Port of Vancouver. "The recovery of the manufacturing sector in general has slowed down and the crisis in B.C. is just going to make it worse,'' said Dennis Darby, the president of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters. He said trains were running at very low rates even before the Montreal-based railway pulled the plug on its reopening efforts. "We hope ... that this gets back to normal as soon as possible, but it's going to take weeks at least, months probably.''
"It's a tragic situation."