Checker's action follows longshoremen strike
Longshoremen to work through weekend: port exec
Houston — The Port of Montreal checker's union announced a one-day strike beginning July 31 that will further disrupt operations after the port's longshoremen have been on strike for most of the week.
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Register NowThe four-day strike arranged by the Syndicat des Débardeurs, the union representing the port's longshoremen, will end at 7 am ET (1100 GMT) July 31. But the Port of Montreal Checker's Union announced a 24-hour strike that will begin at 6 am ET July 31, pushing the ports' resumption of normal activity back by one day.
The strikes were brought about after drawn-out negotiations concerning working hours and port workers' status as "essential workers" stagnated.
"[The longshoreman] are expected to resume Friday and work through the weekend to catch up," Montreal Port Authority Vice President Toni Boemi told a July 30 industry forum. "The first 72-hour strike notice caught everyone off guard."
There will be no mooring or cargo handling services at the port during the strike period and all container terminal operations will be suspended, the port said.
Carriers have responded to the interruption by delaying arrivals. German carrier Hapag-Lloyd said in a letter to customers it expected delays and port congestion as operations resume, but will waive import storage charges and demurrage charges for the extent of the strike.
The Port of Montreal had a throughput of 826,705 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first half of 2020, a 3.8% decrease from the same period last year. The Port of Montreal is Canada's second largest container port by volume.
Platts Container Rate 9 – UK Continent to East Coast North America – has remained steady at $1,800/FEU throughout the month of July.
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